Quran Quote  : 

Quran-37:140 Surah As-saffat English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ

Transliteration:( Iz abaqa ilal fulkil mash hoon )

140.When he ran away towards the laden (141) ship.

Surah As-Saffat Ayat 140 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi

141. On the way he reached a river. He sat in a boat to cross the river. When the boat reached the middle of the river, it stopped. The sailors said that there is a slave in this boat who has run away from his master, which has caused the boat to stop. When the lots were drawn, Hazrat Yunus's name came out. He said it is me who has run away from his by leaving the place without awaiting revelation. Saying this, he dived into the river (Tafseer Roohul Mu'ani).

 

Ibn-Kathir

The tafsir of Surah As-Saffat verse 140 by Ibn Kathir is unavailable here.
Please refer to Surah Saffat ayat 139 which provides the complete commentary from verse 139 through 148.

(37:140) Call to mind when he fled to the laden ship,[78]

78. The word abaqa in Arabic is used for the flight and escape of a slave from his master’s house.

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