فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِي ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨
So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَاSo We respondedfa-is'tajabnā
- لَهُۥto himlahu
- وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُand We saved himwanajjaynāhu
- مِنَfrommina
- ٱلۡغَمِّۚthe distressl-ghami
- وَكَذَٰلِكَAnd thuswakadhālika
- نُـۨجِيWe savenunjī
- ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَthe believersl-mu'minīna
Tafsir
So I accepted his call and saved him from that severe distress by taking him out from all the darknesses including from the belly of the Whale. Just like I saved Jonah from this distress of his, I also save the believers when they fall into distress and call out to Me for help.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran