Surah Al-Qalam (القلم) • The Pen

Quran 68:48

68:48

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā takun kaṣāḥibi l-ḥūti idh nādā wahuwa makẓūmun

Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.

— Saheeh International

Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: do not be like the man in the whale who called out in distress:

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

So wait with patience for the Decision of your Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish - when he cried out (to Us) while he was in deep sorrow. (See the Qur’ân, Verse 21:87).

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patient
لِحُكْمِliḥuk'mifor (the) decision
رَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lord
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَكُنtakunbe
كَصَاحِبِkaṣāḥibilike (the) companion
ٱلْحُوتِl-ḥūti(of) the fish
إِذْidhwhen
نَادَىٰnādāhe called out
وَهُوَwahuwawhile he
مَكْظُومٌۭmakẓūmun(was) distressed