As-Saffat Verse 141

Then ˹to save it from sinking,˺ he drew straws ˹with other passengers˺. He lost ˹and was thrown overboard˺.

then he cast lots with them, but was among those who lost.

and cast lots, and was of the rebutted,

They cast lots, he suffered defeat,

Then he joined the lots, and was of the condemned.

He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned;

cast lots, and was among the losers.

And lots were cast (when a storm overtook them), he was rejected, (and thrown overboard).

Then lots were drawn and he became of those who were pushed into the sea.

he drew lots with them and was the one to be condemned [as one to be thrown overboard].

And then he (agreed to) cast lots, and he was one of those who lost;

So he was with those (crew) who cast lots (on board of the ill-fated ship, and his name was among those who were to be thrown overboard in order to keep the ship light and well-balanced on account of the storm) and so he was (also) of those who were cast off (in the sea).

So he drew lots with (gambled) , so he was from the annulled/slipped.

Then lots were drawn and he became of those who were pushed into the sea.

Then he drew lots, but was of those rejected.

He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was among the losers,

When he fled to the laden ship,

So he shared (with them), but was of those who are cast off.

And then drew lots and was of those rejected;

and sailed away in a laden ship, wherein people cast lots. Because he lost, he was thrown into the water.

and cast lots, and he was among the losers (of the lots that were cast).

Then he (agreed to) cast lots, and he was among the losers.

And then they cast lots and he was the one who lost,

He gambled and lost.

Then he drew lots, with the passengers on the ship, and was of those rejected, of the losers in the draw and so they threw him into the sea.

فَسَاهَمَ

Then he (agreed to) cast lots,

means, to draw lots."

فَكَانَ مِنْ الْمُدْحَضِينَ



and he was among the losers.

means among those who have been overcome.

This was because the ship was being pounded by the waves on all sides, and they were at risk of drowning, so they drew lots, and whoever lost would be thrown overboard so as to lighten the load. The Prophet of Allah Yunus, peace be upon him, lost the draw three times, but they did not want to throw him overboard. He took off his garment so that he could throw himself into the sea, and they tried to stop him.

فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ