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Quran Maqasid

Surah Al-Qalam, verse 48

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فاصبر لحكم ربك ولا تكن كصاحب الحوت اذ نادى وهو مكظوم

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.

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  • Verse 48 of 52
  • Juz 29
  • Page 566

Word by word

  1. فَٱصْبِرْSo be patientfa-iṣ'bir
  2. لِحُكْمِfor (the) decisionliḥuk'mi
  3. رَبِّكَ(of) your Lordrabbika
  4. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  5. تَكُنbetakun
  6. كَصَاحِبِlike (the) companionkaṣāḥibi
  7. ٱلْحُوتِ(of) the fishl-ḥūti
  8. إِذْwhenidh
  9. نَادَىٰhe called outnādā
  10. وَهُوَwhile hewahuwa
  11. مَكْظُومٌۭ(was) distressedmakẓūmun

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