Arabic vocabulary
اِصْبِرُواbe patient
How to say “be patient” in Arabic, with pronunciation and an example from OpenArabic texts.
Example sentences
فَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اِصْبِرُوا وَصَابِرُوا وَرَابِطُوا وَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَفْلَحُونَ
Allah, the Exalted, said: O you who have believed, be patient, persevere, keep watch at your posts, and fear Allah, so that you may succeed.
اِصْبِرُوا — be patient. A plural command form ('be patient!') addressed to the group, with the plural built into its ending. The bare command shape, no helper word, is how Arabic issues a direct order to many.
From: Patience and God's Help →
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