Quranic Duas

The prayer of Yunus

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وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَٰضِبًۭا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ

wadhā l-nūni idh dhahaba mughāḍiban faẓanna an lan naqdira ʿalayhi fanādā fī l-ẓulumāti an lā ilāha illā anta sub'ḥānaka innī kuntu mina l-ẓālimīna

Meaning

And [mention] the man of the fish, when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers

Word by word

  1. وَذَاwadhāAnd Dhun-Nun
  2. ٱلنُّونِl-nūniAnd Dhun-Nun
  3. إِذidhwhen
  4. ذَّهَبَdhahabahe went
  5. مُغَـٰضِبًۭاmughāḍiban(while) angry
  6. فَظَنَّfaẓannaand thought
  7. أَنanthat
  8. لَّنlannever
  9. نَّقْدِرَnaqdiraWe would decree
  10. عَلَيْهِʿalayhiupon him
  11. فَنَادَىٰfanādāThen he called
  12. فِىfīin
  13. ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِl-ẓulumātithe darkness(es)
  14. أَنanthat
  15. لَّآlā(There is) no
  16. إِلَـٰهَilāhagod
  17. إِلَّآillāexcept
  18. أَنتَantaYou
  19. سُبْحَـٰنَكَsub'ḥānakaGlory be to You
  20. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, [I]
  21. كُنتُkuntuI am
  22. مِنَminaof
  23. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Reference

Source: Quran 21:87.

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