先知尤努斯（Yunus）（愿主赐福并平安之），又称达-农（Dhan-Nun）。关于他的民众，万能的安拉说：

Prophet Jonah (Yunus) (pbuh) also known as Dhan-Nun. About his people Almighty Allah said:

"有没有哪个城镇的民众在看到刑罚之后才信道，而其信仰在那一刻使他们免于刑罚呢？（答案是没有）——只有尤努斯的民众例外；他们信道之后，我就在今世解除了他们所受的屈辱的刑罚，并让他们享受了一段时间。"（古兰经 10:98）

"Was there any town community that believed after seeing the punishment, and its Faith at that moment, saved it from the punishment? (the answer is none)--except the people of Jonah; when they believed, We removed from them the torment of disgrace in the life of the present world, and permitted them to enjoy for a while. (Ch 10:98 Quran)

尼尼微城的居民是拜偶像的人，过着无耻的生活。先知约纳（愿主赐其平安）被派去教导他们崇拜安拉。人们不喜欢他干预他们的崇拜方式，于是与他争辩说："我们和我们的祖先崇拜这些神已有多年，我们并未因此受到任何伤害。"

The inhabitants of the town of Nineveh were idolaters who lived a shameless life. Prophet Jonah (pbuh) was sent to teach them the worship of Allah. The people disliked his interference in their way of worship, so they argued. "We and our forefathers have worshipped these gods for many years and no harm has come to us."

尽管他竭力劝说他们认识到偶像崇拜的愚昧，以及安拉律法的美善，他们却置之不理。他警告他们，如果他们继续愚昧下去，安拉的惩罚很快就会降临。他们不但不敬畏安拉，反而对约拿说，他们并不害怕他的威胁。"就让它来吧，"他们对他说。约拿感到沮丧。"既然如此，我就任你们自己承受苦难吧！"说完，他离开了尼尼微，担心安拉的愤怒很快就会降临。

Try as he might to convince them of the foolishness of idolatry and of the goodness of Allah's laws, the ignored him. He warned them that if they kept on with their foolishness, Allah's punishment would soon follow. Instead of fearing Allah, they told Jonah that they were not afraid of his threats. "Let it happen," they told him. Jonah was disheartened. "in that case, I will leave you to your misery!" so saying, he left Nineveh, fearing that Allah's anger would soon follow.

请记住这位"鱼人"（Dhan Nun，即约纳/Jonah），当时他愤然离去，以为我不会惩罚他（即他所遭遇的灾祸）！（第21章第87节）

"Remember Dhan Nun (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall not punish him (the calamities which had befallen him)! (ch 21:87)

刚离开城市不久,天空就开始变色,看上去仿佛燃烧起来。人们被这一景象吓得惊恐不已。他们想起了阿德族、赛莫德族和努哈先知的族人所遭受的毁灭。难道他们也将遭遇类似的命运吗?信仰慢慢地渗入了他们的心中。他们一同聚集到山上,开始祈求安拉的怜悯与宽恕。群山回荡着他们的哭喊声。那是一个庄严的时刻,充满了真诚的悔悟。

Hardly had he left the city when the skies began to change color and looked as if they were on fire. The people were filled with fear by this sight. They recalled the destruction of the people of 'Ad, Thamud and Noah. Was theirs to be a similar fate? Slowly faith penetrated their hearts. They all gathered on the mountain and started to beseech Allah for His mercy and forgiveness. The mountains echoed with their cries. It was a momentous hour, filled with sincere repentance.

安拉消除了祂的愤怒，再次将祂的恩惠降临在他们身上。当威胁的风暴平息之后，他们祈求约拿归来，以便他能够引导他们。

Allah removed His wrath and showered His blessings upon them once again. When the threatening storm was lifted, they prayed for the return of Jonah so that he could guide them.

与此同时,约纳(Jonah)与其他乘客一同登上了一艘小船。船在风平浪静的海上整日航行,帆面吃满了顺风。夜幕降临时,海面骤然变了模样。一场可怕的风暴袭来,仿佛要把船撕成碎片。巨浪狂暴地翻涌,高高升起如同山岳,又猛然跌落如同深谷,把船抛来抛去,海水冲过甲板。

Meanwhile, Jonah had boarded a small ship in the company of other passengers. It sailed all day in calm waters with a good wind blowing at the sails. When night came, the sea suddenly changed. A horrible storm blew as if it were going to split the ship into pieces. The waves looked wild. They rose up as high as mountains then plunged down like valleys, tossing the ship and sweeping over the deck.

船后，一条巨大的鲸鱼正划开水面，张开大嘴。真主至大下达命令，让海中最大的一条鲸鱼浮出水面，它便遵从了。

Behind the ship, a large whale was splitting the water and opening its mouth. A command had been issued from Almighty Allah to one of the greatest whales of the sea to surface. It obeyed.

鲸鱼急忙浮出海面，按照命令跟随着那艘船。

The whale hurried to the surface of the sea and followed the ship as it had been commanded.

暴风雨仍在持续，大副要求船员减轻船上的沉重负载。

The tempest continued and the chief crewman asked the crew to lighten the ship's heavy load.

他们把行李扔下了船,但这还不够。他们的安全取决于进一步减轻重量,于是他们彼此商议,决定至少减去一人,以减轻负担。

They threw their baggage overboard, but this was not enough. Their safety lay in reducing the weight further, so they decided among themselves to lighten their load by removing at least one person.

船长下令道："我们要把所有旅客的名字都放进签里抽取，抽中的人将被投入大海。"约拿知道，这是水手们在遭遇暴风时的一种习俗。这是一种奇特的多神信仰习俗，但在当时确实有人这样做。约拿的磨难与危机由此开始。

The captain directed: We will make lots with all of the travelers' names. The one whose name is drawn will be thrown into the sea." Jonah knew this was one of the seamen's traditions when facing a tempest. It was a strange polytheistic tradition, but it was practiced at that time. Jonah's affliction and crisis began.

于是这位先知生活在一种多神教的规矩之下，人们认为大海和风都有神灵在肆虐。船长必须取悦这些神灵。约拿不情愿地参与了抽签，他的名字与其他旅客的名字一同被写入其中。签被抽出，结果是"约拿"出现了。

Here was the prophet, subjected to polytheistic rules that considered the sea and the wind to have gods that riot. The captain had to please these gods. Jonah reluctantly participated in the lot, and his name was added to the other travelers' names. The lot was drawn and "Jonah" appeared.

由于他们知道他是他们中最受尊敬的人,他们不愿把他投入愤怒的大海。因此,他们决定再抽一次签。约拿的名字又一次被抽中。他们给了他最后一次机会,又抽了第三次签。对约拿来说不幸的是,他的名字再次出现。

Since they knew him to be the most honorable among them, they did not wish to throw him into the angry sea. Therefore, they decided to draw a second lot. Again Jonah's name was drawn. They gave him a final chance and drew a third lot. Unfortunately for Jonah, his name came up again.

约纳意识到，这一切都出于真主的安排，因为他未经真主的许可就放弃了自己的使命。事情已经定下，约纳必须投身入水。

Jonah realized that Allah's hand was in all this, for he had abandoned his mission without Allah's consent. The matter was over, and it was decided that Jonah should throw himself into the water.

约纳站在船边，望着狂暴的大海。那是夜晚，没有月亮。星星隐没在黑色的雾气之后。但在他被抛入海中之前，约纳一直念诵着安拉的名字，然后纵身跳入汹涌的波涛，消失在巨浪之下。

Jonah stood at the edge of the ship looking at the furious sea. It was night and there was no moon. The stars were hidden behind a black fog. But before he could be thrown overboard, Jonah kept mentioning Allah's name as he jumped into the raging sea and disappeared beneath the huge waves.

鲸鱼在波浪中发现了漂浮在它面前的约拿。它把约拿吞进了它愤怒的肚子里，并紧紧咬合它象牙般的牙齿，仿佛那是锁住他牢房大门的白色门闩。

The whale found Jonah floating on the waves before it. It swallowed Jonah into its furious stomach and shut its ivory teeth on him as if they were white bolts locking the door of his prison.

鲸鱼潜入海底，那片海洋在幽暗的深渊中延伸。

The whale dived to the bottom of the sea, the sea that runs in the abyss of darkness.

三层黑暗层层笼罩着他：鲸鱼腹中的黑暗、海底的黑暗，以及夜晚的黑暗。约纳起初以为自己已经死了，但当他发现自己还能动弹时，他的感官又恢复了警觉。他知道自己还活着，却被囚禁在三层黑暗之中。他的心因想起安拉而被触动，他的舌头不久便开始念诵：

Three layers of darkness enveloped him, one above the other; the darkness of the whale's stomach, the darkness of the bottom of the sea, the darkness of the night. Jonah imaged himself to be dead, but his senses became alert when he found he could move. He knew that he was alive and imprisoned in the midst of three layers of darkness. His heart was moved by remembering Allah. His tongue released soon after saying:

"除你之外，别无应受崇拜的主；赞你超绝万物，我确是不义者之一。"（古兰经 21:87）

" La ilaha illa Anta (none has the right to be worshipped but You (O Allah), Glorified (and Exalted) be You (above all that evil they associate with You), Truly, I have been of the wrong doers." (Ch 21:87 Quran)

yunus(Jonah)继续向真主祈祷，反复念诵这段祷词。鱼儿、鲸鱼、海草，以及所有生活在海中的生物，都听到了yunus祈祷的声音，听到了从鲸鱼腹中传出的赞颂真主的声音。所有这些生物都聚集在鲸鱼周围，轮到它们时，也各自用自己的方式、自己的语言，开始赞颂真主的圣名。

Jonah continued praying to Allah, repeating this invocation. Fishes, whales, seaweeds, and all the creatures that lived in the sea heard the voice of Jonah praying, heard the celebration of Allah's praises issuing from the whale's stomach. All these creatures gathered around the whale and began to celebrate the praises of Allah in their turn, each in its own way and in its own language.

鲸鱼也参与了赞颂安拉的行列，并明白它吞下的是一位先知。因此它感到害怕；然而，它对自己说："我为什么要害怕？

The whale also participated in celebrating the praises of Allah and understood that it had swallowed a prophet. Therefore it felt afraid; however, it said to itself; "Why should I be afraid?

"真主命令我吞下他。"

Allah commanded me to swallow him."

安拉至高无上，看到了约拿真诚的悔悟，也听到了他在鲸鱼腹中的祈祷。安拉命令鲸鱼浮出水面，把约拿吐到一座岛上。鲸鱼遵从了命令，游到了大海最远的一侧。安拉又命令它朝着温暖、清新的太阳和宜人的大地浮起。

Allah Almighty saw the sincere repentance of Jonah and heard his invocation in the whale's stomach. Allah commanded the whale to surface and eject Jonah onto an island. The whale obeyed and swam to the farthest side of the ocean. Allah commanded it to rise towards the warm, refreshing sun and the pleasant earth.

鲸鱼把约拿抛到了一座偏远的小岛上。由于鲸鱼胃里的酸液，他的身体已经红肿发炎。他病得很重，太阳升起时，阳光灼烧着他发炎的身体，痛得他几乎要叫出声来。然而，他忍受着疼痛，继续不断地重复向真主祈祷。

The whale ejected Jonah onto a remote island. His body was inflamed because of the acids inside the whale's stomach. He was ill, and when the sun rose, its ray burned his inflamed body so that he was on the verge of screaming for the pain. However, he endured the pain and continued to repeat his invocation to Allah.

真主全能，使一棵藤蔓为他生长得相当长，为他遮蔽庇护。随后，至高的真主使约纳恢复了健康，并宽恕了他。真主告诉约纳，如果不是他向祂祈祷，他将留在鲸鱼的腹中，直到审判日。

Almighty Allah caused a vine to grow to considerable length over him for protection. Then Allah Exalted caused Jonah to recover and forgave him. Allah told Jonah that if it had not been for his praying to Him, he would have stayed in the whale's stomach till the Day of Judgment.

万能的安拉说道：

Almighty Allah recounted:

"而约拿确是使者之一。当时他逃往满载的船上,他们抽签,他便是落选的人之一。于是一条大鱼吞了他,他也确是应受责备的。假若他不是赞颂真主的人之一,他必定会留在鱼腹中,直到复活日。但我把他抛在空旷的海岸上,那时他已病弱;我又使一棵南瓜藤为他生长。我派遣他去向十万人或更多的人传达使命,他们信仰了,所以我让他们暂时享乐。"(《古兰经》37:139-148)

" And, verily, Jonah was one of the Messengers. When he ran to the laden ship, he agreed to cast lots and he was among the losers, Then a big fish swallowed him and he had done an act worthy of blame. Had he not been of them who glorify Allah, he would have indeed remained inside its belly (the fish) till the Day of Resurrection. But We cast him forth on the naked shore while he was sick and We caused a plant of gourd to grow over him. And We sent him to a hundred thousand people or even more, and they believed; so We gave them enjoyment for a while. (Ch 37:139-148 Quran).

渐渐地，他恢复了体力，找到了返回家乡尼尼微的路。他惊喜地发现那里发生了变化。全城的人都出来欢迎他。他们告诉他，他们已经转而信仰安拉。他们一同带领感恩的礼拜，向他们仁慈的主表示感谢。

Gradually he regained his strength and found his way to his hometown, Nineveh. He was pleasantly surprised to notice the change that had taken place there. The entire population turned out to welcome him. They informed him that they had turned to believe in Allah. Together they led a prayer of thanksgiving to their Merciful Lord.

伊本·阿拔斯传述：先知穆罕默德ﷺ说："任何人不应说我比约拿之子优努斯更好。"（《布哈里圣训实录》）

Ibn Abbas narrated: "The Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) said: 'One should not say I am better than Jonah Ibn Matta.'" (Sahih Bukhari).