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As-Saffat 142

Ayah 142 of 182 · Meccan

فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ ١٤٢

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُThen swallowed himfal-taqamahu
  2. ٱلۡحُوتُthe fishl-ḥūtu
  3. وَهُوَwhile hewahuwa
  4. مُلِيمٞ(was) blameworthymulīmun

Tafsir

So when they threw him into the sea, a whale took him and swallowed him. He was to face the blame that was to come to him, because of him going to the sea without permission from his Lord.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran