# 37. Surah As-Saffat, Verse 142

- **Surah:** 37. Surah As-Saffat (Those drawn up in Ranks) — سورة الصافات
- **Verse:** 142 / 182 · **Juz:** 23 · **Mushaf page:** 450
- **Source:** https://quran.so/surah-as-saffat/verse-142

## Arabic

فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُل۪يمٌ

## Transcription

Faltaqamahu alhootu wahuwamuleem

## Translations

### Aisha Bewley

Then the fish devoured him and he was to blame.

### Progressive Muslims

Thus a whale swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.

### Shabbir Ahmed

Then the Fish grabbed him while he was blaming himself. (Again, usually a whale is mentioned here. But the whale is a mammal and not a fish, and the Qur'an which is never inaccurate, speaks of '

### Sam Gerrans — The Qur'an: A Complete Revelation

Then the fish swallowed him, when he was blameworthy.

### The Monotheist Group — The Quran: A Monotheist Translation

Thus a whale swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.

### Rashad Khalifa — The Final Testament

Consequently, the fish swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.

### Mohamed Ahmed - Samira

Then he was swallowed by a large fish as he was worthy of blame.

### Sahih International — (Umm Muhammad, Mary Kennedy, Amatullah Bantley)

Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.

### Muhammad Asad

[and they cast him into the sea, ] whereupon the great fish swallowed him, for he had been blameworthy.

### Marmaduke Pickthall

And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;

### Abul A'la Maududi — Tafhim commentary

Then a fish swallowed him, and he was blameworthy.[1]

_Footnotes_
- [1] This is what one understands from a study of these sentences:

### Abdel Khalek Himmat — Al- Muntakhab

And there he was swallowed by the fish and it was him who had incurred the blame.

### Bijan Moeinian

Eventually a big fish swallowed him and he was the only one to be blamed for his destiny [as he fled his place of mission without asking God’s permission].

### Al-Hilali & Khan

Then a (big) fish swallowed him as he had done an act worthy of blame.

### Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of blame.

### Mustafa Khattab — The Clear Quran

Then the whale engulfed him while he was blameworthy.[1]

### Taqi Usmani

Then the fish swallowed him while he was reproaching his own self.

### Abdul Haleem

and a great fish swallowed him, for he had committed blameworthy acts.

### Arthur John Arberry

then the whale swallowed him down, and he blameworthy.

### E. Henry Palmer

and a fish swallowed him, for he was to be blamed;

### Hamid S. Aziz

And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy,

### Mahmoud Ghali

So the whale gobbled him, and he was blameworthy.

### George Sale

And the fish swallowed him; for he was worthy of reprehension.

### Syed Vickar Ahamed

Then the (big) fish swallowed him, and he had done actions worthy of blame (by running away from his mission).

### Amatul Rahman Omar

Then (it came about that) a big fish took him in its mouth while he was reproaching (himself).

### Ali Quli Qarai

Then the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy.

### Ahmed Hulusi — Türkçe Kur'an Çözümü

(Yunus) levmedici olduğu halde balık Onu yuttu (pişmanlık duygusuyla karışık bir halde, balık = dünya yaşamı onu yuttu);

### Ali Bulaç — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Türkçe Anlamı

Derken onu balık yutmuştu, oysa o kınanmıştı.

### Bayraktar Bayraklı — Yeni Bir Anlayışın Işığında Kur'an Meali

Balık onu yuttu. O kınanmayı hak etmişti.

### Diyanet İşleri — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Meali

Böylece, Yunus kendini kınayıp dururken balık onu yuttu.

### Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

Derken kendisi balık yuttu melamette idi

### Elmalılı (sadeleştirilmiş)

Derken (denize atıldı ve) kendisini balık yuttu. Pişmandı.

### Gültekin Onan

Derken onu balık yutmuştu, oysa o kınanmıştı.

### Hasan Basri Çantay — Kur'an-ı Hakim ve Meal-i Kerim

O, kınanmış bir halde iken kendisini hemen balık yutmuşdu.

### İbni Kesir

Yenilgiye uğramışken, bir balık yutmuştu onu.

### Muhammed Esed — Kur'an Mesajı

(sonra o'nu denize atmışlar ve) denizde büyük balık tarafından yutulmuştu, çünkü kınananlardan biriydi.

### Şaban Piriş — Kur'an-ı Kerim Türkçe Anlamı

O, kınanmış iken bir balık onu yuttu.

### Süleyman Ateş — Kur'an-ı Kerim ve Yüce Meali

(Yunus, Rabbinden izinsiz olarak kavminden ayrıldığı için) Kendi kendisini kınarken (denize attılar) balık onu yuttu.

### Yaşar Nuri Öztürk — Kur'an-ı Kerim Meali

Derken, kendisini balık yutmuştu. O kendi kendini kınayıp duruyordu.

### Mustafa İslamoğlu — Hayat Kitabı Kur’an

Derken o derin bir pişmanlıkla kıvranır haldeyken iri balık tarafından yakalanmıştı.

### Erhan Aktaş (Eski Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

O kendisini suçlayıp dururken, hut[1] onu yuttu.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Balık.

### Ali Rıza Safa — Kur'an-ı Kerim Gerçek

Balık, Onu hemen yuttu. Çünkü O, kınanmış birisiydi.[380]

_Footnotes_
- [380] "Kınanmış" olarak yazdığımız "Mulimun" sözcüğü, kimi Kur'an çevirilerinde, "Kendisini kınayan" veya "Yenilgiye uğramış" veya "Yaptığından pişman olmuş" biçiminde çevrilmiştir.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı (Eski Baskı) — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Kendini suçladığı bir sırada onu o balık yutuvermişti.

### Mehmet Okuyan — Kur’an Meal-Tefsir

Kendini kınayıp dururken onu bir balık yutmuştu.

### Erhan Aktaş (10. Baskı) — Kerim Kur'an

O kendisini suçlayıp dururken, hut[1] onu yuttu.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Balık.

### Erhan Aktaş — Kerim Kur'an

O kendisini suçlayıp dururken, hut[1] onu yuttu.

_Footnotes_
- [1] Balık.

### Süleymaniye Vakfı — Süleymaniye Vakfı Meali

Hemen onu balık yutuverdi, o sırada kendini kınıyordu[1].

_Footnotes_
- [1] [Kalem 68/48.](https://quran.so/68/48)

## Words

| # | word | meaning | root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ — fal-taqamahu | Then swallowed him | لقم — Lam-Kaf-Mim |
| 2 | ٱلْحُوتُ — l-ḥūtu | the fish | حوت — Ha-Vav-Te |
| 3 | وَهُوَ — wahuwa | while he | — |
| 4 | مُلِيمٌۭ — mulīmun | (was) blameworthy | لوم — Lam-Vav-Mim |

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