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Yunus (Jonah)

يونس

Yunus ibn Matta: the Prophet ﷺ said no servant should claim to be better than him 1.

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Pre-Islamic Arabia
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Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.

Overview

Yunus ibn Matta, one of the figures mentioned in the Qur'an 1 2.

In al-Bukhari the Prophet said that it is not right for a servant to say that he is better than Yunus ibn Matta, and he attributed him to his father.

People and things also explored

al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)· The periods and stages of the Prophet's call· The modes (ranks) of revelation· The substance of the call in the opening of al-Muddaththir· The three years of the secret call· The Raising of the Kaaba’s Foundations· The death of the Prophet· The delegation of Banu Hanifa

Sources

  1. Sahih al-Bukhari, 3412
  2. Sahih al-Bukhari, 3413
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islam.museum contributors. “Yunus (Jonah)”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/yunus/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.

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al-Amin, the Trustworthy (the Prophet's title before his mission)

The title by which Quraysh called Muhammad before prophethood for the trustworthiness and good qualities they saw in him; they cried it out when he entered as arbiter over the Black Stone during the rebuilding of the Kaaba.