And ˹remember˺ when the Man of the Whale stormed off ˹from his city˺ in a rage, thinking We would not restrain him.1 Then in the ˹veils of˺ darkness2 he cried out, “There is no god ˹worthy of worship˺ except You. Glory be to You! I have certainly done wrong.”
If only there had been a society which believed ˹before seeing the torment˺ and, therefore, benefited from its belief, like the people of Jonah.1 When they believed, We lifted from them the torment of disgrace in this world and allowed them enjoyment for a while.2
37:139 - As-Saffat
Verse 139
وَإِنَّيُونُسَلَمِنَٱلۡمُرۡسَلِينَ١٣٩
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
And Jonah was indeed one of the messengers.
37:140 - As-Saffat
Verse 140
إِذۡأَبَقَإِلَىٱلۡفُلۡكِٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ١٤٠
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
˹Remember˺ when he fled to the overloaded ship.
37:141 - As-Saffat
Verse 141
فَسَاهَمَفَكَانَمِنَٱلۡمُدۡحَضِينَ١٤١
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then ˹to save it from sinking,˺ he drew straws ˹with other passengers˺. He lost ˹and was thrown overboard˺.
37:142 - As-Saffat
Verse 142
فَٱلۡتَقَمَهُٱلۡحُوتُوَهُوَمُلِيمٞ١٤٢
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Then the whale engulfed him while he was blameworthy.1
37:143 - As-Saffat
Verse 143
فَلَوۡلَآأَنَّهُۥكَانَمِنَٱلۡمُسَبِّحِينَ١٤٣
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
Had he not ˹constantly˺ glorified ˹Allah˺,1
37:144 - As-Saffat
Verse 144
لَلَبِثَفِيبَطۡنِهِۦٓإِلَىٰيَوۡمِيُبۡعَثُونَ١٤٤
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
he would have certainly remained in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.1
37:145 - As-Saffat
Verse 145
۞ فَنَبَذۡنَٰهُبِٱلۡعَرَآءِوَهُوَسَقِيمٞ١٤٥
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran
But We cast him onto the open ˹shore˺, ˹totally˺ worn out,
Indeed, We have sent revelation to you ˹O Prophet˺ as We sent revelation to Noah and the prophets after him. We also sent revelation to Abraham, Ishmael, Isaac, Jacob, and his descendants, ˹as well as˺ Jesus, Job, Jonah, Aaron, and Solomon. And to David We gave the Psalms.
About Ayah Topics
Each verse can be associated with multiple topics across all three categories: ontological, thematic, and general.
The topics are organized hierarchically, meaning each topic may have parent topics and child
topics.
Database Structure
The QUL exports ayah topics data as a SQLite database with the following structure:
topic_id:
Unique identifier for the topic
topic_name:
The English name of the topic
arabic_name:
The Arabic name or transliteration of the topic (if available)
verse_key:
The verse identifier in format "chapter:verse" (e.g., "2:255")
is_ontology:
Boolean indicating if this is an ontology topic
is_thematic:
Boolean indicating if this is a thematic topic
parent_topic_id:
ID of the parent topic (for hierarchical organization)
description:
Detailed description of what the topic encompasses