وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ ٤٥
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
68:46
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ ٤٦
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-
68:47
أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ٤٧
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
68:48
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ ٤٨
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.
68:49
لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ ٤٩
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.