Yunus (AS)

Yunus (as) was a prophet!

What’s a prophet?

A prophet is someone who tells people Allah (Swt) is the ONE AND ONLY god for us and ALLAH swt made everything!

Prophet Yunus AS was sent by Allah to a big town where many people had forgotten that Allah swt was our only God.

‘You should believe only in Allah and obey only Him’, Yunus AS told them. You should worship Him alone and do good, otherwise Allah

swt will not be happy and you won’t go into Jannah!

But Yunus AS soon found out that the people did not want to listen to him.

He got angry and left the town in anger.

Afterwards, Yunus AS decided to go across the sea, and onto a ship. But

when the ship was in the middle of the ocean, the ship started to wobble.

He was thrown overboard and swallowed up by an enormous

fish!

But the fish swallowed Yunus AS in one big gulp, so he landed in

its stomach unhurt.

It was very dark inside the fish's stomach and Yunus AS grew very fearful. In his loneliness, he started to think over what had happened

in the town and came to realize that he should not have acted so angrily. Instead, he should have stayed and kept on speaking to the

people and listening to Allah swt.

In his Sadness, Yunus AS started to pray with all his heart to Allah.

He said,

"Oh Allah, there is no God apart from You. You alone do I praise

and honor. I have done wrong. If you do not help me, I shall be lost

forever."

Allah hears the prayers of those who pray to Him and those who believe in Him. Allah heard Yunus's AS prayers and He made Yunus AS to come out of the fish's stomach, and come to

land!

Allah caused a tree to grow and this tree provided Yunus AS with shade and good fruits.

When Yunus (as) was healthy he went back to the town and saw that all the people started to believe in Allah!