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Al-Anbiya (The Prophets)

Verse 87of 112

وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًۭا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٨٧

Translation (Sahih International)

And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَذَاwadhāAnd Dhun-Nun
ٱلنُّونِl-nūniAnd Dhun-Nun
إِذidhwhen
ذَّهَبَdhahabahe went
مُغَـٰضِبًۭاmughāḍiban(while) angry
فَظَنَّfaẓannaand thought
أَنanthat
لَّنlannever
نَّقْدِرَnaqdiraWe would decree
عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
فَنَادَىٰfanādāThen he called
فِىin
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darkness(es)
أَنanthat
لَّآ(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
إِلَّآillāexcept
أَنتَantaYou
سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
كُنتُkuntuI am
مِنَminaof
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

YunusThis story is mentioned here, and in Surat As-Saffat and Surah Nun. Yunus bin Matta, upon him be peace, was sent by Allah to the people of Nineveh, which was a town in the area of Mawsil in northern Iraq. He called them to Allah, but they rejected him and persisted in their disbelief. So he left them in anger, threatening them with punishment after three days.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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