Now beautiful patience is what I need. Against what you describe, help is sought only from Allah.
فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ ۖ وَٱللَّهُ ٱلْمُسْتَعَانُ عَلَىٰ مَا تَصِفُونَ
Fe-sabrun cemîl; vallâhu'l-müsteânu alâ mâ tasıfûn.
The Holy Qur'an, Surah Yusuf 12:18.
His sons bring Jacob
a bloodied shirt and say a wolf has eaten Joseph.
Jacob senses the lie, but he has no proof.
He does not shout, he drives no one away; he says “beautiful patience” and asks for help from Allah alone.
The commentators explain beautiful patience as patience that holds no complaint to people.
Jacob weeps for years, his eyes turn white, and still he does not lose hope.
The beauty of patience lies in not denying the pain, and in knowing to whom it should be opened.