Abdus Sabur

Abdus Sabur (Arabic: عبد الصبور ‎‎) is a male Muslim given name, built on the Arabic words Abd, al- and Sabur. The name means "servant of the Patient One", As-Sabur being one of the names of God in the Qur'an, which give rise to the Muslim theophoric names.^[1][2]

Because the Arabic letter corresponding to s is a sun letter, the letter l of the al- is assimilated to it. Thus although the name is written with letters corresponding to Abd al-Sabur, the usual pronunciation corresponds to Abd as-Sabur. Alternative transliterations include Abdul Saboor and others, all subject to variant spacing and hyphenation.

It may refer to

• Salah Abdel Sabour (1931–1981), Egyptian poet.
• Abdul Sabur Farid Kohistani (1952–2007), Prime Minister of Afghanistan
• Abd'al Sabur, alias of Wadih el-Hage (born 1960), Lebanese imprisoned in the US for terrorist offences.

References

1. Salahuddin Ahmed (1999). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. London: Hurst & Company.
2. S. A. Rahman (2001). A Dictionary of Muslim Names. New Delhi: Goodword Books.