Al-Muminoon (The Believers)

111. “Verily I have recompensed them this day for they were patient and steadfast, (that) they are indeed the triumphant.”

The Arabic word /fauz/ means to achieve an aim.

Allah Himself will reward those who are patient. In this holy verse He therefore implies that, on the Day of Judgment, those who were patient before the unbelievers’ ridicules and were steadfast in their divine programs will receive rewards from the side of Allah and will be prosperous.

The verse says:

“Verily I have recompensed them this day for they were patient and steadfast, (that) they are indeed the triumphant.”

But on that very Day, the situation of the wrongdoers will be different. They will be in the worst condition they had ever experienced, suffering the most painful punishments with no one to help them, and they will always be in this condition because they deserve it.

Thus, in the recent four verses mentioned, the Qur’an clearly shows us the main causes for the suffering of the dwellers of Hell and the felicity of the dwellers of Paradise.

The people of Hell prepared the causes of their suffering themselves by mocking the people of Truth and ridiculing their pure beliefs. Yes, those who despised the believers in the world should suffer the worst despising.

The people of Paradise, however, achieved a greater victory in the sight of Allah, for they endured with exemplary patience the arrogance, complacency and irrationality of their enemies and held themselves on the path of “Allah”.