وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- And We sent him to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- மேலும், நாம் அவரை ஒரு நூறாயிரம் அல்லது அதற்கதிகமானவர்களிடம் அனுப்பி வைத்தோம்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- තවද අපි ඔහු සිය දහසක් දෙනා වෙත හෝ (ඊට වඩා) අධික වූ අය වෙත ධර්ම දූතයකු ලෙස එව්වෙමු.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور ہم نے انہیں ایک لاکھ بلکہ اور زیاده آدمیوں کی طرف بھیجا.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- そして10万人，またはそれ以上（の民）にかれを遣わした。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 我曾派遣他去教化十多万民众。
Tafsir of 37:147
The Story of Yunus We have already discussed the story of Yunus, peace be upon him, in Surat Al-Anbiya' (21:87-88). In the Two Sahihs it is reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: «مَا يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ: أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى» (It is not right for any person to say I am better than Yunus bin Matta.) إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ (When he ran to the laden ship.) Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, said, "It was filled with cargo. فَسَاهَمَ (Then he (agreed to) cast lots,) means, to draw lots." فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُدْحَضِينَ (and he was among the losers.) means among those who have been overcome. This was because the ship was being pounded by the waves on all sides, and they were at risk of drowning, so they drew lots, and whoever lost would be thrown overboard so as to lighten the load. The Prophet of Allah Yunus, peace be upon him, lost the draw three times, but they did not want to throw him overboard. He took off his garment so that he could throw himself into the sea, and they tried to stop him.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
