Surah As-Saffat 37:145 — translation and meaning

الصافات · Verse 145 / 182 · Page 451

فَنَبَذْنَاهُ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ

Word by Word

فَنَبَذْنَاهُ
fanabadhnahu
But We cast him
بِالْعَرَاءِ
bil-'arai
onto the open shore
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
while he
سَقِيمٌ
saqimun
(was) ill

Transliteration

Fanabaznaahu bil'araaa'i wa huwa saqeem

Translation

But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill.

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

So I took him from the stomach of the whale and placed him on a land barren of trees and buildings, in the state that he was physically weak because of having stayed in the stomach of the whale for a while.

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

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"But We threw him onto the open shore while he was ill." — As-Saffat 37:145