The Book of the Believer · Hadith 41 (#Ḥadīth #41)

41 - وعن أبي عبد الله (ع) قال إنّ الحواريّين شكَوا إلى عيسى ما يلقَونَ من الناسِ وشدّتهم عليهم، فقال: إنّ المؤمنينَ لم يزالوا مبغَضين وإيمانُهم كحَبَّة القَمح ما أحلى مذاقَها وأكثرَ عذابها.

41. It is narrated that Abu 'Abd Allah said: The disciples of 'Isa (Prophet Jesus ) complained to him about what they were suffering at the hands of others. He said to them, 'Believers have always been despised. Their faith is like a wheat kernel - how sweet its taste is but how severe its treatment (in the process of purification) is!'

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