Arabic root

ص-ب-ر

Sad-Ba-Ra

4 words from this root family

About this root

Sad-Ba-Ra (ص-ب-ر) has 4 words in the Fahm dictionary: ṣabara (he was patient / he persevered), ṣabr (patience / perseverance / steadfastness), ṣabūr (patient), ṣabr (patience).

In the Quran, words built on this root occur 103 times in 93 verses, across 45 of the 114 suras. The first is in 2:45. The form صَبَرَ (he was patient / he persevered) accounts for 58 of them.

Themes: Quranic, Adjectives, Character, Abstract Concepts

Words from this root

Word	Meaning	Type	In the Quran	Taught in
صَبَرَ ṣabara	he was patient / he persevered	verb, B1	58×	Prophets and Messengers
صَبْرٌ ṣabr	patience / perseverance / steadfastness	noun, A1	15×	Reward, Recompense, and Deeds
صَبور ṣabūr	patient	adjective, A1		Adjectives - Degree & Intensity
صَبْر ṣabr	patience	noun, B1	15×	Time & Change

“In the Quran” counts every occurrence of that dictionary form, in any of its senses.

In the Quran

وَٱسْتَعِينُوا۟ بِٱلصَّبْرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِ ۚ وَإِنَّهَا لَكَبِيرَةٌ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱلْخَـٰشِعِينَ

Seek help in patience and prayer; and truly it is hard save for the humble-minded,

Quran 2:45

وَلَنَبْلُوَنَّكُم بِشَىْءٍ مِّنَ ٱلْخَوْفِ وَٱلْجُوعِ وَنَقْصٍ مِّنَ ٱلْأَمْوَٰلِ وَٱلْأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِ ۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ

And surely We shall try you with something of fear and hunger, and loss of wealth and lives and crops; but give glad tidings to the steadfast,

Quran 2:155

أُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ ٱشْتَرَوُا۟ ٱلضَّلَـٰلَةَ بِٱلْهُدَىٰ وَٱلْعَذَابَ بِٱلْمَغْفِرَةِ ۚ فَمَآ أَصْبَرَهُمْ عَلَى ٱلنَّارِ

Those are they who purchase error at the price of guidance, and torment at the price of pardon. How constant are they in their strife to reach the Fire!

Quran 2:175

Arabic text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani 1.1), CC BY 3.0, tanzil.net. English: Marmaduke Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran (1930), public domain, via Project Gutenberg. Counts and verse choice: Quranic Arabic Corpus morphology data (corpus.quran.com).

Word cards with examples

B1verb

صَبَرَ

ṣabara

he was patient / he persevered

Example

وَلَنَجْزِيَنَّ الَّذِينَ صَبَرُوا أَجْرَهُمْ بِأَحْسَنِ مَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ

wa-lanajziyanna alladhīna ṣabarū ajrahum bi-aḥsani mā kānū yaʿmalūn

And We will surely reward those who were patient with their reward according to the best of what they used to do (16:96)

Root: ص-ب-ر Quranic

Grammar

Form I verb. Past: صَبَرَ, Present: يَصْبِرُ. Related: صَبْرٌ (patience), صَابِرٌ (patient one), صَبُورٌ (very patient - divine name). Imperative: اصْبِرْ (be patient).

Culture

The Quran promises that those who are patient will receive their reward without limit (39:10). Patience is consistently linked to ultimate success.

A1noun

صَبْرٌ

ṣabr