The Holy Quran 21:87 — Surah Al-Anbya

Arabic text

وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Translation

And (do not forget) the person of the fish (Yunus when he left (the town) in anger (without requesting permission from Us) and thought that We would not straighten things for him. (However, when a large fish swallowed him), He prayed in the darkness (of its belly) saying, "There is no Ilaah but You (O Allaah). You are Pure. I have certainly been from among the wrongdoers (so please forgive me and remove me from this fish)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The story of Yunus ﵇: it is Yunus ﵇ whom Allah called “the man of the fish”. His story in brief is this: Almighty Allah sent him to the city of Nineveh (which is in the environs of Mosul). Yunus ﵇ forbade its people idol-worship and called them to the truth, but they were hardly the kind to accept; day by day their obstinacy and defiance only grew.

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