Surah As-Saffat 37:143 — translation and meaning

الصافات · Verse 143 / 182 · Page 451

فَلَوْلَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنَ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ

Word by Word

فَلَوْلَا
falawla
And if not
أَنَّهُ
annahu
that he
كَانَ
kana
was
مِنَ
mina
of
الْمُسَبِّحِينَ
al-musabihina
those who glorify

Transliteration

Falaw laaa annahoo kaana minal musabbiheen

Translation

And had he not been of those who exalt Allah,

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Had it not been that Jonah was one of those who would remember Allah abundantly before whatever afflicted him, and had it not been for his glorifying Allah in the stomach of the whale

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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