Quote by Mustafa Safi al-Din al-Tughra'i: “There is a glory that comes only to those who wait without losing hope.”

Some of the most significant achievements and rewards in life come not through relentless action but through steadfast waiting — continuing to hope and to hold your position without giving up, even when nothing seems to be happening.

Al-Tughra'i composed his Lamiyyat al-Ajam while in exile and political disgrace during the Seljuk period. The poem became celebrated as a meditation on endurance, patience, and the dignity of the individual in the face of unjust treatment by those in power.

Arab poet and alchemist born in 1061 CE in Isfahan, best known for his celebrated ode Lamiyyat al-Ajam, a poem of exile and endurance that became one of the most widely memorised Arabic poems of the medieval period. He served as a court official before being executed on political charges.