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People of Yunus

Nation of the Quran

Nation of the Quran

People of Yunusقوم يونس

Traditional date, disputedNineveh, Iraq

Yunus was sent to a city of a hundred thousand or more (37:147). When they would not listen, he left them in anger before Allah allowed him, and was swallowed by the whale. After Allah saved him he returned, and found that his people had believed.

What does the Quran say?

Then has there not been a [single] city that believed so its faith benefited it except the people of Jonah? When they believed, We removed from them the punishment of disgrace in worldly life and gave them enjoyment for a time.

Quran 10:98

21:87-8837:139-14868:48-50

How did they end?

They are the only town in the Quran that believed when punishment drew near, and Allah lifted it from them (10:98).

What do historians say?

The ruins of Nineveh lie at Mosul in Iraq. The shrine of Nabi Yunus stood on one of its mounds until it was blown up in 2014, and tunnels dug afterwards revealed an Assyrian palace beneath it.

The lesson

Repentance can still change a people's fate while the door is open.

Who else is linked?

YunusAssyriaMuhammad ﷺNineveh

Everyone and everything in the timeline

People named in the Quran and the hadith, the Prophet's ﷺ family and Companions, scholars, rulers, the nations of the Quran, the world's empires and the places where it all happened. Where scholars differ, each entry says so.

Nations of the Quran