Quran 21:87 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 87
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
And remember the man with the whale,when he went off angrily, thinking We could not restrict him, but then he cried out in the deep darkness, ‘There is no God but You, glory be to You, I was wrong.’
وَذَا النُّونِ إِذْ ذَهَبَ مُغَاضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَنْ لَنْ نَقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِي الظُّلُمَاتِ أَنْ لَا إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ
wadhā l-nūni idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna an lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fī l-ẓulumāti an lā ilāha illā anta sub'ḥānaka innī kuntu mina l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Dhul Nun -- when he went forth enraged and thought that We would have no power over him; then he called out in the darkness, 'There is no god but Thou. Glory be to Thee! I have done evil.'
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember] him of the great fish when he went off in wrath, thinking that We had no power over him! But then heeded out in the deep darkness [of his distress]: “There is no deity save Thee! Limitless art Thou in Thy glory! Verily, I have done wrong!”
- Sahih International
- And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], 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."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَذَاwadhā | And Dhun-Nun | — |
| 2 | ٱلنُّونِl-nūni | And Dhun-Nun | نون |
| 3 | إِذidh | when | — |
| 4 | ذَّهَبَdhahaba | he went | ذهب |
| 5 | مُغَـٰضِبًۭاmughāḍiban | (while) angry | غضب |
| 6 | فَظَنَّfaẓanna | and thought | ظنن |
| 7 | أَنan | that | — |
| 8 | لَّنlan | never | — |
| 9 | نَّقْدِرَnaqdira | We would decree | قدر |
| 10 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | upon him | — |
| 11 | فَنَادَىٰfanādā | Then he called | ندو |
| 12 | فِىfī | in | — |
| 13 | ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumāti | the darkness(es) | ظلم |
| 14 | أَنan | that | — |
| 15 | لَّآlā | (There is) no | — |
| 16 | إِلَـٰهَilāha | god | أله |
| 17 | إِلَّآillā | except | — |
| 18 | أَنتَanta | You | — |
| 19 | سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānaka | Glory be to You | سبح |
| 20 | إِنِّىinnī | Indeed, [I] | — |
| 21 | كُنتُkuntu | I am | كون |
| 22 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 23 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |