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DISCOURSE ON PATIENCE

Preface	ix
Introduction: Biography of Ayatullah Sayyid Ali Khamenei The Leader of the Islamic Revolution of Iran	Xix
I. Discourse on Patience:	3
Common Understanding of Patience	3
Overall Views About Patience	5
Summary of the Meanings of Patience	6
II. Importance of Patience in the, Light of Traditions:	13
First Narration	14
Second Narration	19
III. Patience in Islamic Codices:	25
IV. The Fields of Patience:	35
Patience in Performance of Obligations (Obedience)	39
Examples of Patience in Obedience in the Lives of the Infallible Imams (p.b.u.t.)	47
Review of the Holy Qur'an	49
Patience Against Sin	51
The Importance of Patience Against Sin	54
V. Historical Examples:	59
Some Other Examples of Patience Against Sin	64
Review of Some Narrations	66
Patience Against Unpleasant Events (Tragedies)	74
Patience Against Optional Tragedies	78
Ways for Encouraging this Branch of Patience	85
VI. The Advantages and Effects of Patience:	91
Permanence and Victory	92
Psychological Traces of Patience in the Lives of Individuals	99
The Birth of an Invincible Spirit	100
Appearence of Righteous Virtues Within	105
More Attention and Reliance upon Allah	106

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