صَبْرِهِhis patience

Example sentences

• وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ تَكُونُ قُوَّةُ صَبْرِهِ عَلَى فِعْلٍ مَا يَنْتَفِعُ بِهِ

  And among the people are those whose strong patience is directed toward doing what benefits them.

  صَبْرِهِ — his patience. This noun closes the 'of' pairing started by 'strength' and itself carries an attached -hi ('his') on the end, so it is doubly possessive: 'patience of-his'. The -hi points back to the unnamed person introduced earlier, tracking the one whose patience is in view. As the owner in the pairing it takes the genitive ending.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• وَثَبَاتُهُ عَلَيْهِ أَقْوَى مِنْ صَبْرِهِ عَمَّا يَضُرُّهُ

  And his steadfastness in it is stronger than his patience regarding what harms him.

  صَبْرِهِ — his patience. The noun 'patience' with an attached -hi ('his'), and it stands in the genitive because the comparative 'than' just before it governs it. So it is the weaker term in the comparison. The -hi keeps tracking the same person whose two qualities are being weighed against each other.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →

• وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ تَكُونُ قُوَّةُ صَبْرِهِ عَنْ الْمُخَالَفَاتِ أَقْوَى

  And among them are those whose patience in refraining from transgressions is stronger.

  صَبْرِهِ — his patience. The noun 'patience' closing the 'of' pairing as the owner, with an attached -hi ('his') as well, so 'strength of-his-patience'. Being the owner here it takes the genitive ending. The -hi tracks the unnamed person whose restraint is being weighed.

  From: Patience and the Human Self →