فَٱصْبِرْ So be patient fa-iṣ'bir for (the) decision liḥuk'mi (of) your Lord rabbika and (do) not walā be takun like (the) companion kaṣāḥibi (of) the fish l-ḥūti when idh he called out nādā while he wahuwa (was) distressed makẓūmun
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.
لَّوْلَآ If not lawlā that an overtook him tadārakahu a Favor niʿ'matun from min his Lord rabbihi surely he would have been thrown lanubidha onto (the) naked shore bil-ʿarāi while he wahuwa (was) blamed madhmūmun
If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ But chose him fa-ij'tabāhu his Lord rabbuhu and made him fajaʿalahu of mina the righteous l-ṣāliḥīna
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
وَإِن And indeed wa-in would almost yakādu those who alladhīna disbelieve kafarū surely make you slip layuz'liqūnaka with their look bi-abṣārihim when lammā they hear samiʿū the Message l-dhik'ra and they say wayaqūlūna Indeed, he innahu (is) surely mad lamajnūnun
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
وَمَا And not wamā it (is) huwa but illā a Reminder dhik'run to the worlds lil'ʿālamīna
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.