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Jonah's supplication (Dhu-n-Nun) · 21:87

Surah 21 · Al-Anbiyaa (The Prophets) · Meccan · Juz 17 · Mushaf page 329

وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًۭا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers."

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  1. وَذَاAnd Dhun-Nun
  2. ٱلنُّونِAnd Dhun-Nun
  3. إِذwhen
  4. ذَّهَبَhe went
  5. مُغَٰضِبًۭا(while) angry
  6. فَظَنَّand thought
  7. أَنthat
  8. لَّنnever
  9. نَّقْدِرَWe would decree
  10. عَلَيْهِupon him
  11. فَنَادَىٰThen he called
  12. فِىin
  13. ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِthe darkness(es)
  14. أَنthat
  15. لَّآ(There is) no
  16. إِلَٰهَgod
  17. إِلَّآexcept
  18. أَنتَYou
  19. سُبْحَٰنَكَGlory be to You
  20. إِنِّىIndeed [I]
  21. كُنتُI am
  22. مِنَof
  23. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoers

Word-by-word translation: Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh & Kausar Khatri

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Previous verse · 21:86

وَأَدْخَلْنَٰهُمْ فِى رَحْمَتِنَآ ۖ إِنَّهُم مِّنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

And We admitted them into Our mercy. Indeed, they were of the righteous.

Next verse · 21:88

فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ مِنَ ٱلْغَمِّ ۚ وَكَذَٰلِكَ نُۨجِى ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَ

So We responded to him and saved him from the distress. And thus do We save the believers.

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