سُوْرَةُ الْاَنْۣبِيَآءِ
Surah Al-Anbiyaa (21) — Ayah 87
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿87﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And (remember) Dhun-Nûn (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall not punish him (i.e. the calamities which had befallen him)! But he cried through the darkness (saying): Lâ ilâha illâ Anta [none has the right to be worshipped but You (O, Allâh)], Glorified (and Exalted) be You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]! Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَذَا
wadhā
And Dhun-Nun
ٱلنُّونِ
l-nūni
And Dhun-Nun
إِذ
idh
when
ذَّهَبَ
dhahaba
he went
مُغَـٰضِبًۭا
mughāḍiban
(while) angry
فَظَنَّ
faẓanna
and thought
أَن
an
that
لَّن
lan
never
نَّقْدِرَ
naqdira
We would decree
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
upon him
فَنَادَىٰ
fanādā
Then he called
فِى
fī
in
ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ
l-ẓulumāti
the darkness(es)
أَن
an
that
لَّآ
lā
(There is) no
إِلَـٰهَ
ilāha
god
إِلَّآ
illā
except
أَنتَ
anta
You
سُبْحَـٰنَكَ
sub'ḥānaka
Glory be to You
إِنِّى
innī
Indeed, [I]
كُنتُ
kuntu
I am
مِنَ
mina
of
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
87. 1. By "the man of the fish" is meant Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him), who, being displeased with his people and after warning them of Allah's punishment, left them without Allah's command, upon which Allah seized him and made him the prey of the fish. Some details of this have already been mentioned in Surah Yunus, and some will come in Surah As-Saffat.
87. 2. Ẓulumāt is the plural of ẓulmah, meaning darkness. Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him) was surrounded by multiple darknesses: the darkness of the night, the darkness of the sea, and the darkness of the belly of the fish.
87. 2. Ẓulumāt is the plural of ẓulmah, meaning darkness. Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him) was surrounded by multiple darknesses: the darkness of the night, the darkness of the sea, and the darkness of the belly of the fish.
