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Al-Anbya 87

Ayah 87 of 112 · Meccan

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

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."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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.

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَذَاAnd Dhun-Nunwadhā
  2. ٱلنُّونِAnd Dhun-Nunl-nūni
  3. إِذwhenidh
  4. ذَّهَبَhe wentdhahaba
  5. مُغَٰضِبٗا(while) angrymughāḍiban
  6. فَظَنَّand thoughtfaẓanna
  7. أَنthatan
  8. لَّنneverlan
  9. نَّقۡدِرَWe would decreenaqdira
  10. عَلَيۡهِupon himʿalayhi
  11. فَنَادَىٰThen he calledfanādā
  12. فِيinfī
  13. ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِthe darkness(es)l-ẓulumāti
  14. أَنthatan
  15. لَّآ(There is) nolā
  16. إِلَٰهَgodilāha
  17. إِلَّآexceptillā
  18. أَنتَYouanta
  19. سُبۡحَٰنَكَGlory be to Yousub'ḥānaka
  20. إِنِّيIndeed, [I]innī
  21. كُنتُI amkuntu
  22. مِنَofmina
  23. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

O Messenger! Also mention the story of the Companion of the Whale: Jonah (peace be upon him), when he went away without the permission of his Lord, angry with his people for their insistence on sin. He thought I would not constrain him by punishing him for his hurrying away; and so he was afflicted with a severe form of constraint and imprisonment when the Whale swallowed him. He then called out in the darknesses of the belly of the Whale, the ocean and the night, acknowledging his error and repenting to Allah for it, saying, “There is no true deity except You, You are glorified of all faults and sanctified. Indeed, I was one of the wrongdoers.”

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