Surat Al-Baqarah Verse No. 153: Reading and listening
Translation of the verse 153 from Surah Al-Baqarah : Number of verses 286 - - page 23 - Part 2.
﴾يَٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱسۡتَعِينُواْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ﴿
[ البقرة: 153]
O you who believe! Seek help in patience and As-Salat (the prayer). Truly! Allah is with As-Sabirin (the patient ones, etc.).
English - Sahih International
O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
(2:153) O Believers, *153 seek help with fortitude and Salat, for Allah is with those who show fortitude. *154
Tafheem-ul-Quran by Syed Abu-al-A'la Maududi
*153). Since the ummah has been invested with world leadership, a set of necessary directives is now provided for its guidance. Before laying down these directives it seemed necessary to caution the Muslims that the office which had been conferred on them was indeed no bed of roses. On the contrary, it was a great and perilous responsibility. Once they undertook it, they would be subjected to all kinds of afflictions, put to all kinds of trials and tribulations and made to bear all kinds of deprivation. If, however, the Muslims persisted along the path of God despite the perils they would be rewarded with God's favour in full measure.
*154). To acquire the strength that is needed to bear this heavy burden of responsibility the believers should do two things: they should develop patience and they should strengthen themselves by devoting themselves to Prayer.
Later we shall encounter elaborations which will show that 'patience' is a word embracing a whole set of moral virtues of the utmost importance. 'Patience' is indeed an indispensable key to success. Likewise, we shall later have occasion to note in some detail how Prayer prepares the Muslims, both as individuals and as a collective body, to carry out their mission.