Following the admonitions and warnings, this is to encourage Muslims to be brave and patient in the hardships and troubles by reference to the records of the early strivers in the way of God: ``And many large armies of the Godly and faithful men, have fought by the side of their prophet without being dismayed and weakened through hardship and misfortune that befell them in the way of God, and yet they never weakened nor gave up, and Allah loves the patients.''