Surah Hud, ayah 11: "Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward." Read it in Arabic with transliteration and the Sahih International translation, with the ayah before and after it, and listen to it recited.
وَلَئِنْ أَذَقْنَٰهُ نَعْمَآءَ بَعْدَ ضَرَّآءَ مَسَّتْهُ لَيَقُولَنَّ ذَهَبَ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتُ عَنِّىٓ ۚ إِنَّهُۥ لَفَرِحٌۭ فَخُورٌ ﴿١٠﴾
Wala'in azaqnaahu na'maaa'a ba'da darraaa'a massat hu la yaqoolanna zahabas saiyiaatu 'anneee; innahoo lafarihun fakhoor
But if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, "Bad times have left me." Indeed, he is exultant and boastful -
إِلَّا ٱلَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا۟ وَعَمِلُوا۟ ٱلصَّٰلِحَٰتِ أُو۟لَٰٓئِكَ لَهُم مَّغْفِرَةٌۭ وَأَجْرٌۭ كَبِيرٌۭ ﴿١١﴾
Illal lazeena sabaroo wa 'amilus saalihaati ulaaa'ika lahum maghfiratunw wa ajrun kabeer
Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward.
فَلَعَلَّكَ تَارِكٌۢ بَعْضَ مَا يُوحَىٰٓ إِلَيْكَ وَضَآئِقٌۢ بِهِۦ صَدْرُكَ أَن يَقُولُوا۟ لَوْلَآ أُنزِلَ عَلَيْهِ كَنزٌ أَوْ جَآءَ مَعَهُۥ مَلَكٌ ۚ إِنَّمَآ أَنتَ نَذِيرٌۭ ۚ وَٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ كُلِّ شَىْءٍۢ وَكِيلٌ ﴿١٢﴾
Fala'allaka taarikum ba'da maa yoohaaa ilaika wa daaa'iqum bihee sadruka ai yaqooloo law laaa unzila 'alaihi kanzun aw jaaa'a ma'ahoo malak; innamaa anta nazeer; wallaahu 'alaa kulli shai'inw wakeel
Then would you possibly leave [out] some of what is revealed to you, or is your breast constrained by it because they say, "Why has there not been sent down to him a treasure or come with him an angel?" But you are only a warner. And Allah is Disposer of all things.
Arabic: Tanzil, Uthmani script. English: Sahih International. Audio: EveryAyah. Transliteration is a learning aid; read from the Arabic when you can.
Meaning and lessons
The two ayat before this describe a common human weakness: when a blessing is taken away, a person despairs and becomes ungrateful, and when ease comes after hardship, he becomes boastful. This ayah gives the exception: those who are patient in hardship and do good deeds in ease. For them is forgiveness and a great reward.
Ibn Kathir links it to the hadith: "How wonderful is the affair of the believer... if something good happens to him he is thankful, and that is good for him; and if something bad happens to him he is patient, and that is good for him" (Sahih Muslim 2999).
Summarised in our own words from Tafsir Ibn Kathir, on Quran 11:11. Translation of the ayah: Sahih International.
Ayah 11 of Surah Hud (هُودٍ), "Hud", surah 11 of the Quran, a Meccan surah of 123 ayat revealed in Makkah. It is in juz 12 (para 12), hizb 23, on page 222 of the standard Madinah mushaf. People search for it as 11/11, 11 11 or Quran 11 11.
More verses on this theme: Quran verses about patience.
Questions
Except for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward. (Sahih International)
The two ayat before this describe a common human weakness: when a blessing is taken away, a person despairs and becomes ungrateful, and when ease comes after hardship, he becomes boastful. This ayah gives the exception: those who are patient in hardship and do good deeds in ease. For them is forgiveness and a great reward.
It is in Surah Hud, surah 11 of the Quran, in juz 12 (para 12), on page 222 of the Madinah mushaf.
The ayah before, 11:10, says: "But if We give him a taste of favor after hardship has touched him, he will surely say, "Bad times have left me." Indeed, he is exultant and boastful -" The ayah after, 11:12, says: "Then would you possibly leave [out] some of what is revealed to you, or is your breast constrained by it because they say, "Why has there not been sent down to him a treasure or come with him an angel?" But you are only a warner. And Allah is Disposer of all things."