As Saboor

Ṣabr is holding steady. The root’s older sense is binding something so that it stays where it is, which is why the Qur’an’s imperative iṣbir is closer to “stay put” than to “endure”.

The written form is not in the Qur’an — the name is carried by the list, and it closes it. Patience in this root is not waiting for a thing to pass; it is not letting go of it. A fair last word for a list of ninety-nine, most of which will take more than one reading.