Verse 37:140 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
144
لَلَبِثَ فِی بَطۡنِهِۦۤ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ یُبۡعَثُونَ ١٤٤
lalabitha fī baṭnihi ilā yawmi yub'ʿathūn
he would have stayed in its belly until the Day when all are raised up
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