Prophet Jonah: Qur’an Verses

اِنَّٓا اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلَيْكَ كَمَٓا اَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰى نُوحٍ وَالنَّبِيّ۪نَ مِنْ بَعْدِه۪ۚ وَاَوْحَيْنَٓا اِلٰٓى اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَاِسْحٰقَ وَيَعْقُوبَ وَالْاَسْبَاطِ وَع۪يسٰى وَاَيُّوبَ وَيُونُسَ وَهٰرُونَ وَسُلَيْمٰنَۚ وَاٰتَيْنَا دَاوُ۫دَ زَبُورًاۚ

BEHOLD, We have inspired thee [O Prophet] just as We inspired Noah and all the prophets after him – as We inspired Abraham, and Ishmael, and Isaac, and Jacob, and their descendants, including Jesus and Job, and Jonah, and Aaron, and Solomon; and as We vouchsafed unto David a book of divine wisdom;

وَاِسْمٰع۪يلَ وَالْيَسَعَ وَيُونُسَ وَلُوطًاۜ وَكُلًّا فَضَّلْنَا عَلَى الْعَالَم۪ينَۙ

and [upon] Ishmael, and Elisha, and Jonah, and Lot. And every one of them did We favour above other people;

وَمِنْ اٰبَٓائِهِمْ وَذُرِّيَّاتِهِمْ وَاِخْوَانِهِمْۚ وَاجْتَبَيْنَاهُمْ وَهَدَيْنَاهُمْ اِلٰى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَق۪يمٍ

and [We exalted likewise] some of their forefathers and-their offspring and their brethren: We elected them [all], and guided them onto a straight way.

فَلَوْلَا كَانَتْ قَرْيَةٌ اٰمَنَتْ فَنَفَعَهَٓا ا۪يمَانُهَٓا اِلَّا قَوْمَ يُونُسَۜ لَمَّٓا اٰمَنُوا كَشَفْنَا عَنْهُمْ عَذَابَ الْخِزْيِ فِي الْحَيٰوةِ الدُّنْيَا وَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ اِلٰى ح۪ينٍ

For, alas, there has never yet been any community that attained to faith [in its entirety,] and thereupon benefited by its faith, except the people of Jonah. When they came to believe, We removed from them the suffering of disgrace [which otherwise would have befallen them even] in the life of this world, and allowed them to enjoy their life during the time allotted to them.

وَذَا النُّونِ اِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغَاضِبًا فَظَنَّ اَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادٰى فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ اَنْ لَٓا اِلٰهَ اِلَّٓا اَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَۗ اِنّ۪ي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِم۪ينَۚ

AND [remember] him of the great fish when he went off in wrath, thinking that We had no power over him! But then heeded out in the deep darkness [of his distress]: “There is no deity save Thee! Limit­less art Thou in Thy glory! Verily, I have done wrong!”

فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۙ وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ الْغَمِّۜ وَكَذٰلِكَ نُنْجِي الْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ

And so We responded unto him and delivered him from [his] distress: for thus do We deliver all who have faith.

وَاِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَۜ

AND, BEHOLD, Jonah was indeed one of Our mes­sage-bearers

اِذْ اَبَقَ اِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِۙ

when he fled like a runaway slave onto a laden ship.

فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَض۪ينَۚ

And then they cast lots, and he was the one who lost;

فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُل۪يمٌ

[and they cast him into the sea,] whereupon the great fish swallowed him, for he had been blameworthy.

فَلَوْلَٓا اَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّح۪ينَۙ

And had he not been of those who [even in the deep darkness of their distress are able to] extol Allah’s limitless glory,

لَلَبِثَ ف۪ي بَطْنِه۪ٓ اِلٰى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

he would indeed have remained in its belly till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead:

فَنَبَذْنَاهُ بِالْعَرَٓاءِ وَهُوَ سَق۪يمٌۚ

but We caused him to be cast forth on a desert shore, sick [at heart] as he was,

وَاَنْبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِنْ يَقْط۪ينٍۚ

and caused a creeping plant to grow over him [out of the barren soil].

وَاَرْسَلْنَاهُ اِلٰى مِائَةِ اَلْفٍ اَوْ يَز۪يدُونَۚ

And [then] We sent him [once again] to [his people,] a hundred thousand [souls] or more:

فَاٰمَنُوا فَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ اِلٰى ح۪ينٍۜ

and [this time] they believed [in him] and so We allowed them to enjoy their life during the time allotted to them?

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِۢ اِذْ نَادٰى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۜ

BEAR THEN with patience thy Sustainer's will and be not like him of the great fish, who cried out [in distress] after having given in to anger.

لَوْلَٓا اَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَٓاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

[And remember:] had not grace from his Sustainer reached him, he would indeed have been cast forth upon that barren shore in a state of disgrace:

فَاجْتَبٰيهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ

but [as it was,] his Sustainer had elected him and placed him among the righteous.