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Ayyub

The patience of Job

Wealth, children, health: he lost them all, and never complained against God.

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Ayyub (Job) was a prophet, tested with the loss of his wealth, his children and his health. He called on his Lord, and he was answered. The Qur'an praises him in four words: "We found him patient". In Arabic his name is a byword for patience.

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