الصَّبْرَthe patience

Example sentences

• أَمَّا بَعْدُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهُ سُبْحَانَهُ جَعَلَ الصَّبْرَ جَوَّادًا لا يَكْبُو

  Now then, God, Glorified be He, has made patience a steed that does not stumble.

  الصَّبْرَ — the patience. This definite noun 'patience' is the first object of 'made': the thing being transformed. It carries the object ending, and its al- marks it as the abstract virtue itself. What it is turned into comes next as the second object.

  From: Patience and God's Help →

• وَأَخْبَرَ أَنَّ الصَّبْرَ خَيْرٌ لِأَهْلِهِ مُؤَكِّدًا بِالْيُمْنِ

  And He informed that patience is best for His people, affirming it by oath.

  الصَّبْرَ — patience. A definite noun naming patience, carrying the accusative ending because the 'that' particle before it governs it as the clause subject. The case marking is the visible grip of that subordinator.

  From: Patience and God's Help →