Surah As-Saffat 37:142 — translation and meaning
الصافات · Verse 142 / 182 · Page 451
فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
Word by Word
فَالْتَقَمَهُ
fal-taqamahu
Then swallowed him
الْحُوتُ
al-hutu
the fish
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
مُلِيمٌ
mulimun
(was) blameworthy
Transliteration
Faltaqamahul hootu wa huwa muleem
Translation
Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy.
Verse interpretation (Tafsir)
So when they threw him into the sea, a whale took him and swallowed him. He was to face the blame that was to come to him, because of him going to the sea without permission from his Lord.
Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.
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