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Jonah

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Jonah was one of God's messengers. The Quran names him among the prophets God inspired, alongside Noah, Abraham, Jesus, Job, Aaron and Solomon (4:163), and among those God "distinguished over all the people" (6:86). The Quran also calls him by two titles. In Dr. Khalifa's translation, one is "Zan-Noon," which he renders as "the one with an 'N' in his name" (21:87). The other is the one "who called from inside the fish" (68:48). He was sent to a large community: "a hundred thousand, or more" (37:147). The Bible places his mission in Nineveh, the Assyrian capital near today's Mosul, but the Quran does not name the city.

His story begins with a failure. Jonah "abandoned his mission in protest, thinking that we could not control him" (21:87). He "escaped to the loaded ship" (37:140), and the Quran says plainly that "he rebelled and thus, he joined the losers" (37:141). The consequence followed: "the fish swallowed him, and he was the one to blame" (37:142).

In the darkness of the fish's belly, Jonah turned back to God. He prayed: "There is no god other than You. Be You glorified. I have committed a gross sin" (21:87). That return to God saved him. The Quran says that if he had not "resorted to meditation (on God), he would have stayed in its belly until the Day of Resurrection" (37:143-144). God answered him and "saved him from the crisis" (21:88). He was thrown up onto the desert shore, exhausted, and God grew a tree of edible fruit to sustain him (37:145-146). It was by "his Lord's grace" that he did not come out as a sinner. Instead, "his Lord blessed him, and made him righteous" (68:49-50).

Then God sent him back to his people, and this time the mission succeeded. "They did believe, and we let them enjoy this life" (37:148). The Quran gives his community as an example: when the people of Jonah believed, God lifted "the humiliating retribution they had been suffering in this world, and we made them prosperous" (10:98).

The Quran draws several lessons from his story. The first is a direct command to the Prophet Muhammad: "You shall steadfastly persevere in carrying out the commands of your Lord. Do not be like (Jonah) who called from inside the fish" (68:48). Even a messenger may not walk away from the task God gave him. The second is a lesson of hope. A sincere return to God, admitting one's own sin and affirming that there is no god but Him, brings rescue, "we thus save the believers" (21:88). That last phrase makes Jonah's rescue a promise to every believer, not a single event. The third is about communities. His people show that a nation that turns to God is spared and made to prosper in this life (10:98).

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Jonah

Jonah was one of the messengers.

He escaped to the loaded ship.

He rebelled and thus, he joined the losers.

Consequently, the fish swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.

If it were not that he resorted to meditation (on God),

he would have stayed in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.

We had him thrown up into the desert, exhausted.

We had a tree of edible fruit grown for him.

Then we sent him to a hundred thousand,^* or more.

*37:147 The Quran mentions 30 numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 19, 20, 30, 40, 50, 60, 70, 80, 99, 100, 200, 300, 1000, 2000, 3000, 5000, 50000, and 100000. The sum of these numbers is 162146, or 19x8534 (see Appendix 1).

They did believe, and we let them enjoy this life.

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