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BIK01 - Biblical Investigations of the Koran
A Ministry Course on Biblical Content in the Koran
STAGE 2 - Biblical PASSAGES and Biblical PERSONALITIES in the Koran
UNIT 04 - COMPILE: Biblical PERSONALITIES in the Koran
077 - JONAH, the Prophet, in Bible and Koran
BIBLE (48 verses): The Book of Jonah
KORAN (20 verses): Suras al-Nisa' 4:161 -- al-An'am 6:86 -- Yunus 10:96-98 -- al-Anbiya' 21:87-88 -- al-Saffat 37:139-148 -- al-Qalam 68:48-50
BIBLICAL SAMPLE: Our choice here is the verse that relates how Jonah was swallowed by a fish according to Jonah 1:17 -- “And the LORD appointed a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights.”
KORANIC SAMPLE: This verse has left a trace in the following verse of the Koran: Sura al-Saffat 37:141 -- “And a fish swallowed him, (for) him being blameworthy.”