Prophet Yūsuf: Part 3 — Forgiveness, with Ayyūb and Yūnus
Section 22 of 28 · Lives of the Prophets
He Called Out in the Darkness
وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
“And (remember) Dhunnūn (the man of the fish, namely Yūnus X), when he walked away in anger and thought that We would never put him to trouble. Then, he called (Us) in depths of darkness saying, “There is no god but You. Pure are You. Indeed I was among the wrongdoers”.” (21:87)
Allah (swt) says: and he called out in the darknesses: lā ilāha illā anta subḥānaka innī kuntu min al-ẓālimīn — none has the right to be worshipped but You; glorified and exalted are You; truly, I have been of the wrongdoers. An admission of guilt, and a witness to the Oneness of Allah (swt).
Allah (swt) says: he cried out in the darknesses. This was the darkness of the stomach of the whale, in the darkness of the sea, in the darkness of the night: three darknesses.