Prophet yunus family

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Prophet yunus story in quran

Prophet yunus story in quran

Where was prophet yunus born

How did prophet yunus die

How long was prophet yunus in the whale

Prophet yunus family tree

For other uses, see Yunus (disambiguation).

Prophet of Islam

Yunus ibn Matta (Arabic: يُونُس ٱبْن مَتّىٰ, romanized: Yūnus ibn Mattā) is a prophet of God in Islam corresponding to Jonah son of Amittai in the Hebrew Bible.^[1][2] Jonah is the only one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible to be named in the Quran.^[3] The tenth chapter of the Quran, Yunus, is named after him.

In the Quran, Yunus is mentioned several times by name, as an apostle of god, and as Dhu l-Nun (Arabic: ذُو ٱلنُّوْن).^[6]

Quranic mentions

In Al-Anbiya 21:87^[7] and Al-Qalam 68:48, Yunus is called Dhul-Nūn (Arabic: ذُو ٱلنُّوْن, lit. 'The One of the Fish').

In An-Nisa 4:163 and Al-An'am 6:86, he is referred to as "an apostle of God". Surah 37:139-148 retells the full story of Yunus:

So also was Jonah among those sent (by Us).
When he ran away (like a slave from captivity) to