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Jonah in Islam

May 07, 2024

"Yunus" redirects here. For other uses, see Yunus (disambiguation).

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.[4]

Prophet
Yunus
يُونُس‎
Jonah
PredecessorAlyasa
SuccessorArramayah
Parent

In the Quran, Yunus is mentioned several times by name, as an apostle of god, and as Dhu l-Nun (Arabic: ذُو ٱلنُّوْن).[5][6]

Quranic mentions edit

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').[5] In An-Nisa 4:163 and Al-An'am 6:86, he is referred to as "an apostle of God".[5] Surah 37:139-148 retells the full story of Yunus:[5]

So also was Jonah among those sent (by Us).
When he ran away (like a slave from captivity) to the ship (fully) laden,
He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned:
Then the whale did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of blame.
Had it not been that he (repented and) glorified Allah,
He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of Resurrection.
But We cast him forth on the naked shore in a state of sickness,
And We caused to grow, over him, a spreading plant of the gourd kind.
And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men) or more.
And they believed; so We permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.

— Quran, chapter 37 (As-Saaffat), verses 139–148[8]

The Quran does not mention Yunus' heritage,[5] but Muslim tradition teaches that Yunus was from the tribe of Benjamin.[3]

Hadithic mentions edit

Yunus is also mentioned in a few incidents during the lifetime of Muhammad. In some instances, Yunus' name is spoken of with praise and reverence by Muhammad. According to historical narrations about Muhammad's life, after ten years of receiving revelations, Muhammad went to the city of Ta’if to see if its leaders would allow him to preach his message from there rather than Mecca, but he was cast from the city by the people. He took shelter in the garden of Utbah and Shaybah, two members of the Quraysh tribe. They sent their servant, Addas, to serve him grapes for sustenance. Muhammad asked Addas where he was from and the servant replied Nineveh. "The town of Yunus the just, son of Amittai!" Muhammad exclaimed. Addas was shocked because he knew that the pagan Arabs had no knowledge of Yunus. He then asked how Muhammad knew of this man. "We are brothers," Muhammad replied. "Yunus was a Prophet of God and I, too, am a Prophet of God." Addas immediately accepted Islam and kissed the hands and feet of Muhammad.[9]

One of the sayings of Muhammad, in the collection of Imam Bukhari, says that Muhammad said "One should not say that I am better than Yunus".[10][11][12][13] Ibn Abi al-Salt, an older contemporary of Muhammad, taught that, had Yunus not prayed to Allah, he would have remained trapped inside the fish until Day of Resurrection[13] but, because of his prayer, Yunus "stayed only a few days within the belly of the fish".[13]

The ninth-century Persian historian Al-Tabari records that, while Jonah was inside the fish, "none of his bones or members were injured".[13] Al-Tabari also writes that Allah made the body of the fish transparent, allowing Yunus to see the "wonders of the deep"[14] and that Yunus heard all the fish singing praises to Allah.[14] Kisai Marvazi, a tenth-century poet, records that Yunus' father was seventy years old when Yunus was born[13] and that he died soon afterwards,[13] leaving Yunus' mother with nothing but a wooden spoon, which turned out to be a cornucopia.[13]

Tombs edit

See also: List of Islamic structures in Mosul § Mosque of the Prophet Jonah
 
Photograph of the ruins of the mosque of Yunus, following its destruction by ISIL

Nineveh's current location is marked by excavations of five gates, parts of walls on four sides, and two large mounds: the hill of Kuyunjik and hill of Nabi Yunus.[15] A mosque atop Nabi Yunus was dedicated to Jonah and contained a shrine, which was revered by both Muslims and Christians as the site of Jonah's tomb.[16] The tomb was a popular pilgrimage site[17] and a symbol of unity for Jews, Christians, and Muslims across the Middle East.[17] On July 24, 2014, the Islamic State destroyed the mosque containing the tomb as part of a campaign to destroy religious sanctuaries it deemed to be idolatrous.[18][17]

After Mosul was taken back from the Islamic State in January 2017, an Assyrian palace built by Esarhaddon dating to around the first half of the 7th century BCE was discovered beneath the ruined mosque.[17][19] ISIL had plundered the palace of items to sell on the black market,[17][19] but some of the artifacts that were more difficult to transport remained in place.[17][19] Hobby Lobby purchased many illegal antiquities from the Islamic State, including from Nineveh.[20]

Other Muslim tombs edit

Other reputed locations of Jonah's tomb include the Israeli Arab village of Mashhad, located on the ancient site of Gath-hepher in Israel;[21] the Palestinian West Bank town of Halhul, 5 km (3.1 mi) north of Hebron;[22] and a sanctuary near the city of Sarepta in Lebanon.[23] Another tradition places the tomb at a hill now called Giv'at Yonah, "Jonah's Hill", at the northern edge of the Israeli town of Ashdod, at a site covered by a modern lighthouse.

A tomb of Jonah can be found in Diyarbakır, Turkey, located behind the mihrab at Fatih Pasha Mosque.[24][25] Evliya Çelebi states in his Seyahatnâme that he visited the tombs of Jonah.[26][27]

References edit

  1. ^ says, Quran Academy. "5 Lessons from the Story of Prophet Yunus". Quran Academy. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  2. ^ "An account of Yunus ibn Matta and his respected father". Al-Islam.org. 2017-12-26. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  3. ^ a b Encyclopedia of Islam, Yunus, pg. 348
  4. ^ Johns 2003, p. 66.
  5. ^ a b c d e Vicchio 2008, p. 67.
  6. ^ Tier, Dr SHAZIA SIDDIQI Islamic Society of Southern (23 April 2020). "The power of repentance". Olean Times Herald. Retrieved 2021-08-12.
  7. ^ 21:87
  8. ^ Quran 37:139–148
  9. ^ Summarized from The Life of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham Volume 1 pp. 419–421
  10. ^ Sahih al-Bukhari,
  11. ^ Wheeler 2002, p. 172.
  12. ^ Graham 1977, p. 167.
  13. ^ a b c d e f g Vicchio 2008, p. 73.
  14. ^ a b Vicchio 2008, p. 74.
  15. ^ "Link to Google map with Nineveh markers at gates, wall sections, hills and mosque". Goo.gl. 2013-03-19. Retrieved 2014-06-29.
  16. ^ "ISIS destroys 'Jonah's tomb' in Mosul". Al Arabiya. 25 July 2014. from the original on 27 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014. The radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) group has destroyed shrines belonging to two prophets, highly revered by both Christians and Muslims, in the northern city of Mosul, al-Sumaria News reported Thursday. "ISIS militants have destroyed the Prophet Younis (Jonah) shrine east of Mosul city after they seized control of the mosque completely," a security source, who kept his identity anonymous, told the Iraq-based al-Sumaria News.
  17. ^ a b c d e f Farhan, Lawandow & Samuel 2017.
  18. ^ Ford & Tawfeeq 2014.
  19. ^ a b c Ensor 2017.
  20. ^ Arraf, Jane. "U.S. Authorities Say Hobby Lobby's Gilgamesh Tablet Is 'Stolen,' Must Go Back To Iraq". NPR. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  21. ^ Limburg 1993, p. 39.
  22. ^ Friedman 2006, p. 64.
  23. ^ Costa 2013, p. 97.
  24. ^ Talha Ugurluel, Dünyaya Hükmeden Sultan Kanuni: Gerçeklerin Anlatıldığı Bir Tarih Kitabı, Timas, 2013.
  25. ^ Hz. Yunus ve Diyabakir WowTurkey. Posted 16 August 2011.
  26. ^ EVLİYA ÇELEBİ’NİN SEYAHATNAME’SİNDE DİYARBAKIR (Turkish)
  27. ^ EVLİYA ÇELEBİ DİYARBAKIR’DA (Turkish) 2021-06-13 at the Wayback Machine TigrisHaber. Posted 22 July 2014.

Works cited edit

  • Costa, Nicholas (2013), Adam to Apophis: Asteroids, Millenarianism and Climate Change, Lemona, Cyprus: D'Aleman Publishing, ISBN 978-9963-2917-0-0
  • Ensor, Josie (28 February 2017), "Previously Untouched 600 BC Palace Discovered Under Shrine Demolished by ISIL in Mosul", The Telegraph, Telegraph Media Group
  • Farhan, Sara; Lawandow, Atoor; Samuel, Sigal (24 July 2017), "ISIS Destroyed Jonah's Tomb, but Not Its Message", The Atlantic
  • Ford, Dana; Tawfeeq, Mohammed (25 July 2014), Extremists Destroy Jonah's Tomb, Officials Say, CNN.com
  • Friedman, Saul S. (2006), A History of the Middle East, Jefferson, North Carolina: MacFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, ISBN 0-7864-2356-0
  • Graham, William Albert (1977), Divine Word and Prophetic Word in Early Islam: A Reconsideration of the Sources with Special Reference to the Ḥadîth Qudsî, The Hague, The Netherlands: Mouton & Co., ISBN 90-279-7612-0
  • Johns, A. H. (2003). "Jonah in the Qur'an: An Essay on Thematic Counterpoint". Journal of Qur'anic Studies. 5 (2). Edinburgh University Press: 48–71. doi:10.3366/jqs.2003.5.2.48. JSTOR 25728109.
  • Limburg, James (1993), Jonah: A Commentary, Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster Knox Publishers, ISBN 0-664-21296-4
  • Vicchio, Stephen J. (2008), Biblical Figures in the Islamic Faith, Eugene, Oregon: Wipf & Stock, ISBN 978-1-55635-304-8
  • Wheeler, Brannon M. (2002), Prophets in the Quran: An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis, New York City, New York and London, England, ISBN 0-8264-4957-3{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

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Yunus redirects here For other uses see Yunus disambiguation Yunus ibn Matta Arabic ي ون س ٱب ن م ت ى romanized Yunus ibn Matta 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 4 ProphetYunusي ون س JonahPredecessorAlyasaSuccessorArramayahParentMatta father In the Quran Yunus is mentioned several times by name as an apostle of god and as Dhu l Nun Arabic ذ و ٱلن و ن 5 6 Contents 1 Quranic mentions 2 Hadithic mentions 3 Tombs 3 1 Other Muslim tombs 4 References 4 1 Works citedQuranic mentions editIn Al Anbiya 21 87 7 and Al Qalam 68 48 Yunus is called Dhul Nun Arabic ذ و ٱلن و ن lit The One of the Fish 5 In An Nisa 4 163 and Al An am 6 86 he is referred to as an apostle of God 5 Surah 37 139 148 retells the full story of Yunus 5 So also was Jonah among those sent by Us When he ran away like a slave from captivity to the ship fully laden He agreed to cast lots and he was condemned Then the whale did swallow him and he had done acts worthy of blame Had it not been that he repented and glorified Allah He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of Resurrection But We cast him forth on the naked shore in a state of sickness And We caused to grow over him a spreading plant of the gourd kind And We sent him on a mission to a hundred thousand men or more And they believed so We permitted them to enjoy their life for a while Quran chapter 37 As Saaffat verses 139 148 8 The Quran does not mention Yunus heritage 5 but Muslim tradition teaches that Yunus was from the tribe of Benjamin 3 Hadithic mentions editYunus is also mentioned in a few incidents during the lifetime of Muhammad In some instances Yunus name is spoken of with praise and reverence by Muhammad According to historical narrations about Muhammad s life after ten years of receiving revelations Muhammad went to the city of Ta if to see if its leaders would allow him to preach his message from there rather than Mecca but he was cast from the city by the people He took shelter in the garden of Utbah and Shaybah two members of the Quraysh tribe They sent their servant Addas to serve him grapes for sustenance Muhammad asked Addas where he was from and the servant replied Nineveh The town of Yunus the just son of Amittai Muhammad exclaimed Addas was shocked because he knew that the pagan Arabs had no knowledge of Yunus He then asked how Muhammad knew of this man We are brothers Muhammad replied Yunus was a Prophet of God and I too am a Prophet of God Addas immediately accepted Islam and kissed the hands and feet of Muhammad 9 One of the sayings of Muhammad in the collection of Imam Bukhari says that Muhammad said One should not say that I am better than Yunus 10 11 12 13 Ibn Abi al Salt an older contemporary of Muhammad taught that had Yunus not prayed to Allah he would have remained trapped inside the fish until Day of Resurrection 13 but because of his prayer Yunus stayed only a few days within the belly of the fish 13 The ninth century Persian historian Al Tabari records that while Jonah was inside the fish none of his bones or members were injured 13 Al Tabari also writes that Allah made the body of the fish transparent allowing Yunus to see the wonders of the deep 14 and that Yunus heard all the fish singing praises to Allah 14 Kisai Marvazi a tenth century poet records that Yunus father was seventy years old when Yunus was born 13 and that he died soon afterwards 13 leaving Yunus mother with nothing but a wooden spoon which turned out to be a cornucopia 13 Tombs editSee also List of Islamic structures in Mosul Mosque of the Prophet Jonah nbsp Photograph of the ruins of the mosque of Yunus following its destruction by ISIL Nineveh s current location is marked by excavations of five gates parts of walls on four sides and two large mounds the hill of Kuyunjik and hill of Nabi Yunus 15 A mosque atop Nabi Yunus was dedicated to Jonah and contained a shrine which was revered by both Muslims and Christians as the site of Jonah s tomb 16 The tomb was a popular pilgrimage site 17 and a symbol of unity for Jews Christians and Muslims across the Middle East 17 On July 24 2014 the Islamic State destroyed the mosque containing the tomb as part of a campaign to destroy religious sanctuaries it deemed to be idolatrous 18 17 After Mosul was taken back from the Islamic State in January 2017 an Assyrian palace built by Esarhaddon dating to around the first half of the 7th century BCE was discovered beneath the ruined mosque 17 19 ISIL had plundered the palace of items to sell on the black market 17 19 but some of the artifacts that were more difficult to transport remained in place 17 19 Hobby Lobby purchased many illegal antiquities from the Islamic State including from Nineveh 20 Other Muslim tombs edit Other reputed locations of Jonah s tomb include the Israeli Arab village of Mashhad located on the ancient site of Gath hepher in Israel 21 the Palestinian West Bank town of Halhul 5 km 3 1 mi north of Hebron 22 and a sanctuary near the city of Sarepta in Lebanon 23 Another tradition places the tomb at a hill now called Giv at Yonah Jonah s Hill at the northern edge of the Israeli town of Ashdod at a site covered by a modern lighthouse A tomb of Jonah can be found in Diyarbakir Turkey located behind the mihrab at Fatih Pasha Mosque 24 25 Evliya Celebi states in his Seyahatname that he visited the tombs of Jonah 26 27 References edit says Quran Academy 5 Lessons from the Story of Prophet Yunus Quran Academy Retrieved 2021 08 12 An account of Yunus ibn Matta and his respected father Al Islam org 2017 12 26 Retrieved 2021 08 12 a b Encyclopedia of Islam Yunus pg 348 Johns 2003 p 66 a b c d e Vicchio 2008 p 67 Tier Dr SHAZIA SIDDIQI Islamic Society of Southern 23 April 2020 The power of repentance Olean Times Herald Retrieved 2021 08 12 21 87 Quran 37 139 148 Summarized from The Life of the Prophet by Ibn Hisham Volume 1 pp 419 421 Sahih al Bukhari 4 55 608 Wheeler 2002 p 172 Graham 1977 p 167 a b c d e f g Vicchio 2008 p 73 a b Vicchio 2008 p 74 Link to Google map with Nineveh markers at gates wall sections hills and mosque Goo gl 2013 03 19 Retrieved 2014 06 29 ISIS destroys Jonah s tomb in Mosul Al Arabiya 25 July 2014 Archived from the original on 27 July 2014 Retrieved 28 July 2014 The radical Islamic State of Iraq and Syria ISIS group has destroyed shrines belonging to two prophets highly revered by both Christians and Muslims in the northern city of Mosul al Sumaria News reported Thursday ISIS militants have destroyed the Prophet Younis Jonah shrine east of Mosul city after they seized control of the mosque completely a security source who kept his identity anonymous told the Iraq based al Sumaria News a b c d e f Farhan Lawandow amp Samuel 2017 Ford amp Tawfeeq 2014 a b c Ensor 2017 Arraf Jane U S Authorities Say Hobby Lobby s Gilgamesh Tablet Is Stolen Must Go Back To Iraq NPR Retrieved May 19 2020 Limburg 1993 p 39 Friedman 2006 p 64 Costa 2013 p 97 Talha Ugurluel Dunyaya Hukmeden Sultan Kanuni Gerceklerin Anlatildigi Bir Tarih Kitabi Timas 2013 Hz Yunus ve Diyabakir WowTurkey Posted 16 August 2011 EVLIYA CELEBI NIN SEYAHATNAME SINDE DIYARBAKIR Turkish EVLIYA CELEBI DIYARBAKIR DA Turkish Archived 2021 06 13 at the Wayback Machine TigrisHaber Posted 22 July 2014 Works cited edit Costa Nicholas 2013 Adam to Apophis Asteroids Millenarianism and Climate Change Lemona Cyprus D Aleman Publishing ISBN 978 9963 2917 0 0 Ensor Josie 28 February 2017 Previously Untouched 600 BC Palace Discovered Under Shrine Demolished by ISIL in Mosul The Telegraph Telegraph Media Group Farhan Sara Lawandow Atoor Samuel Sigal 24 July 2017 ISIS Destroyed Jonah s Tomb but Not Its Message The Atlantic Ford Dana Tawfeeq Mohammed 25 July 2014 Extremists Destroy Jonah s Tomb Officials Say CNN com Friedman Saul S 2006 A History of the Middle East Jefferson North Carolina MacFarland amp Company Inc Publishers ISBN 0 7864 2356 0 Graham William Albert 1977 Divine Word and Prophetic Word in Early Islam A Reconsideration of the Sources with Special Reference to the Ḥadith Qudsi The Hague The Netherlands Mouton amp Co ISBN 90 279 7612 0 Johns A H 2003 Jonah in the Qur an An Essay on Thematic Counterpoint Journal of Qur anic Studies 5 2 Edinburgh University Press 48 71 doi 10 3366 jqs 2003 5 2 48 JSTOR 25728109 Limburg James 1993 Jonah A Commentary Louisville Kentucky Westminster Knox Publishers ISBN 0 664 21296 4 Vicchio Stephen J 2008 Biblical Figures in the Islamic Faith Eugene Oregon Wipf amp Stock ISBN 978 1 55635 304 8 Wheeler Brannon M 2002 Prophets in the Quran An Introduction to the Quran and Muslim Exegesis New York City New York and London England ISBN 0 8264 4957 3 a href Template Citation html title Template Citation citation a CS1 maint location missing publisher link Retrieved from https en 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