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Islamic quotes about patience (sabr)

Verses and hadith about patience for hard days, with short captions to share.

From the Quran

يَـٰٓأَيُّهَا ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱسۡتَعِينُواْ بِٱلصَّبۡرِ وَٱلصَّلَوٰةِۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ مَعَ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٥٣﴾

Ya ayyuha allatheena amanoo istaʿeenoo bialssabri waalssalati inna Allaha maʿa alssabireena

O you who have believed, seek help through patience and prayer. Indeed, Allah is with the patient

Quran 2:153 · Surah Al-Baqara

قُلۡ يَٰعِبَادِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُواْ ٱتَّقُواْ رَبَّكُمۡۚ لِلَّذِينَ أَحۡسَنُواْ فِي هَٰذِهِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا حَسَنَةٞۗ وَأَرۡضُ ٱللَّهِ وَٰسِعَةٌۗ إِنَّمَا يُوَفَّى ٱلصَّـٰبِرُونَ أَجۡرَهُم بِغَيۡرِ حِسَابٖ ﴿١٠﴾

Qul ya ʿibadi allatheena amanoo ittaqoo rabbakum lillatheena ahsanoo fee hathihi alddunya hasanatun waardu Allahi wasiʿatun innama yuwaffa alssabiroona ajrahum bighayri hisabin

Say, "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

Quran 39:10 · Surah Az-Zumar

فَإِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرًا ﴿٥﴾ إِنَّ مَعَ ٱلۡعُسۡرِ يُسۡرٗا ﴿٦﴾

Fainna maʿa alʿusri yusran Inna maʿa alʿusri yusran

For indeed, with hardship [will be] ease Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease

Quran 94:5-6 · Surah Ash-Sharh

وَلَنَبۡلُوَنَّكُم بِشَيۡءٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡخَوۡفِ وَٱلۡجُوعِ وَنَقۡصٖ مِّنَ ٱلۡأَمۡوَٰلِ وَٱلۡأَنفُسِ وَٱلثَّمَرَٰتِۗ وَبَشِّرِ ٱلصَّـٰبِرِينَ ﴿١٥٥﴾ ٱلَّذِينَ إِذَآ أَصَٰبَتۡهُم مُّصِيبَةٞ قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّآ إِلَيۡهِ رَٰجِعُونَ ﴿١٥٦﴾ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ عَلَيۡهِمۡ صَلَوَٰتٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِمۡ وَرَحۡمَةٞۖ وَأُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ هُمُ ٱلۡمُهۡتَدُونَ ﴿١٥٧﴾

Walanabluwannakum bishayin mina alkhawfi waaljooʿi wanaqsin mina alamwali waalanfusi waalththamarati wabashshiri alssabireena Allatheena itha asabathum museebatun qaloo inna lillahi wainna ilayhi rajiʿoona Olaika ʿalayhim salawatun min rabbihim warahmatun waolaika humu almuhtadoona

And 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 Who, when disaster strikes them, say, "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return Those are the ones upon whom are blessings from their Lord and mercy. And it is those who are the [rightly] guided

Quran 2:155-157 · Surah Al-Baqara

From the hadith

How wonderful is the affair of the believer, for all of it is good. If something good happens to him, he is grateful, and that is good for him. If something bad happens to him, he is patient, and that is good for him.

Sahih Muslim

No one has been given a gift better and more comprehensive than patience.

Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim

Short captions

"Indeed, Allah is with the patient." (Quran 2:153)

"Indeed, with hardship [will be] ease" (Quran 94:6)

Sabr is not waiting. It is how you behave while you wait.

Allah will not burden you with more than you can bear. (Quran 2:286)

Hard times are temporary. Allah's mercy is not. 🤍

Be patient. What is written for you will reach you, even if it is beneath two mountains.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajiun. Everything returns to Him.

Build patience as a habit: patience (sabr).

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