Al-Muddaththir 74:7
SAHIHوَلِرَبِّكَ فَٱصْبِرْ
But for your Lord be patient.
Wa li Rabbika fasbir
Tafsir (Commentary)
<h2>Which was revealed in Makkah</h2><p>بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـنِ الرَّحِيمِ</p><p>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.</p><h2>The First Ayat to be revealed after `Read!</h2><p>It has been confirmed in the Sahih Al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim on the authority of Abu Salamah that Jabir bin `Abdullah informed him that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ speaking about the time period (of the pause in) revelation. The Prophet said,</p><p>«فَبَيْنَا أَنَا أَمْشِي إِذْ سَمِعْتُ صَوْتًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَرَفَعْتُ بَصَرِي قِبَلَ السَّمَاءِ، فَإِذَا الْمَلَكُ الَّذِي جَاءَنِي بِحِرَاءَ، قَاعِدٌ عَلَى كُرْسِيَ بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ وَالْأَرْضِ، فَجُئِثْتُ مِنْهُ حَتْى هَوَيْتُ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ، فَجِئْتُ إِلَى أَهْلِي فَقُلْتُ: زَمِّلُونِي زَمِّلُونِي فَزَمَّلُونِي. فَأَنْزَلَ (اللهُ تَعَالى):</p><p>يأَيُّهَا الْمُدَّثِّرُ - قُمْ فَأَنذِرْ</p><p>فَاهْجُرْ</p><p>ثُمَّ حَمِيَ الْوَحْيُ وَتَتَابَع»</p><p>(While I was walking I heard a voice from the sky. So I lifted my gaze towards the sky and saw the same angel who had come to me at the cave of Hira'. He was sitting on a chair between the sky and the earth. So I fled from him (in fear) until I fell down to the ground. Then, I went to my family and I said, `Wrap me up, wrap me up. So, they wrapped me up! So Allah revealed, (O you wrapped up! Arise …
Other Translations
For the sake of thy Lord, be patient!
But, for thy Lord's (Cause), be patient and constant!
And be patient for the sake of your Lord (i.e. perform your duty to Allah)!
And be constant for your Lord.