Verse 37:143 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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
145
۞ فَنَبَذۡنَـٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ سَقِیمࣱ ١٤٥
fanabadhnāhu bil-ʿarāi wahuwa saqīmu
but We cast him out, sick, on to a barren shore
146
وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَیۡهِ شَجَرَةࣰ مِّن یَقۡطِینࣲ ١٤٦
wa-anbatnā ʿalayhi shajaratan min yaqṭīni
and made a gourd tree grow above him
147
وَأَرۡسَلۡنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ یَزِیدُونَ ١٤٧
wa-arsalnāhu ilā mi-ati alfin aw yazīdūn
We sent him to a hundred thousand people or more
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