لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطۡنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ١٤٤
He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 Meaning that the belly of the fish would have become his grave.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لَلَبِثَCertainly, he (would have) remainedlalabitha
- فِيinfī
- بَطۡنِهِۦٓits bellybaṭnihi
- إِلَىٰuntililā
- يَوۡمِthe Dayyawmi
- يُبۡعَثُونَthey are resurrectedyub'ʿathūna
Tafsir
he would have remained in the stomach of the whale until the Day of Judgement, with it having become his grave.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran