Quran 68:48 — Al-Qalam, verse 48
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: do not be like the man in the whale who called out in distress:
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā takun kaṣāḥibi l-ḥūti idh nādā wahuwa makẓūmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- So be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord, and be not as the Man of the Fish, when he called, choking inwardly.
- Muhammad Asad
- BEAR THEN with patience thy Sustainer's will and be not like him of the great fish, who cried out [in distress] after having given in to anger.
- Sahih International
- 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.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱصْبِرْfa-iṣ'bir | So be patient | صبر |
| 2 | لِحُكْمِliḥuk'mi | for (the) decision | حكم |
| 3 | رَبِّكَrabbika | (of) your Lord | ربب |
| 4 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 5 | تَكُنtakun | be | كون |
| 6 | كَصَاحِبِkaṣāḥibi | like (the) companion | صحب |
| 7 | ٱلْحُوتِl-ḥūti | (of) the fish | حوت |
| 8 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 9 | نَادَىٰnādā | he called out | ندو |
| 10 | وَهُوَwahuwa | while he | — |
| 11 | مَكْظُومٌۭmakẓūmun | (was) distressed | كظم |