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108 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE FROM THE QUR'AN

Then when We decreed that he should die, nothing divulged his death
to them except the worm which ate his staff; so that when he fell down
it was made clear to the jinn that if they had truly had knowledge of
the Unseen they need not have stayed there suffering humiliating
punishment. (Surah Saba', 13-14)

THE STORY OF THE PROPHET YUNUS (AS)
And Isma'il, al-Yasa', Yunus and Lut. All of them We favoured over all
beings. And some of their forebears, descendants and brothers; We
chose them and guided them to a straight path. (Surat al-An'am, 86-87)
Yunus too was one of the Messengers. (Surat as-Saffat, 139)
We sent him to a hundred thousand or even more. (Surat as-Saffat, 147)
The Departure of the Prophet Yunus (as) from His People
And the Man in the Whale (Yunus) when he left in anger and
thought We would not punish him... (Surat al-Anbiya', 87)
When he ran away to the fully laden ship and cast lots and lost. Then
the fish devoured him and he was to blame. (Surat as-Saffat, 140-142)
The Prayer of the Prophet Yunus (as) inside the Fish
... He called out in the pitch darkness: 'There is no god but You!
Glory be to You! Truly I have been one of the wrongdoers.' We re-
sponded to him and rescued him from his grief. That is how We rescue
the believers. (Surat al-Anbiya', 87-88)
Had it not been that he was a man who glorified Allah, he would
have remained inside its belly until the Day they are raised again. So
We cast him up onto the beach and he was sick; and We caused a gourd
tree to grow over him. (Surat as-Saffat, 143-146)
The People of the Prophet Yunus (as)
How is it that there has never been a city that believed, whose faith
then brought it benefit, except the people of Yunus? When they believed
We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in the life of this
world and We let them have enjoyment for a time. (Surah Yunus, 98)
They believed and so We gave them enjoyment for a time. (Surat as-
Saffat, 148)