Qur'an 68:48 Al-Qalam
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
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What it says
The instruction the whole surah has been moving toward, and it comes with a warning attached. Yunus is named only by what happened to him. Makzum describes grief held in with no outlet, and the call he made was made from inside that state.
Word by word
فَٱصْبِرْ fa-ṣbir so be patient · لِحُكْمِ liḥukmi for the decree · رَبِّكَ rabbika of your Lord · وَلَا wa-lā and do not · تَكُن takun be · كَصَاحِبِ kaṣāḥibi like the companion · ٱلْحُوتِ al-ḥūti of the fish · إِذْ idh when · نَادَىٰ nādā he called out · وَهُوَ wa-huwa while he was · مَكْظُومٌ makẓūm choked with grief
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