I WAS OF THE OPPRESSORS.

I WAS OF THE OPPRESSORS.'' فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ وَنَجَّيْنَاهُ مِنْ الْغَمِّ وَكَذَلِكَ نُنْجِى الْمُؤْمِنِينَ(( 88 )) 88- SO WE ANSWERED HIM, AND DELIVERED HIM FROM GRIEF, AND THUS DO WE DELIVER THE BELIEVERS. THE COMMENTARY JONAH'S RESCUE FROM THAT DREADFUL PRISON VERSE NO.87ِ88 We shall narrate the story of JONAH with more detail in the chapter of SA"FA"T, an abstract of which will follow here:ِ ZUN-NUN is the title of JONAH (YUNUS) for being swallowed by a whale.

The Arabic, ``NUN'' means large fish or a whale. He was a prophet sent to the people of Nineveh. His people paid no heed to the prophet's warning. Jonah threatened them with God's wrath, and proclaimed Allah's punishment on them, but with no result. So he left his people in anger due to his failure:ِ ``And Zun-nun,

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