The idea of exerting strenuous effort to obtain God’s blessing may well bring to mind the patriarch Jacob.
٨ ،‏ ٩ أَيُّ جُهْدٍ بَذَلَهُ ٱلْأَبُ ٱلْجَلِيلُ يَعْقُوبُ دَلَالَةً عَلَى ثِقَتِهِ بِوَعْدِ ٱللهِ ؟‏