فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ
So beautiful patience is appropriate. (Yūsuf 12:18)
«صَبْرٌ» is nominative, and the condensed statement admits two grammatical accounts:
1. Omitted subject: فَأَمْرِي صَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ — “My course is beautiful patience.” The omitted «أَمْرِي» is the subject, and «صَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ» its predicate.
2. Omitted predicate: فَصَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ أَجْمَلُ بِي — “Beautiful patience is more becoming for me.” Here «صَبْرٌ جَمِيلٌ» is the subject and «أَجْمَلُ بِي» expresses the suppressed predicate.
The overt nominative is compatible with both, but the role assigned to the expressed phrase differs. The analysis must specify what is omitted rather than merely invoking ellipsis.