Welcome to the Quranic Arabic Corpus, an annotated linguistic resource for the Holy Quran. This page shows seven parallel translations in English for the 48th verse of chapter 68 (sūrat l-qalam). Click on the Arabic text to below to see word by word details of the verse's morphology.

Chapter (68) sūrat l-qalam (The Pen)

Sahih International: 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.

Pickthall: But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.

Yusuf Ali: So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.

Shakir: So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress.

Muhammad Sarwar: Exercise patience until the promise of your Lord (to punish the unbelievers) comes true. Do not be like Jonah (who left his people without the permission of God; he wanted them to be punished immediately),

Mohsin Khan: 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 Quran, Verse 21:87).

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.

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See Also

• Verse (68:48) Morphology - description of each Arabic word
• Dependency graph - syntactic analysis (i'rāb) for verse (68:48)