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The whale of Jonah

حوت يونس

The whale that swallowed Jonah while he was blameworthy; he called through the darkness — 'There is no god but You; glory to You; I was among the wrongdoers' — and God answered him, cast him sick upon the bare shore and grew over him a gourd plant. In hadith Abu Ubayda's army ate of the beached anbar for days.

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Animals and mercyWater and animals

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Mentioned in
Muwatta 2689· Qur'an 21:87· Qur'an 37:139· Qur'an 37:140· Qur'an 37:141· Qur'an 37:142· Qur'an 37:143· Qur'an 37:144· Qur'an 68:48
Related to
Yunus (Jonah)

People and things also explored

The sea· The gourd plant· Muwatta, Book of Miscellaneous (al-jami')· Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah· Malik ibn Anas· Nineveh· Ahl al-Hikma (People of Wisdom) lesson series· Al-Munjiyat (programme)

Sources

  • Tanzil Project, Qur'an text v1.1
  • Muwatta, recension of Yahya ibn Yahya al-Laythi (ed. Bashar Awwad Ma'ruf)
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The sea

The sea is made serviceable: from it you bring ornaments you wear and you see the ships ploughing through it that you may seek His bounty; He loosed the two seas meeting with a barrier between them they do not transgress; its water is pure and its game lawful.