True Patience Is at the First Stroke of Calamity

Transliteration

Innamaṣ-ṣabru 'indaṣ-ṣadmatil-ūlā

Translation

Narrated Anas ibn Malik (RA): The Prophet ﷺ passed by a woman who was weeping at a grave. He told her, 'Fear Allah and be patient.' She said, 'Go away from me, for you have not been afflicted with a calamity like mine!' She did not recognise him. Then she was told it was the Prophet ﷺ, so she came to his house and said: 'I did not recognise you.' He ﷺ said, 'Verily, patience is at the first stroke of calamity.'