﴿ وَجَآءُو عَلَىٰ قَمِيصِهِۦ بِدَمٍۢ كَذِبٍۢ ۚ قَالَ بَلْ سَوَّلَتْ لَكُمْ أَنفُسُكُمْ أَمْرًۭا ۖ فَصَبْرٌۭ جَمِيلٌۭ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ ﴾

“and they produced his tunic with false blood upon it. [But Jacob] exclaimed: "Nay, but it is your [own] minds that have made [so terrible] a happening seem a matter of little account to you! But [as for myself,] patience in adversity is most goodly [in the sight of God]; and it is to God [alone] that I pray to give me strength to bear the misfortune which you have described to me."”

Yet, comely patience! He said:Patience with contentment (riḍā).He was asked, �What is the sign of this?� He replied, �It is not to regret what has happened.� Then he was asked, �How can one attain comeliness of patience (tajammul bi�l-ṣabr)? He said:By knowing that God, Exalted is He, is with you, and by the comfort of the [concomitant sense of] well-being (bi-rāḥat al-ʿāfiya). Patience may be compared to a bowl which has patience at the top and honey underneath. Then he said:I am amazed at the one who is not patient. How can he not show patience whatever the situationmight be (li�l-ḥāl), when the Lord of Might says: Surely God is with the patient [8:46]?His words, Exalted is He: