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Jonah and the Whale (1621) by Pieter Lastman Jonah Preaching to the Ninevites (1866) by Gustave Doré, in La Grande Bible de Tours. Jonah is the central character in the Book of Jonah, in which God commands him to go to the city of Nineveh to prophesy against it "for their great wickedness is come up before me," [10] but Jonah instead attempts to flee from "the presence of the Lord" by going ...
After being cast from the ship, Jonah was swallowed by a whale. He resided in the belly of the whale for three days and three nights. [7] Completely distraught he prayed to God and promised to do what he was asked. [8] God commanded the whale to vomit Jonah. [9] The story inspired countless paintings about Jonah and the whale. [10]
The Book of Jonah is one of the twelve minor prophets of the Nevi'im ("Prophets") in the Hebrew Bible, and an individual book in the Christian Old Testament.The book tells of a Hebrew prophet named Jonah, son of Amittai, who is sent by God to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh, but attempts to escape his divine mission.
Art historians generally interpret this prime position as being because the story of Jonah (who was swallowed for three days by a large fish before being miraculously restored) was seen as prefiguring that of Christ's death and resurrection. [4] [5] The Prophet Jonah is opposite the fresco of the prophet Zachariah. [5]
So Jonah was exceeding glad because of the gourd. 7 But God prepared a worm when the morning rose the next day, and it smote the gourd, that it withered. 8 And it came to pass, when the sun arose, that God prepared a vehement east wind; and the sun beat upon the head of Jonah, that he fainted, and requested for himself that he might die, and ...
Yunus ibn Matta (Arabic: يُونُس ٱبْن مَتّىٰ, romanized: Yūnus ibn Mattā) is a prophet of God in Islam corresponding to Jonah son of Amittai in the Hebrew Bible. [1] [2] Jonah is the only one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible to be named in the Quran. [3] The tenth chapter of the Quran, Yunus, is named after him. [4]
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The remaining verses contain the stories of Noah, Moses and Jonah, all considered prophets in Islam. [4] [5] 1-2 The Makkans charge their Prophet with sorcery because he is a man from among them; 3 The Creator and Ruler of the universe the only true God; 4 Believers rewarded at death for good deeds; 4 Unbelievers punished after death