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Surah As-Saffat, Verse 140

سورة الصافات، الآية ١٤٠

37:140 Juz 23 Hizb 45 Page 451 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 37:140

إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ ۝١٤٠

Transliteration

idh abaqa ilā l-ful'ki l-mashḥūni

Translation

[Mention] when he ran away to the laden ship.

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Verse 140 of Surah As-Saffat (37:140), a Meccan surah, is in juz 23, on page 451 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 140

Al-Mukhtasar

Remember when he became angry over his people and left them, boarding a ship full of passengers and goods.

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Other translations of verse 140

When he fled to the fully laden ship,

When he ran to the laden ship:

When he fled unto the laden ship,

When he ran away (like a slave from captivity) to the ship (fully) laden,

When he ran away to a ship completely laden,

As he deserted to the laden ship (s);

Verse 140 word by word

  1. إِذْ idh When
  2. أَبَقَ abaqa he ran away أ ب ق
  3. إِلَى ilā to
  4. ٱلْفُلْكِ l-ful'ki the ship ف ل ك
  5. ٱلْمَشْحُونِ l-mashḥūni laden ش ح ن

Hadiths that cite this verse

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3414

Once while a Jew was selling something, he was offered a price that he was not pleased with. So, he said, "No, by Him Who gave Moses superiority over all human beings!" Hearing him, an Ansari man got up and slapped him on the face and said, "You say: By Him Who Gave Moses superiority over all human…

لاَ تُفَضِّلُوا بَيْنَ أَنْبِيَاءِ اللَّهِ، فَإِنَّهُ يُنْفَخُ فِي الصُّورِ، فَيَصْعَقُ مَنْ فِي السَّمَوَاتِ وَمَنْ فِي الأَرْضِ، إِلاَّ مَنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ، ثُمَّ يُنْفَخُ فِيهِ أُخْرَى، فَأَكُونُ أَوَّلَ مَنْ بُعِثَ…

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Authentic Sahih al-Bukhari 3416

It is not proper for a servant of Allah to say: I am better than Yūnus ibn Matta

Ibn ‘Abbās (may Allah be please with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not proper for a servant of Allah to say: “I am better than Yūnus ibn Matta." And he linked him to his father.

لاَ يَنْبَغِي لِعَبْدٍ أَنْ يَقُولَ أَنَا خَيْرٌ مِنْ يُونُسَ بْنِ مَتَّى ‏"

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