وَخُذْ And take بِيَدِكَ in your hand ضِغْثًۭا a bunch فَٱضْرِب and strike بِّهِۦ with it وَلَا and (do) not تَحْنَثْ ۗ break (your) oath إِنَّا Indeed, We وَجَدْنَـٰهُ [We] found him صَابِرًۭا ۚ patient نِّعْمَ an excellent ٱلْعَبْدُ ۖ slave إِنَّهُۥٓ Indeed, he أَوَّابٌۭ repeatedly turned ٤٤
[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 Allāh].
— Come To Light