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صَبْرٌ patience in Arabic

صَبْرٌ is how you say “patience” in Arabic.

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Example sentence

بِحَيْثُ يُعْطِيهِ ذَلِك كَمَا توكله على الله تَعَالَى وتفويضه إِلَيْهِ وَالصَّبْر لحكمه وَالرِّضَا بِقَضَائِهِ

Such that it gives him reliance on Allah the Exalted, entrusting matters to Him, patience with His ruling, and contentment with His decree.

وَالصَّبْرُ and patience

'And' + 'the patience', a further listed item; nominative, parallel to the others. The 'the' here generalizes it.

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وَلَا تَكِلنِي على بعد الديار إِلَى صبري الضَّعِيف فصبري أَنْت تعلمه

Do not leave me to my weak patience across the distance of lands.

صَبْرِي my patience

'Patience' with '-i' (my) attached, genitive after 'to' — 'my patience'. What He must not abandon me to.

From Stages of the Seeker

وَلَا تَكِلنِي على بعد الديار إِلَى صبري الضَّعِيف فصبري أَنْت تعلمه

Do not leave me to my weak patience across the distance of lands.

فَصَبْرِي so my patience

'Fa-' (for / so) plus 'patience' with '-i' (my) attached, the topic — 'for my patience…'. The 'fa-' gives the reason: my patience is something You know.

From Stages of the Seeker

وَاعْلَمْ أَنَّ النَّصْرَ مَعَ الصَّبْرِ،

And know that victory comes with patience.

الصَّبْرِ patience

In the genitive after 'with', naming patient endurance. The maxim binds them: victory comes 'with' patience, never apart from it.

From Patience and Trust in God

وَقِيلَ الْصَّبْرُ شَجَاعَةُ الْنَّفْسِ

It has been said that patience is the courage of the soul.

الْصَّبْرُ the patience

A definite noun ('patience') standing as the subject of a verbless definition, in the nominative. The al- marks the known virtue being defined by what follows.

From Patience and the Human Self

وَقِيلَ الصَّبْرُ ثَبَاتُ القَلْبِ عِنْدَ مَوَارِدِ الاِضْطِرَابِ

And it was said that patience is the steadiness of the heart in moments of disturbance.

الصَّبْرُ patience

A definite noun ('patience') standing as the subject of a verbless definition, in the nominative. The al- marks the known virtue being defined by the predicate that follows.

From Patience and the Human Self

فَإِنَّ الصَّبْرَ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللَّهِ أَيْسَرُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ عَلَى عَذَابِهِ

Indeed, patience from forbidden things of God is easier than patience upon His punishment.

الصَّبْرَ refraining

A definite noun ('patience/refraining') in the accusative as the subject held by the emphatic particle before it. The case ending is the visible grip of that 'indeed'.

From Patience and the Human Self

فَإِنَّ الصَّبْرَ عَنْ مَحَارِمِ اللَّهِ أَيْسَرُ مِنَ الصَّبْرِ عَلَى عَذَابِهِ

Indeed, patience from forbidden things of God is easier than patience upon His punishment.

الصَّبْرِ patience

A definite noun ('patience/enduring') in the genitive after 'than', the second item in the comparison. Here it means bearing the punishment rather than refraining from sin.

From Patience and the Human Self

وَلَا صَبْرٌ لَهُ عَلَى الْأَمْرِ بِالْمَعْرُوفِ وَالنَّهْيِ عَنِ الْمُنْكَرِ

And he has no patience for enjoining what is right and forbidding what is wrong.

صَبْرٌ patience

The noun 'patience' as the subject of an existence statement, marked indefinite by the -un tail with no al- ('a patience' rather than 'the'). After the negator the sense is that no such patience exists for this person. The indefinite ending is what tells the reader it is 'any patience at all'.

From Patience and the Human Self

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