ص ب ر Root ṣ-b-r in the Qur’an 103 occurrences in 93 verses

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Meanings are the most common word-by-word translations of each word in the Qur’an.

صَبَرَ 58 times

• 2:61 · Al-Baqarahنَّصْبِرَ we endureAnd [recall] when you said, "O Moses, we can never endure one [kind of] food. So call upon your Lord to bring forth for us from the earth its green herbs and its cucumbers and its garlic and its lentils and its onions." [Moses] said, "Would you exchange what is better for what is less? Go into [any] settlement and indeed, you will have what you have asked." And they were covered with humiliation and poverty and returned with anger from Allah [upon them]. That was because they [repeatedly] disbelieved in the signs of Allah and killed the prophets without right. That was because they disobeyed and were [habitually] transgressing.
• 2:175 · Al-Baqarahأَصْبَرَهُمْ their enduranceThose are the ones who have exchanged guidance for error and forgiveness for punishment. How patient they are in pursuit of the Fire!
• 3:120 · Ali 'Imranتَصْبِرُوا۟ you are patientIf good touches you, it distresses them; but if harm strikes you, they rejoice at it. And if you are patient and fear Allah, their plot will not harm you at all. Indeed, Allah is encompassing of what they do.
• 3:125 · Ali 'Imranتَصْبِرُوا۟ you are patientYes, if you remain patient and conscious of Allah and the enemy come upon you [attacking] in rage, your Lord will reinforce you with five thousand angels having marks [of distinction]
• 3:186 · Ali 'Imranتَصْبِرُوا۟ you are patientYou will surely be tested in your possessions and in yourselves. And you will surely hear from those who were given the Scripture before you and from those who associate others with Allah much abuse. But if you are patient and fear Allah - indeed, that is of the matters [worthy] of determination.
• 3:200 · Ali 'Imranٱصْبِرُوا۟ Be steadfastO you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful.
• 4:25 · An-Nisaتَصْبِرُوا۟ you be patientAnd whoever among you cannot [find] the means to marry free, believing women, then [he may marry] from those whom your right hands possess of believing slave girls. And Allah is most knowing about your faith. You [believers] are of one another. So marry them with the permission of their people and give them their due compensation according to what is acceptable. [They should be] chaste, neither [of] those who commit unlawful intercourse randomly nor those who take [secret] lovers. But once they are sheltered in marriage, if they should commit adultery, then for them is half the punishment for free [unmarried] women. This [allowance] is for him among you who fears sin, but to be patient is better for you. And Allah is Forgiving and Merciful.
• 6:34 · Al-An'amفَصَبَرُوا۟ but they were patientAnd certainly were messengers denied before you, but they were patient over [the effects of] denial, and they were harmed until Our victory came to them. And none can alter the words of Allah. And there has certainly come to you some information about the [previous] messengers.
• 7:87 · Al-A'rafفَٱصْبِرُوا۟ then be patientAnd if there should be a group among you who has believed in that with which I have been sent and a group that has not believed, then be patient until Allah judges between us. And He is the best of judges."
• 7:128 · Al-A'rafوَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۖ and be patientSaid Moses to his people, "Seek help through Allah and be patient. Indeed, the earth belongs to Allah. He causes to inherit it whom He wills of His servants. And the [best] outcome is for the righteous."
• 7:137 · Al-A'rafصَبَرُوا۟ ۖ they were patientAnd We caused the people who had been oppressed to inherit the eastern regions of the land and the western ones, which We had blessed. And the good word of your Lord was fulfilled for the Children of Israel because of what they had patiently endured. And We destroyed [all] that Pharaoh and his people were producing and what they had been building.
• 8:46 · Al-Anfalوَٱصْبِرُوٓا۟ ۚ and be patientAnd obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
• 10:109 · Yunusوَٱصْبِرْ and be patientAnd follow what is revealed to you, [O Muhammad], and be patient until Allah will judge. And He is the best of judges.
• 11:11 · Hudصَبَرُوا۟ (are) patientExcept for those who are patient and do righteous deeds; those will have forgiveness and great reward.
• 11:49 · Hudفَٱصْبِرْ ۖ So be patientThat is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muhammad]. You knew it not, neither you nor your people, before this. So be patient; indeed, the [best] outcome is for the righteous.
• 11:115 · Hudوَٱصْبِرْ And be patientAnd be patient, for indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good.
• 12:90 · Yusufوَيَصْبِرْ and (is) patientThey said, "Are you indeed Joseph?" He said "I am Joseph, and this is my brother. Allah has certainly favored us. Indeed, he who fears Allah and is patient, then indeed, Allah does not allow to be lost the reward of those who do good."
• 13:22 · Ar-Ra'dصَبَرُوا۟ (are) patientAnd those who are patient, seeking the countenance of their Lord, and establish prayer and spend from what We have provided for them secretly and publicly and prevent evil with good - those will have the good consequence of [this] home -
• 13:24 · Ar-Ra'dصَبَرْتُمْ ۚ you patiently endured"Peace be upon you for what you patiently endured. And excellent is the final home."
• 14:12 · Ibrahimوَلَنَصْبِرَنَّ And surely we will bear with patienceAnd why should we not rely upon Allah while He has guided us to our [good] ways. And we will surely be patient against whatever harm you should cause us. And upon Allah let those who would rely [indeed] rely."
• 14:21 · Ibrahimصَبَرْنَا we are patientAnd they will come out [for judgement] before Allah all together, and the weak will say to those who were arrogant, "Indeed, we were your followers, so can you avail us anything against the punishment of Allah?" They will say, "If Allah had guided us, we would have guided you. It is all the same for us whether we show intolerance or are patient: there is for us no place of escape."
• 16:42 · An-Nahlصَبَرُوا۟ (are) patient[They are] those who endured patiently and upon their Lord relied.
• 16:96 · An-Nahlصَبَرُوٓا۟ (are) patientWhatever you have will end, but what Allah has is lasting. And We will surely give those who were patient their reward according to the best of what they used to do.
• 16:110 · An-Nahlوَصَبَرُوٓا۟ and were patientThen, indeed your Lord, to those who emigrated after they had been compelled [to renounce their religion] and thereafter fought [for the cause of Allah] and were patient - indeed, your Lord, after that, is Forgiving and Merciful
• 16:126 · An-Nahlصَبَرْتُمْ you are patientAnd if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
• 16:127 · An-Nahlوَٱصْبِرْ And be patientAnd be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience is not but through Allah. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.
• 18:28 · Al-Kahfوَٱصْبِرْ And be patientAnd keep yourself patient [by being] with those who call upon their Lord in the morning and the evening, seeking His countenance. And let not your eyes pass beyond them, desiring adornments of the worldly life, and do not obey one whose heart We have made heedless of Our remembrance and who follows his desire and whose affair is ever [in] neglect.
• 18:68 · Al-Kahfتَصْبِرُ you have patienceAnd how can you have patience for what you do not encompass in knowledge?"
• 20:130 · Ta-Haفَٱصْبِرْ So be patientSo be patient over what they say and exalt [Allah] with praise of your Lord before the rising of the sun and before its setting; and during periods of the night [exalt Him] and at the ends of the day, that you may be satisfied.
• 23:111 · Al-Mu'minunصَبَرُوٓا۟ they were patientIndeed, I have rewarded them this Day for their patient endurance - that they are the attainers [of success]."

Also in 28 more places: 25:20, 25:42, 25:75, 28:54, 29:59, 30:60, 31:17, 32:24, 38:6, 38:17, 40:55, 40:77, 41:24, 41:35, 42:43, 46:35, 46:35, 49:5, 50:39, 52:16, 52:16, 52:48, 68:48, 70:5, 73:10, 74:7, 76:12, 76:24

صابِر 20 times

• 2:153 · Al-Baqarahٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ the patient onesO you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
• 2:155 · Al-Baqarahٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ (to) the patient onesAnd We will surely test you with something of fear and hunger and a loss of wealth and lives and fruits, but give good tidings to the patient,
• 2:177 · Al-Baqarahوَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ and those who are patientRighteousness is not that you turn your faces toward the east or the west, but [true] righteousness is [in] one who believes in Allah, the Last Day, the angels, the Book, and the prophets and gives wealth, in spite of love for it, to relatives, orphans, the needy, the traveler, those who ask [for help], and for freeing slaves; [and who] establishes prayer and gives zakah; [those who] fulfill their promise when they promise; and [those who] are patient in poverty and hardship and during battle. Those are the ones who have been true, and it is those who are the righteous.
• 2:249 · Al-Baqarahٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ the patient onesAnd when Saul went forth with the soldiers, he said, "Indeed, Allah will be testing you with a river. So whoever drinks from it is not of me, and whoever does not taste it is indeed of me, excepting one who takes [from it] in the hollow of his hand." But they drank from it, except a [very] few of them. Then when he had crossed it along with those who believed with him, they said, "There is no power for us today against Goliath and his soldiers." But those who were certain that they would meet Allah said, "How many a small company has overcome a large company by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the patient."
• 3:17 · Ali 'Imranٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ The patientThe patient, the true, the obedient, those who spend [in the way of Allah], and those who seek forgiveness before dawn.
• 3:142 · Ali 'Imranٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ the steadfastOr do you think that you will enter Paradise while Allah has not yet made evident those of you who fight in His cause and made evident those who are steadfast?
• 3:146 · Ali 'Imranٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ the patient onesAnd how many a prophet [fought and] with him fought many religious scholars. But they never lost assurance due to what afflicted them in the cause of Allah, nor did they weaken or submit. And Allah loves the steadfast.
• 8:46 · Al-Anfalٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ the patient onesAnd obey Allah and His Messenger, and do not dispute and [thus] lose courage and [then] your strength would depart; and be patient. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
• 8:65 · Al-Anfalصَـٰبِرُونَ steadfastO Prophet, urge the believers to battle. If there are among you twenty [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome a thousand of those who have disbelieved because they are a people who do not understand.
• 8:66 · Al-Anfalٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ the steadfastNow, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the steadfast.
• 16:126 · An-Nahlلِّلصَّـٰبِرِينَ for those who are patientAnd if you punish [an enemy, O believers], punish with an equivalent of that with which you were harmed. But if you are patient - it is better for those who are patient.
• 18:69 · Al-Kahfصَابِرًۭا patient[Moses] said, "You will find me, if Allah wills, patient, and I will not disobey you in [any] order."
• 21:85 · Al-Anbyaٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ the patient onesAnd [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
• 22:35 · Al-Hajjوَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ and those who are patientWho, when Allah is mentioned, their hearts are fearful, and [to] the patient over what has afflicted them, and the establishers of prayer and those who spend from what We have provided them.
• 28:80 · Al-Qasasٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ (to) the patient onesBut those who had been given knowledge said, "Woe to you! The reward of Allah is better for he who believes and does righteousness. And none are granted it except the patient."
• 33:35 · Al-Ahzabوَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ and the patient menIndeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.
• 37:102 · As-Saffatٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ the patient onesAnd when he reached with him [the age of] exertion, he said, "O my son, indeed I have seen in a dream that I [must] sacrifice you, so see what you think." He said, "O my father, do as you are commanded. You will find me, if Allah wills, of the steadfast."
• 38:44 · Sadصَابِرًۭا ۚ patient[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath." Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].
• 39:10 · Az-Zumarٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ the patient onesSay, "O My servants who have believed, fear your Lord. For those who do good in this world is good, and the earth of Allah is spacious. Indeed, the patient will be given their reward without account."
• 47:31 · Muhammadوَٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ and the patient onesAnd We will surely test you until We make evident those who strive among you [for the cause of Allah] and the patient, and We will test your affairs.

صَبْر 15 times

• 2:45 · Al-Baqarahبِٱلصَّبْرِ through patienceAnd seek help through patience and prayer, and indeed, it is difficult except for the humbly submissive [to Allah]
• 2:153 · Al-Baqarahبِٱلصَّبْرِ through patienceO you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient.
• 2:250 · Al-Baqarahصَبْرًۭا patienceAnd when they went forth to [face] Goliath and his soldiers, they said, "Our Lord, pour upon us patience and plant firmly our feet and give us victory over the disbelieving people."
• 7:126 · Al-A'rafصَبْرًۭا patienceAnd you do not resent us except because we believed in the signs of our Lord when they came to us. Our Lord, pour upon us patience and let us die as Muslims [in submission to You]."
• 12:18 · Yusufفَصَبْرٌۭ so patienceAnd they brought upon his shirt false blood. [Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. And Allah is the one sought for help against that which you describe."
• 12:83 · Yusufفَصَبْرٌۭ so patience[Jacob] said, "Rather, your souls have enticed you to something, so patience is most fitting. Perhaps Allah will bring them to me all together. Indeed it is He who is the Knowing, the Wise."
• 16:127 · An-Nahlصَبْرُكَ (is) your patienceAnd be patient, [O Muhammad], and your patience is not but through Allah. And do not grieve over them and do not be in distress over what they conspire.
• 18:67 · Al-Kahfصَبْرًۭا (to have) patienceHe said, "Indeed, with me you will never be able to have patience.
• 18:72 · Al-Kahfصَبْرًۭا (to have) patience[Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not say that with me you would never be able to have patience?"
• 18:75 · Al-Kahfصَبْرًۭا (to have) patience[Al-Khidh r] said, "Did I not tell you that with me you would never be able to have patience?"
• 18:78 · Al-Kahfصَبْرًا (to have) patience[Al-Khidh r] said, "This is parting between me and you. I will inform you of the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience.
• 18:82 · Al-Kahfصَبْرًۭا (to have) patienceAnd as for the wall, it belonged to two orphan boys in the city, and there was beneath it a treasure for them, and their father had been righteous. So your Lord intended that they reach maturity and extract their treasure, as a mercy from your Lord. And I did it not of my own accord. That is the interpretation of that about which you could not have patience."
• 70:5 · Al-Ma'arijصَبْرًۭا a patienceSo be patient with gracious patience.
• 90:17 · Al-Baladبِٱلصَّبْرِ to patienceAnd then being among those who believed and advised one another to patience and advised one another to compassion.
• 103:3 · Al-'Asrبِٱلصَّبْرِ to [the] patienceExcept for those who have believed and done righteous deeds and advised each other to truth and advised each other to patience.

صَبّار 4 times

• 14:5 · Ibrahimصَبَّارٍۢ patientAnd We certainly sent Moses with Our signs, [saying], "Bring out your people from darknesses into the light and remind them of the days of Allah." Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
• 31:31 · Luqmanصَبَّارٍۢ (who is) patientDo you not see that ships sail through the sea by the favor of Allah that He may show you of His signs? Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
• 34:19 · Sabaصَبَّارٍۢ patientBut [insolently] they said, "Our Lord, lengthen the distance between our journeys," and wronged themselves, so We made them narrations and dispersed them in total dispersion. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.
• 42:33 · Ash-Shuraصَبَّارٍۢ patientIf He willed, He could still the wind, and they would remain motionless on its surface. Indeed in that are signs for everyone patient and grateful.

اصْطَبِرْ 3 times

• 19:65 · Maryamوَٱصْطَبِرْ and be constantLord of the heavens and the earth and whatever is between them - so worship Him and have patience for His worship. Do you know of any similarity to Him?"
• 20:132 · Ta-Haوَٱصْطَبِرْ and be steadfastAnd enjoin prayer upon your family [and people] and be steadfast therein. We ask you not for provision; We provide for you, and the [best] outcome is for [those of] righteousness.
• 54:27 · Al-Qamarوَٱصْطَبِرْ and be patientIndeed, We are sending the she-camel as trial for them, so watch them and be patient.

صابِرَة 2 times

• 8:66 · Al-Anfalصَابِرَةٌۭ steadfastNow, Allah has lightened [the hardship] for you, and He knows that among you is weakness. So if there are from you one hundred [who are] steadfast, they will overcome two hundred. And if there are among you a thousand, they will overcome two thousand by permission of Allah. And Allah is with the steadfast.
• 33:35 · Al-Ahzabوَٱلصَّـٰبِرَٰتِ and the patient womenIndeed, the Muslim men and Muslim women, the believing men and believing women, the obedient men and obedient women, the truthful men and truthful women, the patient men and patient women, the humble men and humble women, the charitable men and charitable women, the fasting men and fasting women, the men who guard their private parts and the women who do so, and the men who remember Allah often and the women who do so - for them Allah has prepared forgiveness and a great reward.

صابِرُ 1 time

• 3:200 · Ali 'Imranوَصَابِرُوا۟ and [be] patientO you who have believed, persevere and endure and remain stationed and fear Allah that you may be successful.

How we count

Each Qur’an word whose stem comes from this root counts once. Attached prefixes and pronouns, such as wa- (and) or al- (the), are not counted separately. Root and lemma data: Quranic Arabic Corpus (Kais Dukes, University of Leeds), revised by quran-morphology, GNU GPL. All sources. Verse translation: Saheeh International.