[Islamic term] Sabr (صَبْرٌ ṣabr) is the Islamic virtue of `patience` or `endurance`. Ṣabr is characterized as being one of the two parts of faith (the other being shukr). It teaches to remain spiritually steadfast. ==Etymology== Arabic lexicographers suggest that the root ṣ-b-r, of which ṣabr is the nomen actionis, means to b...