﴿ وَٱنطَلَقَ ٱلْمَلَأُ مِنْهُمْ أَنِ ٱمْشُوا۟ وَٱصْبِرُوا۟ عَلَىٰٓ ءَالِهَتِكُمْ ۖ إِنَّ هَٰذَا لَشَىْءٌۭ يُرَادُ ﴾

“And their leaders launch forth [thus]: “Go ahead, and hold steadfastly onto your deities: this, behold, is the only thing to do!”

��Walk away! And stand by (iṣbirū) your gods�� He said:This is the reprehensible form of forbearance (ṣabr), for which God has reprimanded the disbelievers.Indeed, I heard him [Sahl] say:Forbearance (ṣabr) is on four levels: forbearance in obedience (ṭāʿa), forbearance with suffering(alam), forbearance with pain (taʾallum), and lastly, the reprehensible kind of forbearance, which is that of persistence (iqāma) in opposing [the truth] (mukhālafa). His words: