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وَخُذْ بِيَدِكَ ضِغْثًۭا فَٱضْرِب بِّهِۦ وَلَا تَحْنَثْ ۗ إِنَّا وَجَدْنَٰهُ صَابِرًۭا ۚ نِّعْمَ ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ إِنَّهُۥٓ أَوَّابٌۭ﴿٤٤

Translation (Sahih International)

[We said], "And take in your hand a bunch [of grass] and strike with it and do not break your oath." Indeed, We found him patient, an excellent servant. Indeed, he was one repeatedly turning back [to Allah].

Word-by-word meaning

وَخُذْwakhudhAnd take
بِيَدِكَbiyadikain your hand
ضِغْثًۭاḍigh'thana bunch
فَٱضْرِبfa-iḍ'riband strike
بِّهِۦbihiwith it
وَلَاwalāand (do) not
تَحْنَثْ ۗtaḥnathbreak (your) oath
إِنَّاinnāIndeed, We
وَجَدْنَـٰهُwajadnāhu[We] found him
صَابِرًۭا ۚṣābiranpatient
نِّعْمَniʿ'maan excellent
ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖl-ʿabduslave
إِنَّهُۥٓinnahuIndeed, he
أَوَّابٌۭawwābunrepeatedly turned

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

AyyubHere Allah tells us about His servant and Messenger Ayyub (Job) and how He tested him. These tests afflicted his body, his wealth and his children, until there was no part of his body that was healthy except his heart. Then he had nothing left in this world which he could use to help him deal with his sickness or the predicament he was in, besides his wife, who retained her devotion to him because of her faith in Allah and His Messenger.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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