Surah As-Saffat 37:144 — translation and meaning

الصافات · Verse 144 / 182 · Page 451

لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ

Word by Word

لَلَبِثَ
lalabitha
Certainly he (would have) remained
فِي
fi
in
بَطْنِهِ
batnihi
its belly
إِلَى
ila
until
يَوْمِ
yawmi
the Day
يُبْعَثُونَ
yub'athuna
they are resurrected

Transliteration

Lalabisa fee batniheee ilaa Yawmi yub'asoon

Translation

He would have remained inside its belly until the Day they are resurrected.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

he would have remained in the stomach of the whale until the Day of Judgement, with it having become his grave.

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

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