As-Saffat 37:140
Those who set the Ranks · Meccan · Juz 23 · Page 451
He Fled
إِذۡ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١٤٠
When he fled unto the laden ship.
Translation: Marmaduke Pickthall
Meaning
When he ran away to the laden ship.
Insight
Elmalılı explains “ibaq” as a slave fleeing his master: Jonah, angry at his people, left without permission.
Reflect
Don’t flee your duty; stay with patience.
This short note is based on Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır’s Turkish commentary and has not yet been reviewed by a scholar.
Elmalılı’s commentary
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