Sometimes remembering other people’s afflictions eases your own ordeals. In the Qurʾān, Allāh consoles Rasūl Allāh ﷺ by reminding him that if he is being challenged and refuted, a prophet before him had to go through worse:…
Do you know Sumayya? She was one of the first women to embrace Islām. And she was one of the first to be persecuted by the non-Muslim society she lived in. And she was THE first person to die, because of the torture inflicted upon her by the leaders of her society. She was killed simple because she believed in Lā ilāha illā Allāh. May Allāh be pleased with her. Many followed her noble footsteps; embracing Islām wholeheartedly and entirely…