PlacesApproximate place

Nineveh

نينوى

The town of Yunus, whose people believed.

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Connections

Whose story is set here

Today
near Mosul, Iraq
How sure
The region is known; the exact spot is not.
Map position
36.4° N, 43.1° E

About this place

Yunus was sent to a hundred thousand or more (37:147), and theirs was the town whose faith saved it from the punishment (10:98). islamweb's article names the town as Nineveh in Iraq; the Quran does not name it.

Evidence

QuranAs-Saaffaat (Those drawn up in Ranks)Quran 37:147

وَأَرْسَلْنَـٰهُ إِلَىٰ مِا۟ئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ ١٤٧

And We sent him[1306] to [his people of] a hundred thousand or more.

Translator's notes

[1306] i.e., returned him thereafter.

Saheeh International · QuranEnc v1.1.2

Another translation: Al-Hilali & Muhsin Khan · QuranEnc v1.1.2

147. And We sent him to a hundred thousand (people) or even more.

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