Al-Anbya 21:87
The Prophets · Juz 17 · Page 329
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبٗا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٧
And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger1 and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.2 And he called out within the darknesses,3 "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
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Commentary on 21:87–88
﴿وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ﴾ هو يونس عليه السلام، والنون هو الحوت نسب إليه لأنه التقمه ﴿إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَاضِباً﴾ أي مغاضباً لقومه، إذ كان يدعوهم إلى الله فيكفرون، حتى أدركه ضجر منهم فخرج عنهم، ولذلك قال الله: ﴿وَلاَ تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ﴾ [القلم: ٤٨]، ولا يصح قول من قال مغاضباً لربه ﴿فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ﴾ أي ظن أن [لن] نضيق عليه، فهو من معنى قوله قدر عليه رزقه، وقيل: هو من القدر والقضاء: أي ظنّ أن لن نضيق عليه بعقوبة، ولا يصح قول من قال: إنه من القدرة ﴿فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَاتِ﴾ قيل هذا الكلام محذوف؛ لبيانه في غير هذه الآية، وهو أنه لما خرج ركب السفينة فرمي في البحر فالتقمه الحوت؛ ﴿فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَاتِ﴾، وهي ظلمة الليل والبحر وبطن الحوت، ويحتمل أنه عبر بالظلمة عن بطن الحوت، لشدّة ظلمته كقوله: ﴿وَتَرَكَهُمْ فِي ظُلُمَاتٍ﴾ [البقرة: ١٧] ﴿أَن لاَّ إِلَـٰهَ إِلاَّ أَنتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّالِمِينَ﴾ أن مفسرة أو مصدرية على تقدير نادى بأن، والظلم الذي اعترف به كونه لم يصبر على قومه وخرج عنهم ﴿وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ﴾ يعني من بطن الحوت وإخراجه إلى البرّ ﴿وَكَذٰلِكَ نُنجِـي ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ﴾ يحتمل أن يكون مطلقاً أو لمن دعا بدعاء يونس، ولذلك قال رسول الله ﷺ: دعوة أخي يونس ذي النون ما دعا بها مكروب إلا استجيب له.
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21:82
وَمِنَ ٱلشَّيَٰطِينِ مَن يَغُوصُونَ لَهُۥ وَيَعۡمَلُونَ عَمَلٗا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَكُنَّا لَهُمۡ حَٰفِظِينَ ٨٢
And of the devils [i.e., jinn] were those who dived for him and did work other than that. And We were of them a guardian.1
1 translator’s note
- Preventing any disobedience or deviation by them from Solomon's instructions and protecting him from being harmed by them. ↩
21:83
۞ وَأَيُّوبَ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّي مَسَّنِيَ ٱلضُّرُّ وَأَنتَ أَرۡحَمُ ٱلرَّٰحِمِينَ ٨٣
And [mention] Job, when he called to his Lord, "Indeed, adversity has touched me, and You are the most merciful of the merciful."
21:84
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَكَشَفۡنَا مَا بِهِۦ مِن ضُرّٖۖ وَءَاتَيۡنَٰهُ أَهۡلَهُۥ وَمِثۡلَهُم مَّعَهُمۡ رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِنَا وَذِكۡرَىٰ لِلۡعَٰبِدِينَ ٨٤
So We responded to him and removed what afflicted him of adversity. And We gave him [back] his family and the like thereof with them as mercy from Us and a reminder for the worshippers [of Allāh].
21:85
وَإِسۡمَٰعِيلَ وَإِدۡرِيسَ وَذَا ٱلۡكِفۡلِۖ كُلّٞ مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰبِرِينَ ٨٥
And [mention] Ishmael and Idrees and Dhul-Kifl; all were of the patient.
21:86
وَأَدۡخَلۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي رَحۡمَتِنَآۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ٨٦
And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.
21:87
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبٗا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقۡدِرَ عَلَيۡهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبۡحَٰنَكَ إِنِّي كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٨٧
And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger1 and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him.2 And he called out within the darknesses,3 "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."
21:88
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلۡغَمِّۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُـۨجِي ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ ٨٨
So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.
21:89
وَزَكَرِيَّآ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ رَبَّهُۥ رَبِّ لَا تَذَرۡنِي فَرۡدٗا وَأَنتَ خَيۡرُ ٱلۡوَٰرِثِينَ ٨٩
And [mention] Zechariah, when he called to his Lord, "My Lord, do not leave me alone [with no heir], while You are the best of inheritors."
21:90
فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ وَوَهَبۡنَا لَهُۥ يَحۡيَىٰ وَأَصۡلَحۡنَا لَهُۥ زَوۡجَهُۥٓۚ إِنَّهُمۡ كَانُواْ يُسَٰرِعُونَ فِي ٱلۡخَيۡرَٰتِ وَيَدۡعُونَنَا رَغَبٗا وَرَهَبٗاۖ وَكَانُواْ لَنَا خَٰشِعِينَ ٩٠
So We responded to him, and We gave to him John, and amended for him his wife. Indeed, they used to hasten to good deeds and supplicate1 Us in hope and fear, and they were to Us humbly submissive.
1 translator’s note
- i.e., worship. ↩