أَم عِندَهُمُ الغَيبُ فَهُم يَكتُبونَ

Or do they have knowledge of the unseen, so they write it down?

فَاصبِر لِحُكمِ رَبِّكَ وَلا تَكُن كَصاحِبِ الحوتِ إِذ نادىٰ وَهُوَ مَكظومٌ

Exercise patience for your Lord’s decree, and don’t be like the Fellow of the Whale, who called out in his affliction.

لَولا أَن تَدارَكَهُ نِعمَةٌ مِن رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالعَراءِ وَهُوَ مَذمومٌ

Had it not been for a favor from his Lord, he would’ve been thrown onto the barren shore, and he was to blame.

فَاجتَباهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصّالِحينَ

But his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

وَإِن يَكادُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لَيُزلِقونَكَ بِأَبصارِهِم لَمّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكرَ وَيَقولونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجنونٌ

Upon hearing the message, the unbelievers nearly pierce you with their glances and say, “He is surely crazy!”