11/11/2023 0 Comments Story of lot quran![]() He lived in the period of the Prophet Abraham (a) and had a blood relation with him. Haran (Arabic: لوط) was a prophet whose people were punished for their Major Sins, such as sodomy. If Yunus had not left his people, he would have overpowered the Divine intent!įor detail explanation of the story of Yunus in tafsir al-Mizan, readers are advised to refer to English volume 28 and the upcoming English volume 33.The divine punishment of the People of Lut The above tradition shows that the Divine intent ( irādah ʿazm) intended that Prophet Yunus should leave his people so that he ends up in the belly of the fish. However, He did not inform Yunus of that because He wanted to free him for worship in the belly of the whale, and for him to merit being rewarded and honored for this.” He (the Imam) said, “This was because it was in the knowledge of God that He would deflect it from them due to their repenting. I asked Imam al-Sadiq, “Why did God deflect punishment from the people of Yunus when it was hanging over them, but He did not do that for any other people?” The Qur’an does not mention anything of this sort.Īs a matter of fact, the swallowing of Yunus by the fish can be deemed as an honor for God’s messenger according to the following tradition in ʿIlal al-Sharāʾiʿ: Some of the exegetes also say that the swallowing of Yunus by the fish was a punishment for him leaving his people. When the lot fell to Yunus, he was thrown overboard and while in the sea, a fish swallowed him. Other exegetes explain that there was a violent storm in the sea (as depicted in the image above) and it was customary for the people to cast lots and throw someone overboard to get rid of the bad omen. They cast lots, and the lot fell to Yunus. He explains that it appears that a particular fish (based on the article “the fish”) was burdening the ship ( al-fulk) so the sailors were compelled to throw one of their own overboard into the sea for it to eat, so that it would leave the ship alone. Unlike the explanation offered by other exegetes, Tabataba’i makes another interesting comment about the above verses. He did not disobey his Lord when he left them since his Lord had not forbidden him from doing so however, it was similar to how a slave might flee his master, and so God took him to task for that.” “Here, the verb abaqa (translated as, he fled) implies that he left and turned away from his people. Qur’an – 37:139-142Īllamah Tabataba’i, in commenting on these verses says: So the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy. And cast lots, and was one of those who were cast off. The story mentioned in Chapter 37 (As-Saffat) begins like this:Īnd Yunus was one of the messengers. The question is whether Yunus did any wrong leaving his people and why did God test him with a great fish if he did not do any wrong? Thereupon, Yunus called God while in the belly of the fish and thus God delivered him and sent him to his people the second time. Since Yunus had left his people, God tested him with a great fish that swallowed him. When the punishment was about to descend upon them, they repented and believed so God removed the punishment from them. Yunus was sent to the people of Ninevah and he called them to the religion of God and they belied him. ![]() The following is the gist of the story mentioned in tafsir al-Mizan: There is no doubt, according to the Qur’an, and even the narration in the Bible (The Book of Jonah), that Yunus was swallowed by a great fish and God delivered him after spending some days in the belly of the fish. Notwithstanding, the Chapter 10 is named after this prophet. In Chapter 21, he is presented as Dhu al-Nun which means, the Companion of the Fish. A segment of the story of Prophet Yunus (peace be upon him) is mentioned in two places in the Qur’an: Chapter 21 (Al-Anbiya) and Chapter 37 (As-Saffat). ![]()
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