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What is the remedy for weak resolve
in seeking knowledge and doing good deeds?

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No doubt, a person may be lazy
and may feel sluggish.

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But he must be patient in seeking
knowledge and endure hardship.

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Knowledge is not gained through ease.

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Knowledge is gained with hardship
and patience, so let him endure.

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He should have determination
and desire for seeking knowledge.

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He should endure the hardship
of study and the long time it takes.

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Yes. It is said that a man
was seeking knowledge.

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A question puzzled him,
and he could not solve it.

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Despite every effort he made,
he wanted to give in to despair.

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While he was lying on his back.

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Suddenly, he saw an ant
carrying something up the wall.

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Whenever it neared the top,
it fell.

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Then it returned a second time,
carrying it.

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It returned a third time.
On the final attempt, it climbed up.

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Glory be to Allah ﷻ!
This ant never despaired.

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It endured hardships until it
reached its goal.

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I am not as patient as it is.

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So he persevered and prevailed,
then he did so again and attained it. Yes.

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And the poet says,
Seek knowledge, and do not grow weary.

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For the scholar's bane is weariness.

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Do you not see how a rope, by repetition,
has marked solid rock? Yes.