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Ma'arif al-Qur'an Tafsir: Al-Qalam Ayah 48

68:48
فاصبر لحكم ربك ولا تكن كصاحب الحوت اذ نادى وهو مكظوم ٤٨
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ ٤٨
فَٱصۡبِرۡﱯ
لِحُكۡمِﱰ
رَبِّكَﱱ
وَلَاﱲ
تَكُنﱳ
كَصَاحِبِﱴ
ٱلۡحُوتِﱵ
إِذۡﱶ
نَادَىٰﱷ
وَهُوَﱸ
مَكۡظُومٞﱹ
٤٨ﱺ
So be patient with your Lord’s decree, and do not be like ˹Jonah,˺ the Man of the Whale, who cried out ˹to Allah˺, in total distress.1
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وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ (So, remain patient with your Lord's judgment, and be not like the Man of the Fish...68:48). It refers to Sayyidna Yunus (علیہ السلام) . He is named here as 'Man of Fish' because he was devoured by a fish and remained in its belly for some time.