لَّوۡلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومٞ ٤٩
If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.1
Translation: Saheeh International (English)
1 But instead, Allāh accepted his repentance and provided means for his recovery. See 37:139-148.
Word by word
Each word's meaning and sound
- لَّوۡلَآIf notlawlā
- أَنthatan
- تَدَٰرَكَهُۥovertook himtadārakahu
- نِعۡمَةٞa Favorniʿ'matun
- مِّنfrommin
- رَّبِّهِۦhis Lordrabbihi
- لَنُبِذَsurely he would have been thrownlanubidha
- بِٱلۡعَرَآءِonto (the) naked shorebil-ʿarāi
- وَهُوَwhile hewahuwa
- مَذۡمُومٞ(was) blamedmadhmūmun
Tafsir
Had it not been for the mercy of Allah reaching him, the whale would have thrown him on a barren land, rebuked.
Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran