وَإِنَّ یُونُسَ لَمِنَ الْمُرْسَلِینَ(( 139 ))

139- JONAH TOO WAS ONE OF THE MESSENGERS.

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى الْفُلْکِ الْمَشْحُونِ(( 140 ))

140- WHEN HE FLED (LIKE A FUGITIVE) TO THE LADEN SHIP.

فَسَاهَمَ فَکَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَضِینَ(( 141 ))

141- THEY DREW LOTS AND HE WAS OF THE ALLOTEDS.

فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِیمٌ (( 142 ))

142- THEN A WHALE SWALLOWED HIM WHILE HE WAS BLAMEWORTHY.

فَلَوْلاَ أَ نَّهُ کَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِینَ(( 143 ))

143- AND IF HE WAS NOT OF THOSE WHO SANCTIFY ALLAH;

لَلَبِثَ فِی بَطْنِهِ إِلَى یَوْمِ یُبْعَثُونَ(( 144 ))

144- HE WOULD HAVE STAYED IN ITS STOMACH UNTIL THE RESURRECTION DAY.

فَنَبَذْنَاهُ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ سَقِیمٌ(( 145 ))

145- BUT WE CAST HIM FORTH IN AN UNCULTIVATED SHORE, WHILE HE WAS SICK.

وَأَنْبَتْنَا عَلَیْهِ شَجَرَةً مِنْ یَقْطِین(( 146 ))

146- AND WE CAUSED TO GROW OVER HIM A GOURD-PLANT.

وَأَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَى مِائَةِ أَلْف أَوْ یَزِیدُونَ(( 147 ))

147- AND WE SENT HIM TO A HUNDRED THOUSANDS (OF PEOPLE) OR MORE.

فَآمَنُوا فَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِین(( 148 ))

148- AND THEY BELIEVED. SO WE LET THEM ENJOY THEMSELVES FOR A WHILE .