Sabr




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Sabr

Patient perseverance and steadfast endurance in the face of adversity—not passive resignation but active, dignified persistence.

Origin: Arabic Script: صبر Transliteration: ṣabr Category: Ethical & Spiritual Concept
Pronunciation: IPA/sˤɐbɾ/

Definition

Patient perseverance and steadfast endurance in the face of adversity—not passive resignation but active, dignified persistence.

Detailed

Patient perseverance and steadfast endurance in the face of adversity—not passive resignation but active, dignified persistence. From root ص-ب-ر. Active, steadfast perseverance through adversity with faith and dignity. Mentioned 90+ times in the Quran.

Etymology

From root ص-ب-ر. Active, steadfast perseverance through adversity with faith and dignity. Mentioned 90+ times in the Quran.

Explanations

Conceptual Breakdown

Patient perseverance and steadfast endurance in the face of adversity—not passive resignation but active, dignified persistence.

Translations & Equivalents

Language Script Transliteration Pronunciation
Telugu ఓర్పు ఓర్పు
Tamil பொறுமை பொறுமை
Kannada ತಾಳ್ಮೆ ತಾಳ್ಮೆ
Malayalam ക്ഷമ ക്ഷമ
Hindi सब्र सब्र
Sanskrit क्षमा क्षमा
Gujarati ધીરજ ધીરજ
Bengali ধৈর্য ধৈর্য
Marathi सहनशीलता सहनशीलता
Urdu صبر صبر
Arabic صبر ṣabr /sˤɐbɾ/
French patience persévérante patience persévérante
German Geduld Geduld
Spanish paciencia paciencia
Portuguese paciência paciência
Chinese (Simplified) 忍耐 忍耐
Chinese (Traditional) 忍耐 忍耐
Japanese 忍耐 忍耐
Polish cierpliwość cierpliwość
Russian терпение терпение
Malay sabar sabar
Indonesian sabar sabar
Filipino pasensya pasensya
Italian pazienza pazienza
Danish tålmodighed tålmodighed
English patient perseverance patient perseverance

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Sabr: Paciencia Resistente en la Tradición Islámica

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