THE STORY BEHIND THE PROPHETIC DU’A OF YUNUS (Laa ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz zalimin) & HOW POWERFUL IT IS .
In the Qur’an, it refers to Prophet Yunus (A.S) by the name “Dhul nun”meaning the companion of the fish or the man of the fish.
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In the Qur’an, it refers to Prophet Yunus (A.S) by the name “Dhul nun”meaning the companion of the fish or the man of the fish.
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Allah appointed him to guide the lost community of Nineveh, what we know as Northern-Iraq.
Allah’s instructions were clear, to guide the lost community back to Allah and Islam. But like all the Prophets before him, he had a difficult time and the people denied his message.
Allah’s instructions were clear, to guide the lost community back to Allah and Islam. But like all the Prophets before him, he had a difficult time and the people denied his message.
Prophet Yunus was disheartened; he gave up on his people. Without the permission of Allah, he decided to leave the city of Nineveh in hopes of finding a community far away that would accept him and enter the fold of Islam.
Prophet Yunus, who had left Nineveh,boarded a small passenger ship with the intention of travelling as far away from his people as possible. The ship travelled through the calm waters during the day; but as the night closed in, A storm raged on rocking the ship wildly to and fro
The crew and passengers began to fear for their lives as the sea water gradually began flooding into the deck, slowly sinking the ship.
As the tempest continued through the night, the Captain of ship ordered his men to throw out the luggages,
As the tempest continued through the night, the Captain of ship ordered his men to throw out the luggages,
And all other excess load overboard to lighten the ship’s load. As instructed, the crew threw out the ship’s excess load; but, the ship continued to sink as it was still too heavy. The Captain was left with no choice,
He had to sacrifice the life of one man if he wished to save the lives of his crew and passengers. As it was a common practice among men during those times, the Captain decided to draw lots to choose the passenger to be sacrificed.
The lots were cast and Prophet Yunus’s name was selected The men knew that Yunus was a young, righteous, honest and a blessed man, so they refused to throw him out and agreed to draw lots again. So the lots were cast,and Yunus’s name appeared again. The men refused to throw Yunus
Saying , “We are not going to get rid of Yunus. He is our blessing on the boat. He is the best man we have on the boat; we are not going to get rid of him.” So they drew lots for the third time, and Yunus’s named appeared yet again! The men were baffled,
Yunus(AS) knew that this was the verdict of Allah for he had left his people without his Lord’s consent. So Yunus jumped out of the ship into the dark, angry waves in the middle of ocean. As Allah commanded, the largest whale in the ocean swallowed Yunus just as he hit the water
Yunus, who was unconscious, awoke to find himself enveloped by sheer darkness. He believed he was in his grave; but as his senses awakened, he realised that he was not in his grave but was in fact in the stomach of a large fish. Deep in the stomach of the whale,
Prophet Yunus prostrated to Allah and said, “O Allah, I am prostrating to you in a place where no one has prostrated to you before, in the stomach of a fish.” He then called out to Allah, repeating,
“Laa ilaha illa anta subhanaka inni kuntu minaz zalimin(None has the right to be worshipped but You. Glorified be You. Truly, I have been among the wrongdoers). The creatures of the deep sea heard the invocations of Yunus, and gathered around the whale
To join along in the celebration of the praises of Allah. Allah, the Most-Merciful, was immensely moved by Yunus’s repentance. He commanded the whale to spit out His Messenger at the nearest shore. The whale obeyed Allah’s command and swam to the nearest shore and ejected Yunus
Yunus’s body was inflamed as a result of the acids in the whale’s stomach. He had no protection against the sun and wind so Allah commanded a tree to grow over Yunus to provide him with food and shade. Allah forgave him and informed him
That if it were not for his sincere invocations,Yunus would continue to be in the stomach of the whale till the Day of Judgment. when he needed Allah’s help the most, Allah responded to it, “So We responded to him and saved him from the distress.
And thus do We save the believers.” (21:88). So indeed, no Muslim man supplicates with it for anything, ever, except Allah responds to him.”
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