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Yunus عليه السلام Is Swallowed by a Whale
This Sirah lesson continues the story of Prophet Yunus عليه السلام after he leaves his people and boards a small boat. The sea starts calm. Then dark clouds gather, the wind roars, and huge waves crash over the deck.
The sailors decide someone must jump into the sea to save the rest. They pick names. Yunus عليه السلام comes up again, and again, and again. They refuse to throw him, they know he is a blessed man. But Yunus عليه السلام sees this as a sign from Allah, and he jumps. A whale swallows him. The dark night. The dark sea. The darkness of the whale’s belly. No way out.
In that total darkness, Yunus عليه السلام turns to Allah and prays: “There is no god but You; how Perfect are You! I was indeed wrong!” Allah, The Most Kind, accepts his duʿa. He orders the whale to spit him out onto the shore. When Yunus عليه السلام recovers, Allah sends him back to guide his people. They believe. Allah gives them peaceful, happy lives.
- Identify that Yunus عليه السلام jumped into the sea
- Describe how Yunus عليه السلام might have felt inside the whale
- Reflect on how Allah helps those who remember Him
- Pick and colour your three favourite sea creatures from a large illustrated ocean scene.
- Label the picture using the words “whale’s belly”, “night”, and “sea”, then colour it in.
- Read and trace the duʿa of Yunus عليه السلام in Arabic from Surah al-Anbiya’:87, then number the boxes to put the English meaning in the correct order.
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