Yūnus

24 passages reference this surah

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The Destroyed Nations & Yunus

Ibn Kathir · Stories of the Prophets

1. "It is not fitting for anyone to say: I am better than Yunus son of Matta — that is, no one may set himself above Yunus in merit. The other interpretation: It is not fitting for anyone to prefer me above Yunus son of Matta, as has come in some of the hadiths:"

   Source in The Story of Yunus & the Destroyed →

2. ""It is not fitting for anyone to say, 'I am better than Yunus ibn Matta'" — that is, no one may set himself above Yunus. The other view is: "It is not fitting for anyone to prefer me over Yunus ibn Matta," as has come in some of the hadiths:"

   Source in The Story of Yunus & the Destroyed →

3. "Al-Tirmidhi and al-Nasa'i also related it through the hadith of Ibrahim ibn Muhammad ibn Sa'd. The Excellence of Yunus, Peace Be Upon Him God the Exalted said: "And indeed Yunus was among the messengers." And He, exalted be He, mentioned him among the noble prophets in the chapters of al-Nisa and al-An'am; upon them be the finest blessings and peace from God."

   Source in The Story of Yunus & the Destroyed →

Volume 1 — From Creation to Mūsā

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "by it, He gives, is the supplication of Yunus ibn Ma'ta. Sa'ad asked, O Messenger of Allah, is it specific to Yunus or general for all Muslims? He replied, It is specific to Yunus but general for the believers when they supplicate with"

   Source in From Creation to Mūsā →

2. "its weakness altogether, and Allah knows best. Allah Almighty said in Surah Yunus, Why was there no community 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"

   Source in From Creation to Mūsā →

3. "It emphasizes the humility and modesty of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and teaches that no one should consider themselves superior to Yunus. Bukhari states at the end, And I do not say that anyone is better than Yunus ibn Madda,"

   Source in From Creation to Mūsā →

The Disease and The Cure

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "In his Sahih, it is reported that the Prophet, peace be upon him, said, Shall I lead you to the supplication of Jonah? A man asked, O Messenger of Allah, was it specific to Jonah? He replied, Do you not hear his words?"

   Source in The Disease and The Cure →

Volume 3 — The Sīrah: From the First Revelation to Badr

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "He replied, I am a Christian, and I am from the people of Nineveh. The Prophet then said, From the village of the righteous man, Yunus ibn Matah. Adas exclaimed, And how do you know about Yunus ibn Matah?"

   Source in First Revelation to Badr →

2. "The two scholars Al-Baihaqi and Abu Nu'aym narrated in their books the signs of prophethood from the hadith of Yunus ibn Bukair from Yunus ibn Amr from his father from Amr ibn Shurabil"

   Source in First Revelation to Badr →

Volume One: From Tangier to the Lands of the East

Ibn Battuta · Rihla — The Travels of Ibn Battuta

1. "Jerusalem. On my way there I visited the tomb of Yunus Jonah, peace be upon him, which is adorned with large buildings and a mosque. I also visited Bethlehem, the birthplace of Jesus, peace be upon"

   Source in Volume One →

Book 13: Etiquettes of Earning and Living

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "While the Arab carried it, Yunus met him and recognized it. He asked the Arab, "For how much did you buy it? He answered, "For four hundred. Yunus said, "It's not worth more than two hundred."

   Source in Etiquettes of Earning and Living →

Uthman ibn Affan

Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics

1. "Al-Nasa'i related it from Imran ibn Bakkar, from Khattab ibn Uthman, from Isa ibn Yunus ibn Abi Ishaq, from his father, from his grandfather Abu Ishaq al-Sabi'i, with this text. Ibn Jarir mentioned that when Uthman, may God be pleased with him, saw what these Kharijites from the garrison towns had done, besieging him in his house and preventing him from going out to the mosque, he wrote to Mu'awiya in Syria,"

   Source in Uthman ibn Affan →

2. "And they came in upon him that day and killed him. Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili and Abdullah, the son of the Imam Ahmad, said: Uthman ibn Abi Shayba told me: Yunus ibn Abi Ya'fur al-Abdi told us, from his father, from Muslim Abu Sa'id, the freedman of Uthman ibn Affan, that Uthman freed twenty slaves and called for trousers and tied them on,"

   Source in Uthman ibn Affan →

3. "Abu Kurayb told us: Yunus ibn Bukayr told us: al-Nadr, that is Ibn Abd al-Rahman, Abu Umar al-Khazzaz of Kufa, told us, from Ikrima, from Ibn Abbas. He said: The Messenger of God, God's peace and blessings be upon him, said, "Shall we not be shy before one before whom the angels are shy, Uthman ibn Affan?""

   Source in Uthman ibn Affan →

Umar ibn al-Khattab

Ibn Kathir · Timeless Classics

1. "Abdullah ibn Yusuf al-Asbahani informed us: Abu Sa'id ibn al-A'rabi told us. He said: I found in my book, in my own handwriting, from Abu Dawud: Muhammad ibn Ubayd told us: Hammad told us: Yunus told us, from al-Hasan, that Umar ibn al-Khattab was brought the fur robe of Chosroes and it was set before him, and among the people was Suraqa ibn Malik ibn Ju'shum."

   Source in Umar ibn al-Khattab →

Futūḥ al-Ghayb — Revelations of the Unseen

Shaykh Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani · Timeless Classics

1. "Everything with Him is in due measure, nothing is advanced that He delays, nor delayed that He advances. God Almighty said: "If God touches you with harm, none can remove it but He. And if He intends good for you, none can repel His grace. He bestows it upon whom He wills of His servants, and He is the Forgiving, the Merciful." Surah Yunus 10:107."

   Source in Futūḥ al-Ghayb →

al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume One

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. "by it He rescues them from the distresses and hardships of both this world and the next. It was to Tawhid that Yunus fled, and God delivered him from those layers of darkness. To it the followers of the messengers fled, and by it they were saved from the punishment inflicted upon the idolaters in this world and from what awaits them in the next."

   Source in al-Fawāʾid →

al-Fawāʾid — Points of Benefit, Volume Two

Ibn al-Qayyim · Timeless Classics

1. ""We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them in play. We created them both only in truth." And He said: "We did not create the heavens and the earth and what is between them save in truth, and the Hour is surely coming." And after mentioning His signs at the beginning of Surat Yunus He said:"

   Source in al-Fawāʾid II →

Book 38: The Book of Self-Examination and Self-Reckoning

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "When it intended to hunt, it would lurk at the stone's edge, not a hair moving." Abu Abdullah Ibn Khafif narrated his journey from Egypt to Ramla to meet Abu Ali al-Rudhbari. Isa bin Yunus al-Masri, known as the ascetic, advised him to visit Tyre, where a young and an old man were in a state of vigilance."

   Source in The Book of Self-Examination and Self-Reckoning →

Book 24: Evils of the Tongue

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "Muhammad ibn Wasi said to Malik ibn Dinar, "O Abu Yahya, guarding the tongue is more challenging for people than guarding the dinar and dirham. Yunus ibn Ubayd said, "For anyone who keeps a close watch over his tongue, you will find righteous deeds reflected in the rest of his actions.""

   Source in Evils of the Tongue →

Book 26: Condemnation of the World

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya’ ‘Ulum al-Din

1. "The world resembles dreams and phantoms. The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said: "The world is a dream and its people are judged and punished. Yunus ibn Ubayd said: "I liken myself in the world only to a man who slept and dreamt of what he likes and dislikes."

   Source in Condemnation of the World →

Book 36: The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment

Imam al-Ghazali · Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din

1. "He then plunged the dagger into his abdomen and collapsed lifeless. Upon inquiry, it was revealed he longed for a prince's youthful companion, denied him for a single day. It is narrated that Yunus, peace be upon him, asked Gabriel to guide him to the most devout person on earth."

   Source in The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment →

2. "However, Jonah, peace be upon him, was not accommodated in this manner because he was established in a state of contraction and reverence. Thus, he was punished by being confined in the belly of the whale in three darknesses and was called upon to the Day of Resurrection,"

   Source in The Book of Love, Longing, Intimacy, and Contentment →

Volume 2 — From the Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia

Ibn Kathir · Al-Bidāya wal-Nihāya

1. "sacrificial animals, connecting the ties of kinship, and declaring the protected animals. There is no record of this chain in the books, but Ibn Jarir narrated a similar account. Al-Bukhari reported from Muhammad ibn Abi Yaqub, who heard from Yunus, from al-Zuri, from Urwa,"

   Source in Israelite Prophets to Pre-Islamic Arabia →