Human life is not uniform. As it started, it does not go according to a certain routine. Each person has their own difficulties, ordeals, heavy or comfortable periods. Each person has responsibilities according to his position. Assuming responsibility happens either by one's own will or by a fate that is appreciated. Some find themselves under an unexpected responsibility. The knowledge he has acquired and some responsibilities lead people to another area.
The domain of the people of knowledge is science, the sultans are the administration, the warriors are the war. The area of responsibility of women is different from men because they are a being that gives birth. Unlike a man, he carries a soul inside him. This is a difficult process for him. His ordeal and difficulties continue until the end of his life.
People experience diseases, it has many difficulties in the process when the body or spirit lives.
People's resilience and patience are important for difficult times. Patience is a form of worship. The strength to resist and exist, to survive the harsh conditions that come to him. People who surrender, give themselves up, become snakes, cannot achieve success. Or they cannot achieve the goal they set themselves as their goal.
Some situations that seem difficult to people can only be overcome with patience. Persistence and achieving results.
And there's the opposite: Ambition. Ambition, blindness, blindness, succumbing to one's feelings make people aggressive. This leads people to persecution. Because it does not matter whether the action is right or not. Ambition is the stubbornness to achieve and achieve something no matter what.
Patience and perseverance are important in difficult times. Great thinkers focus their lives on a goal and strive until they reach the result. They either produce great works or make great discoveries. These are the result of great patience and effort.
The success of great commanders is also manifested in their perseverance, patience and resistance.
Humans are humans after all. They experience emotional moments, periods, pains, difficulties. They may be in love. When these occur in a momentary situation, the attitude towards them, composure and patience is a way out.
The success and determination of Saladin, one of the great Islamic commanders, comes from his patience. The work of Ibn Shaddad's Saladdin Ayyubi is full of lessons in this sense. (Growing Moon Publications, translated by Hilmi Beyca). A war cannot be isolated from human emotions. He is human and his emotions are intense. He is a father, a commander. He has a great army and a nation under his protection. If he succumbs to his feelings, it will be the destruction of not only himself but also a society. Let's give a couple of examples from it:
“I had seen him when the news of the death of a son, who was still in his teenage years, came. He stopped reading the letter and did not tell anyone. We also learned from someone else. He made an effort not to reflect the effects of this event on his face; But as he read the letter, tears began to flow from his eyes.”
In the siege of Safed Fortress:
“We were together all night. Morale was good, the moral atmosphere we were in was very good. As the catapults ended, the news of which one was finished came through the messengers. All the pieces had been placed, except for one unplaced piece, which they called the 'Hanazir' (shaft). Tonight was one of the longest, coldest and fiercest nights.
When the news of the death of his brother's son Takiyyüddin Ömer (Meliku'l-Muzaffer) reached him, we were against the Franks in Remle with a 'Ceride' (the unit that had to act quickly); army weights were not with us. (...) Sultan Meliku'l-Adil called Alameddin Süleyman bin Cender, Sabıkuddin bin Daye and Izzeddin bin Mukaddem and ordered them to move the soldiers away from his tent. No one was left until an arrow shot from the tent. Then she took the letter out and read it, began to cry very sharply, and we had tears in our eyes, although we did not know why. His words caught in his throat: 'Taqi al-Din passed away.' (…) He asked for some rose water, sprinkled it on his face, and then ate some of the food that was brought. The news remained hidden from everyone until the enemy returned to Jaffa." (p. 52, 51.)
How can resistance be successful without this sense of faith and patience?
Note: In my previous article, the footnote was not entered accidentally. The page numbers we have given in the text are in the blank and it is unclear which work they belong to. Source: The Life of Ibn Shaddad's Saladdin Ayyubi, Growing Moon Publishing, translated by Hilmi Beyca, 2021. Istanbul.