153 Preface يا أَيُّهَا الَّذينَ آمَنُوا استَعينوا بِالصَّبرِ وَالصَّلاةِ ۚ إِنَّ اللَّهَ مَعَ الصّابِرينَYusuf AliO ye who believe! seek help with patient perseverance1 and prayer; for God is with those who patiently persevere.See 2:45 and n. 61. An additional meaning implied in sabr is self-restraint. Haqq a ni defines it in his Tafsir as following Reason and restraining Fear, Anger, and Desire. What can be a higher reward for patience, perseverance, self-restraint and constancy than that God should be with us? For this promise opens the door to every kind of spiritual well-being. (Cf. n. 158 and n. 1877).