Leaving in anger
Disheartened by his people's refusal, he leaves them in anger, without waiting for Allah's command.
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًا …Jonah
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Jonah
He left his people without waiting for the command, was swallowed by the fish, and called out from the depths: “There is no deity but You, glory be to You, I was among the wrongdoers.” He was delivered, and his people believed.
His story, step by step
Each step links to the passage of the Quran that recalls it.
The ship
He boards a laden ship; lots are drawn for who will be cast into the sea, and the lot falls on him.
إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ١٤٠ فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ ١٤١
The fish
A great fish swallows him, as he blames himself.
فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ ١٤٢
The call from the darkness
In the darkness he calls out: “There is no deity but You! Glory be to You! I was among the wrongdoers.”
… لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ٨٧
His people believe
Cast onto the shore and sheltered by a plant, he is sent back to his people — a hundred thousand or more — who this time believe.
وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ ١٤٧ فَـَٔامَنُوا۟ فَمَتَّعْنَـٰهُمْ إِلَىٰ حِينٍ ١٤٨
His account in the Quran
by Mishary Al Afasi