Verse 68:52 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
48
فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومࣱ ٤٨
fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā takun kaṣāḥibi l-ḥūti idh nādā wahuwa makẓūmu
Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: do not be like the man in the whale who called out in distress
49
لَّوۡلَاۤ أَن تَدَ ٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومࣱ ٤٩
lawlā an tadārakahu niʿ'matun min rabbihi lanubidha bil-ʿarāi wahuwa madhmūmu
if his Lord’s grace had not reached him, he would have been left, abandoned and blameworthy, on the barren shore
50
فَٱجۡتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ ٥٠
fa-ij'tabāhu rabbuhu fajaʿalahu mina l-ṣāliḥīn
but his Lord chose him and made him one of the Righteous
51
وَإِن یَكَادُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَیُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَـٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَیَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ ٥١
wa-in yakādu alladhīna kafarū layuz'liqūnaka bi-abṣārihim lammā samiʿū l-dhik'ra wayaqūlūna innahu lamajnūnu
The disbelievers almost strike you down with their looks when they hear the Quran. They say, ‘He must be mad!’
52
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ٥٢
wamā huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīn
but truly it is nothing other than a Reminder for all peoples
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