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وَخُذْ
بِيَدِكَ
ضِغْثًا
فَاضْرِب
بِّهِ
وَلَا
تَحْنَثْ
إِنَّا
وَجَدْنَاهُ
صَابِرًا
نِّعْمَ
الْعَبْدُ
إِنَّهُ
أَوَّابٌ
wa-khudh bi-yadika ḍighthan fa-ḍrib bihī wa-lā taḥnath ʾinnā wajadnāhu ṣābiran niʿma l-ʿabdu ʾinnahū ʾawwābun
[We told him:] ‘Take a faggot in your hand and then strike [your wife] with it, but do not break [your] oath.’ Indeed, We found him to be patient. What an excellent servant! Indeed he was a penitent [soul].
— Ali Quli Qarai
"And take in thy hand a little grass, and strike therewith: and break not (thy oath)." Truly We found him full of patience and constancy. How excellent in Our service! ever did he turn (to Us)!
