45 Preface وَاستَعينوا بِالصَّبرِ وَالصَّلاةِ ۚ وَإِنَّها لَكَبيرَةٌ إِلّا عَلَى الخاشِعينَAli Quli QaraiAnd take recourse in patience and prayer, and it1 is indeed hard except for the humble The pronoun, being feminine, refers to prayer, rather than to patience or to the seeking of recourse.