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Then ˹to save it from sinking,˺ he drew straws ˹with other passengers˺. He lost ˹and was thrown overboard˺.

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Then the whale engulfed him while he was blameworthy.1

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Had he not ˹constantly˺ glorified ˹Allah˺,1

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he would have certainly remained in its belly until the Day of Resurrection.1

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But We cast him onto the open ˹shore˺, ˹totally˺ worn out,

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and caused a squash plant to grow over him.1

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We ˹later˺ sent him ˹back˺ to ˹his city of˺ at least one hundred thousand people,

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who then believed ˹in him˺, so We allowed them enjoyment for a while.

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Ask them ˹O Prophet˺ if your Lord has daughters,1 while the pagans ˹prefer to˺ have sons.

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Or ˹ask them˺ if We created the angels as females right before their eyes.

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