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As-Saffat 145

Ayah 145 of 182 · Meccan

۞ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٞ ١٤٥

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

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. ۞ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُBut We cast himfanabadhnāhu
  2. بِٱلۡعَرَآءِonto the open shorebil-ʿarāi
  3. وَهُوَwhile hewahuwa
  4. سَقِيمٞ(was) illsaqīmun

Tafsir

So I took him from the stomach of the whale and placed him on a land barren of trees and buildings, in the state that he was physically weak because of having stayed in the stomach of the whale for a while.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran