Some forms of injustice are painfully quiet

07/05/2026

The hardest part of injustice is not always the suffering itself, but the expectation that those who endure it must remain calm, patient, and composed while living through it. Speaking about patience becomes complicated. The wounded do not want empty moral lectures. They want to understand why justice can feel so distant for so long. In Islam, patience was never meant to mean surrender. It was not designed to normalize humiliation or teach people to accept oppression quietly.

True patience is something far more difficult: refusing to let injustice transform you into a crueler version of yourself. Perhaps that is why the reward for patience was described in the Holy Quran as beyond measure. Because pain itself cannot always be measured. To continue carrying dignity while feeling abandoned is not weakness. To resist hatred while living through loss is not passivity. It is one of the hardest emotional and moral disciplines a human being can endure. And yet, despite everything, people continue to hold on to hope, because deep inside, they still believe that injustice cannot remain permanent forever

By Abdulaziz Al-Anjeri