ASMA AL-HUSNA · 99 / 99
As-Sabur — The Patient: الصَّبُورُ
Meaning
The One who does not hasten against the disobedient but grants respite for return — established via the listing; 2:153 ("Allah is with the patient") and the Forbearing (#32) show the attribute’s Qur’anic ground. Patience in Him is power restrained by wisdom, never indifference.
Textual references
No direct verse ascription for this exact name-form is established — the name is contemplated via the classical listing and related texts noted in Sources. This uncertainty is stated rather than filled.
The 99-names hadith itself (Sahih al-Bukhari 2736; Sahih Muslim 2677) does not enumerate the names; the enumeration order follows the Tirmidhi listing, whose chain scholars grade as weak for the list itself.
Reflection
His patience with you funds your patience with others — and your own return.
A personal contemplation aid — not doctrine and not a promised outcome.
Sources & methodology
- Qur’an 2:153 (patience extolled — see methodology)
- Sahih al-Bukhari 2736 (the 99 names)
Verse citations were checked against the Qur’an text. Claims that could not be verified were omitted. No recitation counts, guaranteed effects, or per-name hadith benefits are asserted.