as-Sabur — The Patient

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as-Sabur — The Patient. It is name number 99 in the enumeration of God's most beautiful names in the hadith of Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) at al-Tirmidhi ¹; Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya devoted a chapter of Jala' al-Afham to explaining these names ².

In the Sunna

Abu Hurayra reports: 'God has ninety-nine names — a hundred less one; whoever enumerates them enters Paradise' ³.

In people's lives

Among the Companions' stories of patience: Bilal ibn Rabah (may God be pleased with him) enduring torture in Mecca while repeating 'Ahad, Ahad', until Abu Bakr freed him. ⁴

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Part of: The most beautiful names of God (asma' Allah al-husna)

People and things also explored

al-Adl — The Utterly Just· al-Afuww — The Pardoner· al-Ahad — The Unique· al-Akhir — The Last· al-Ali — The Most High· al-Alim — The All-Knowing· al-Awwal — The First· al-Azim — The Magnificent

Sources

Jami' al-Tirmidhi
Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Jala' al-Afham
Sahih Muslim
Ibn Sa'd, Kitab al-Tabaqat al-Kabir (Bewley translation, Ta-Ha)

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