48فَاصبِر لِحُكمِ رَبِّكَ وَلا تَكُن كَصاحِبِ الحوتِ إِذ نادىٰ وَهُوَ مَكظومٌAli UnalSo wait patiently for your Lord’s judgment, and do not be like the companion of the fish,1 when he called out choking inwardly (with distress).2The companion of the fish is the Prophet Jonah, upon him be peace. For a detailed explanation of his story, see sūrah 10: 98, note 20; sūrah 21: 87–88, note 18; sūrah 37: 139–148.He called out in the abdomen of the fish: “There is no deity but You, All-Glorified You are (in that You are absolutely above having any defect). Surely, I have been one of the wrongdoers (who have wronged themselves)” (21: 87). For the meaning of this, see sūrah 21, note 18.