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Sūrah YūnusJonah · Makkah · 109 āyāt · 4 movements

Revealed 51st, after al-Isrāʾ. Quraysh had called the Prophet ﷺ a sorcerer and demanded a different Qurʾān. The surah answers by pointing to the ordered universe as evidence, telling the stories of Nūḥ, Mūsā and finally the people of Yūnus — the one nation that believed before punishment struck and had it lifted — and it closes by establishing that faith cannot be forced: had your Lord willed, everyone on earth would have believed.

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At a glance

Āyāt	Movement	In one line
3–6	The ordered universe as the standing evidence	The Qurʾān argues from observation before it argues from authority.
15–20	'Bring a Qurʾān other than this'	Objections to revelation are often objections to its implications.
90–92	Fir'awn's faith at the wrong moment	Repentance has a window; certainty of death closes it.
98–99	The people of Yūnus, and faith that cannot be forced	Collective repentance can avert collective punishment.

Occasion & setting

Revealed during the Makkan period when the Prophet ﷺ and his early followers faced intense opposition, mockery of the revelation, and hardship from Quraysh. The Muslim community was in need of both proof of the truth and encouragement to remain patient.

— Ibn Kathīr, introduction to Sūrat Yūnus; al-Qurṭubī on 10:15

Key messages

· The Qurʾān argues first from the sky and the sea — evidence anyone can check.
· People often reject a message because of what it would cost them, not because it is unclear.
· A lifetime of honesty is an argument no opponent can answer.
· Repentance is accepted until the moment certainty arrives — then the door shuts.
· Allah can preserve a tyrant's body as a lesson for every century after him.
· One nation was saved by turning back together: collective repentance still works.
· You may long for everyone to believe, but you may never force anyone.
· Your duty is the clarity of the message; the hearts belong to Allah.

Root vocabulary

ش ف ي

to heal, to cure

شِفَاء (healing) · يَشْفِى (He heals) · ٱسْتَشْفَىٰ (he sought a cure)

و ل ي

nearness, allegiance, protective friendship

وَلِىّ (an ally, protector) · أَوْلِيَاء (allies) · مَوْلَىٰ (patron, master)

ك ر ه

to dislike; to force against the will

تُكْرِهُ (you compel) · كَارِه (one who dislikes) · إِكْرَاه (compulsion)

ب د ل

to exchange one thing for another

أُبَدِّلَ (I change) · تَبْدِيل (alteration) · بَدَل (a substitute)

و ع ظ

admonition that softens the heart

مَوْعِظَة (an admonition) · يَعِظُكُم (He admonishes you) · وَاعِظ (an admonisher)

ن و ر

light, especially borrowed or reflected light

نُور (light) · مُنِير (illuminating) · أَنَارَ (he lit up)

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