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Jonah (Arabic: Yunus) is one of several biblical prophets and personalities who are mentioned in the Qur\u2019an, albeit not exactly as we remember them from Tanakh. While one school of thought considers such deviations to be errors on the part of Muhammad, an argument can be made that their treatment in the Qur\u2019an should be compared to that of the Midrash, rooted in the attempt to convey a particular moral, ethical, or religious message, rather than a strictly historical one.<\/span><\/p>\n

The most detailed Jonah passage in the Qur\u2019an is in Sura (chapter) 37 verses 139-148:<\/span><\/p>\n

And lo! Jonah verily was one of the messengers (<\/span>rusul<\/span><\/em>).<\/span>
\n<\/span>When he fled unto the laden ship,And then drew lots and lost.<\/span>
\n<\/span>And the fish swallowed him for he was blameworthy;<\/span>
\n<\/span>And had he not been one of those who glorify [Allah],<\/span>
\n<\/span>He would have remained in its belly till the day when all are raised up.<\/span>
\n<\/span>Then We cast him on the shore while he was sick;<\/span>
\n<\/span>And We caused a tree of gourd to grow over him;<\/span>
\n<\/span>And We sent him to a hundred thousand [folk] or more<\/span>
\n<\/span>And they believed, so We gave them comfort for a while.<\/span><\/p>\n

The reversal of the biblical sequence of events in the last three verses (in Tanakh, Jonah commenced to deliver his message before the gourd tree grew) is typical of the Qur\u2019an, which consistently valued the key religious message above such details as chronology. Likewise, the absence of any reference to Jonah\u2019s resistance to his mission and his displeasure over the reversal of the decree are consistent with the Qur\u2019an\u2019s ongoing portrayal of God\u2019s messengers in a positive light. Indeed, Islamic theology contains the principle of prophetic infallibility (`<\/em><\/span>ismat al-anbiya\u2019<\/span><\/em>), which makes its portrayal of Jonah more sympathetic than that of Tanakh.<\/span><\/p>\n

The term \u201cmessenger\u201d (<\/span>rasul<\/span><\/em>) is the epithet given to Muhammad and appears over 300 times in the Qur\u2019an in reference to individuals who were sent by God to deliver a message to a particular people\u2014usually the message of strict monotheism. When applied to a biblical character like Jonah, it confers an elevated religious status.<\/span><\/p>\n

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