Verse 37:139 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
135
إِلَّا عَجُوزࣰا فِی ٱلۡغَـٰبِرِینَ ١٣٥
illā ʿajūzan fī l-ghābirīn
except for an old woman who stayed behind
136
ثُمَّ دَمَّرۡنَا ٱلۡءَاخَرِینَ ١٣٦
thumma dammarnā l-ākharīn
and We destroyed the rest
137
وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَیۡهِم مُّصۡبِحِینَ ١٣٧
wa-innakum latamurrūna ʿalayhim muṣ'biḥīn
You [people] pass by their ruins mornin
138
وَبِٱلَّیۡلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ١٣٨
wabi-al-layli afalā taʿqilūn
and night: will you not take heed
139
وَإِنَّ یُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِینَ ١٣٩
wa-inna yūnusa lamina l-mur'salīn
Jonah too was one of the messengers
140
إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١٤٠
idh abaqa ilā l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn
He fled to the overloaded ship
141
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُدۡحَضِینَ ١٤١
fasāhama fakāna mina l-mud'ḥaḍīn
They cast lots, he suffered defeat
142
فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِیمࣱ ١٤٢
fal-taqamahu l-ḥūtu wahuwa mulīmu
and a great fish swallowed him, for he had committed blameworthy acts
143
فَلَوۡلَاۤ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِینَ ١٤٣
falawlā annahu kāna mina l-musabiḥīn
If he had not been one of those who glorified God
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