لِلصَّابِرِينَfor the patient ones

Example sentences

• فَقَالَ تَعَالَىٰ وَلَئِنْ صَبَرْتُمْ لَهْوُ خَيْرٌ لِلصَّابِرِينَ

  And Allah, the Most High, said, "If you are patient, that is better for the patient ones."

  لِلصَّابِرِينَ — for the patient ones. The li- prefix marks the beneficiaries ('for'), governing a definite plural doer-noun into the genitive. It names whom patience is better for, rounding off 'better for the patient ones'.

  From: Patience and God's Help →