Arabic vocabulary
صبرpatience in Arabic
صبر is how you say “patience” in Arabic. Hear it pronounced and see it used in real example sentences from classical texts below.
Example sentences
يَا أَقْدَام الصَّبْر احملي بَقِي الْقَلِيل
O feet of patience, carry the remaining little.
الصَّبْرِ — of patience. 'Patience / endurance', the owner completing 'the feet of patience', genitive, definite. Patience pictured as feet that must keep walking.
From: Night Prayer and Nearness to God →وعبوديته فِي قَضَاء المصائب الصَّبْر عَلَيْهَا
And his servitude in the decree of calamities is patience upon them.
الصَّبْرُ — patience. The predicate, 'patience', in the '-u' ending: his servitude in such decrees 'is' patient endurance. Definite and nominative, it answers the topic with no 'is'.
From: Accepting God's Decree →
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