Verse 49 of Surah Al-Qalam (68:49), a Meccan surah, is in juz 29, on page 566 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.
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Tafsir of verse 49
Al-Mukhtasar
Had it not been for the mercy of Allah reaching him, the whale would have thrown him on a barren land, rebuked.
Had it not been for the grace that he received from his Lord, he would have surely been thrown onto the barren shore, blameworthy13.
Notes
[13] Instead, Allah accepted his repentance and provided for him means of recovery. See 37:139-148.
Had not a Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been (left in the stomach of the fish, but We forgave him): so he was cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed.
Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found while he was blamed.
Had there not overtaken him a favor from his Lord, indeed he would have been flung off upon the naked shore (i.e., the wilderness) (while) he was a reprobate.
And [mention] the man of the fish [i.e., Jonah], when he went off in anger and thought that We would not decree [anything] upon him. And he called out within the darknesses, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers." …
