Selected Quranic verses

﴿ وَإِنَّكُمۡ لَتَمُرُّونَ عَلَيۡهِم مُّصۡبِحِينَ ﴾

You [Makkans] pass by their ruins by day

﴿ وَبِٱلَّيۡلِۚ أَفَلَا تَعۡقِلُونَ ﴾

and by night. Do you still not understand?

﴿ وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ ﴾

Jonah was indeed one of the messengers.

﴿ إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ﴾

When he fled to the fully laden ship,

﴿ فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُدۡحَضِينَ ﴾

then he cast lots[30] with them, but was among tho...

﴿ فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُ ٱلۡحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٞ ﴾

The whale then swallowed him while he was blamewor...

﴿ فَلَوۡلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُسَبِّحِينَ ﴾

Were it not for the fact that he was one of those...

﴿ لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطۡنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ يُبۡعَثُونَ ﴾

he would have stayed in its belly until the Day of...

﴿ ۞ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٞ ﴾

But We cast him ashore on a barren land while he w...

﴿ وَأَنۢبَتۡنَا عَلَيۡهِ شَجَرَةٗ مِّن يَقۡطِينٖ ﴾

and caused a gourd vine[33] to grow over him.

﴿ وَأَرۡسَلۡنَٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِاْئَةِ أَلۡفٍ أَوۡ يَزِيدُونَ ﴾

We sent him[34] to one hundred thousand people or...

﴿ فَـَٔامَنُواْ فَمَتَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ إِلَىٰ حِينٖ ﴾

and they believed, so We let them enjoy for a whil...