تَصْبِرُواbe patient

Example sentences

• وَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ ﴿وَإِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا لَا يَضُرُّكُمْ كَيْدُهُمْ شَيْئًا﴾

  And the Most High said: "And if you are patient and are God-fearing, their plotting will not harm you at all."

  تَصْبِرُوا — you are patient. A second-person plural present verb 'you are patient', addressed to a group; its plural ending bundles the 'you all' subject inside the verb. Under the 'if' it expresses the supposed conduct.

  From: Patience Under Decree →

• وَقَالَ ﴿وَإِنْ تَصْبِرُوا وَتَتَّقُوا فَإِنَّ ذَلِكَ مِنْ عَزْمِ الْأُمُورِ﴾

  And He said: "And if you are patient and are mindful of God, then indeed that is among the matters of firm resolve."

  تَصْبِرُوا — you (plural) be patient. A second-person plural present verb 'you are patient'; after the conditional particle it sits in the clipped jussive shape Arabic uses for verbs inside a condition. Its plural ending carries the 'you all' subject inside the verb.

  From: Patience Under Decree →