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Quran Verses about Prophet Jonah

16 ayahs · from 4 surahs

Prophet Jonah left his people in anger without his Lord's leave, boarded a laden ship, lost the casting of lots and was swallowed by a great fish. In the darkness he prayed and glorified Allah, admitting his wrong; Allah answered him, cast him out onto a barren shore in a weakened state and made a gourd plant grow over him. He was then sent back to his people, who believed, and the punishment was lifted from them.

Section 1/4 · Jonah leaves his people and boards a ship

Jonah leaves his people and boards a ship

Ash-Shaffat 139–141Tafsir

  1. وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ١٣٩

    Wa inna yūnusa laminal-mursalīn.

    And indeed, Jonah was among the messengers.

  2. إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١٤٠

    Idh abaqa ilal-fulkil-mashḥūn.

    [Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.

  3. فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُدۡحَضِينَ ١٤١

    Fasāhama fakāna minal-mudḥaḍīn.

    And he drew lots1 and was among the losers.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. To determine who would be cast overboard in order to save the other passengers. Having been overloaded, the ship was on the verge of sinking.

Swallowed by the fish, and his prayer in the darkness

Al-Anbiya' 87–88Tafsir

  1. وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبٗا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٧

    Wa dhan-nūni idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna al lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fiẓ-ẓulumāti al lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu minaẓ-ẓālimīn.

    And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger1 and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.2 And he called out within the darknesses,3 "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

    Footnotes (3)
    1. At the disbelief of his people.
    2. Or "would not restrict him" in the belly of the fish.
    3. That of the night, of the sea, and of the fish's interior.

  2. فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِي ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨

    Fastajabnā lahū wa najjaynāhu minal-ghamm, wa kadhālika nunjil-muʾminīn.

    So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

Ash-Shaffat 142–144Tafsir

  1. فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ ١٤٢

    Fal-taqamahul-ḥūtu wa huwa mulīm.

    Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. For having given up hope on his people prematurely and having left them without permission from Allāh.

  2. فَلَوۡلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِينَ ١٤٣

    Falawlā annahū kāna minal-musabbiḥīn.

    And had he not been of those who exalt Allāh,

  3. لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطۡنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ١٤٤

    Lalabitha fī baṭnihī ilā yawmi yubʿathūn.

    He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Meaning that the belly of the fish would have become his grave.
Al-Qalam 48Tafsir

  1. فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومٞ ٤٨

    Faṣbir liḥukmi rabbika wa lā takun kaṣāḥibil-ḥūti idh nādā wa huwa makẓūm.

    Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.

Cast ashore, and the gourd plant

Ash-Shaffat 145–146Tafsir

  1. ۞ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٞ ١٤٥

    Fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāʾi wa huwa saqīm.

    But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.

  2. وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ شَجَرَةٗ مِّن يَقۡطِينٖ ١٤٦

    Wa anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratam miy yaqṭīn.

    And We caused to grow over him a gourd vine.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. Which is known to give cooling shade and to be a repellent of flies.
Al-Qalam 49–50Tafsir

  1. لَّوۡلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومٞ ٤٩

    Lawlā an tadārakahū niʿmatum mir rabbihī lanubidha bil-ʿarāʾi wa huwa madhmūm.

    If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.1

    Footnotes (1)
    1. But instead, Allāh accepted his repentance and provided means for his recovery. See 37:139-148.

  2. فَٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٥٠

    Fajtabāhu rabbuhū fajaʿalahū minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn.

    And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

His people believe

Yunus 98Tafsir

  1. فَلَوۡلَا كَانَتۡ قَرۡيَةٌ ءَامَنَتۡ فَنَفَعَهَآ إِيمَٰنُهَآ إِلَّا قَوۡمَ يُونُسَ لَمَّآ ءَامَنُواْ كَشَفۡنَا عَنۡهُمۡ عَذَابَ ٱلۡخِزۡيِ فِي ٱلۡحَيَوٰةِ ٱلدُّنۡيَا وَمَتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ٩٨

    Falawlā kānat qaryatun āmanat fanafaʿahā īmānuhā illā qawma yūnusa lammā āmanū kashafnā ʿanhum ʿadhābal-khizyi fil-ḥayātid-dunyā wa mattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīn.

    Then has there not been a [single] city that believed so its faith benefited it except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life and gave them enjoyment [i.e., provision] for a time.

Ash-Shaffat 147–148Tafsir

  1. وَأَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِاْئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ يَزِيدُونَ ١٤٧

    Wa arsalnāhu ilā miʾati alfin aw yazīdūn.

    And We sent him1 to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.

    Footnotes (1)
    1. i.e., returned him thereafter.

  2. فَـَٔامَنُواْ فَمَتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ١٤٨

    Fa āmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīn.

    And they believed, so We gave them enjoyment [of life] for a time.