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Prophet of Islam

Yunus ibn Matta (Arabic: يُونُس ٱبْن مَتّىٰ, romanized: Yūnus ibn Mattā) is a prophet of God in Islam corresponding to Jonah son of Amittai in the Hebrew Bible.^[1][2] Jonah is the only one of the Twelve Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible to be named in the Quran.^[3] The tenth chapter of the Quran, Yunus, is named after him.

In the Quran, Yunus is mentioned several times by name, as an apostle of god, and as Dhu l-Nun (Arabic: ذُو ٱلنُّوْن).^[6]

Quranic mentions

In Al-Anbiya 21:87^[7] and Al-Qalam 68:48, Yunus is called Dhul-Nūn (Arabic: ذُو ٱلنُّوْن, lit. 'The One of the Fish').

In An-Nisa 4:163 and Al-An'am 6:86, he is referred to as "an apostle of God". Surah 37:139-148 retells the full story of Yunus:

So also was Jonah among those sent (by Us).
When he ran away (like a slave from captivity) to