Verse 37:144 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
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 148 فَءَامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعۡنَـٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِینࣲ ۝١٤٨ faāmanū famattaʿnāhum ilā ḥīni They believed, so We let them live out their lives

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