{"id":1911,"date":"2020-01-19T20:02:31","date_gmt":"2020-01-19T12:02:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/?p=1911"},"modified":"2020-01-19T20:02:33","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T12:02:33","slug":"prophet-jonah-yunus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/?p=1911","title":{"rendered":"Prophet Jonah (Yunus)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

\nProphet\nJonah (Yunus) (pbuh) also known as Dhan-Nun. About his people\nAlmighty Allah said: Was\nthere any town community that believed after seeing the punishment,\nand its Faith at that moment, saved it from the punishment? (the\nanswer is none)–except the people of Jonah; when they believed, We\nremoved from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the present\nworld, and permitted them to enjoy for a while. (Ch 10:98 Quran)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\ninhabitants of the town of Nineveh were idolaters who lived a\nshameless life. Prophet Jonah (pbuh) was sent to teach them the\nworship of Allah. The people disliked his interference in their way\nof worship, so they argued. “We and our forefathers have\nworshipped these gods for many years and no harm has come to us.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nTry\nas he might to convince them of the foolishness of idolatry and of\nthe goodness of Allah’s laws, the ignored him. He warned them that if\nthey kept on with their foolishness, Allah’s punishment would soon\nfollow. Instead of fearing Allah, they told Jonah that they were not\nafraid of his threats. “Let it happen,” they told him.\nJonah was disheartened. “in that case, I will leave you to your\nmisery!” so saying, he left Nineveh, fearing that Allah’s anger\nwould soon follow. Remember\nDhan Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We\nshall not punish him (the calamities which had befallen him)! (ch\n21:87)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHardly\nhad he left the city when the skies began to change color and looked\nas if they were on fire. The people were filled with fear by this\nsight. They recalled the destruction of the people of ‘Ad, Thamud and\nNoah. Was theirs to be a similar fate? Slowly faith penetrated their\nhearts. They all gathered on the mountain and started to beseech\nAllah for His mercy and forgiveness. The mountains echoed with their\ncries. It was a momentous hour, filled with sincere repentance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nremoved His wrath and showered His blessings upon them once again.\nWhen the threatening storm was lifted, they prayed for the return of\nJonah so that he could guide them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nMeanwhile,\nJonah had boarded a small ship in the company of other passengers. It\nsailed all day in calm waters with a good wind blowing at the sails.\nWhen night came, the sea suddenly changed. A horrible storm blew as\nif it were going to split the ship into pieces. The waves looked\nwild. They rose up as high as mountains then plunged down like\nvalleys, tossing the ship and sweeping over the deck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nBehind\nthe ship, a large whale was splitting the water and opening its\nmouth. A command had been issued from Almighty Allah to one of the\ngreatest whales of the sea to surface. It obeyed. The whale hurried\nto the surface of the sea and followed the ship as it had been\ncommanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\ntempest continued and the chief crewman asked the crew to lighten the\nship’s heavy load. They threw their baggage overboard, but this was\nnot enough. Their safety lay in reducing the weight further, so they\ndecided among themselves to lighten their load by removing at least\none person. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\ncaptain directed: We will make lots with all of the travelers’ names.\nThe one whose name is drawn will be thrown into the sea.” Jonah\nknew this was one of the seamen’s traditions when facing a tempest.\nIt was a strange polytheistic tradition, but it was practiced at that\ntime. Jonah’s affliction and crisis began.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nHere\nwas the prophet, subjected to polytheistic rules that considered the\nsea and the wind to have gods that riot. The captain had to please\nthese gods. Jonah reluctantly participated in the lot, and his name\nwas added to the other travelers’ names. The lot was drawn and\n“Jonah” appeared.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nSince\nthey knew him to be the most honorable among them, they did not wish\nto throw him into the angry sea. Therefore, they decided to draw a\nsecond lot. Again Jonah’s name was drawn. They gave him a final\nchance and drew a third lot. Unfortunately for Jonah, his name came\nup again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJonah\nrealized that Allah’s hand was in all this, for he had abandoned his\nmission without Allah’s consent. The matter was over, and it was\ndecided that Jonah should throw himself into the water. Jonah stood\nat the edge of the ship looking at the furious sea. It was night and\nthere was no moon. The stars were hidden behind a black fog. But\nbefore he could be thrown overboard, Jonah kept mentioning Allah’s\nname as he jumped into the raging sea and disappeared beneath the\nhuge waves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nwhale found Jonah floating on the waves before it. It swallowed Jonah\ninto its furious stomach and shut its ivory teeth on him as if they\nwere white bolts locking the door of his prison. The whale dived to\nthe bottom of the sea, the sea that runs in the abyss of darkness. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThree\nlayers of darkness enveloped him, one above the other; the darkness\nof the whale’s stomach, the darkness of the bottom of the sea, the\ndarkness of the night. Jonah imaged himself to be dead, but his\nsenses became alert when he found he could move. He knew that he was\nalive and imprisoned in the midst of three layers of darkness. His\nheart was moved by remembering Allah. His tongue released soon after\nsaying: La\nilaha illa Anta (none has the right to be worshipped but You (O\nAllah), Glorified (and Exalted) be You (above all that evil they\nassociate with You), Truly, I have been of the wrong doers.” (Ch\n21:87 Quran)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nJonah\ncontinued praying to Allah, repeating this invocation. Fishes,\nwhales, seaweeds, and all the creatures that lived in the sea heard\nthe voice of Jonah praying, heard the celebration of Allah’s praises\nissuing from the whale’s stomach. All these creatures gathered around\nthe whale and began to celebrate the praises of Allah in their turn,\neach in its own way and in its own language.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nwhale also participated in celebrating the praises of Allah and\nunderstood that it had swallowed a prophet. Therefore it felt afraid;\nhowever, it said to itself; “Why should I be afraid? Allah\ncommanded me to swallow him.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAllah\nAlmighty saw the sincere repentance of Jonah and heard his invocation\nin the whale’s stomach. Allah commanded the whale to surface and\neject Jonah onto an island. The whale obeyed and swam to the farthest\nside of the ocean. Allah commanded it to rise towards the warm,\nrefreshing sun and the pleasant earth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nThe\nwhale ejected Jonah onto a remote island. His body was inflamed\nbecause of the acids inside the whale’s stomach. He was ill, and when\nthe sun rose, its ray burned his inflamed body so that he was on the\nverge of screaming for the pain. However, he endured the pain and\ncontinued to repeat his invocation to Allah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlmighty\nAllah caused a vine to grow to considerable length over him for\nprotection. Then Allah Exalted caused Jonah to recover and forgave\nhim. Allah told Jonah that if it had not been for his praying to Him,\nhe would have stayed in the whale’s stomach till the Day of Judgment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nAlmighty\nAllah recounted: And,\nverily, Jonah was one of the Messengers. When he ran to the laden\nship, he agreed to cast lots and he was among the losers, Then a big\nfish swallowed him and he had done an act worthy of blame. Had he not\nbeen of them who glorify Allah, he would have indeed remained inside\nits belly (the fish) till the Day of Resurrection. But We cast him\nforth on the naked shore while he was sick and We caused a plant of\ngourd to grow over him. And We sent him to a hundred thousand people\nor even more, and they believed; so We gave them enjoyment for a\nwhile. (Ch 37:139-148 Quran).<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nGradually\nhe regained his strength and found his way to his hometown, Nineveh.\nHe was pleasantly surprised to notice the change that had taken place\nthere. The entire population turned out to welcome him. They informed\nhim that they had turned to believe in Allah. Together they led a\nprayer of thanksgiving to their Merciful Lord.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\nIbn\nAbbas narrated: “The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: ‘One should\nnot say I am better than Jonah Ibn Matta.'” (Sahih Bukhari).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Prophet Jonah (Yunus) (pbuh) also known as Dhan-Nun. About his people Almighty Allah said: Was there any town community that believed after seeing the punishment, and its Faith at that moment, saved it from the punishment? (the answer is none)–except the people of Jonah; when they believed, We removed from them the torment of disgrace […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[84],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-prophets"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1911"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1912,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1911\/revisions\/1912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1911"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1911"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/syahadah.laailahaillallah.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1911"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}