144. Lalabitha fee batnihi ila yawmi yubAAathoon
a
144. He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of Resurrection.
145. Fanabathnahu bi
a
lAAara-i wahuwa saqeem
un
145. But We cast him forth on the naked shore in a state of sickness,
146. Waanbatna AAalayhi shajaratan min yaqteen
in
146. And We caused to grow, over him, a spreading plant of the gourd kind.
147. Waarsalnahu ila mi-ati alfin aw yazeedoon
a
147. And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men) or more.
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