Chapter 68 - Al-Qalam
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68:48(12) In the same way, you too must remain steadfast for the sake of the rule of your Lord, and be not the victim of despair like Younus, the one devoted to his mission (َصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ), who cried out [in distress] after having given in to pressures (مَكْظُومٌ). 68:49(12) Because it is to remember that had not grace from his Sustainer reached him, he would indeed have been cast forth (لَنُبِذَ) upon that barren land (بِالْعَرَاءِ) in a state of regret (مَذْمُومٌ): 68:50(12) but his Sustainer had responded to him and placed him among the great Reformers .