The Secret of Our Master Yunus (peace be upon him)

Success does not lie in the result of the effort, but rather in patience during the effort.

Was our Master Yunus (peace be upon him) sinful or disobedient to the command of his Lord when he left his people and boarded the sea?

There is a saying by one of the knowledgeable ones that summarizes this matter: "The good deeds of the righteous are counted as sins for those brought near."

This means that for anyone else who is not a prophet, in the place of our Master Yunus (peace be upon him), and he called his people and conveyed to them what he was commanded to convey, but they rejected him, and then he left them and departed, he has fulfilled his duty, and Allah rewarded him for that.

The prophet is burdened with a divine obligation, so it is not permissible for him to leave the people of the village except after Allah permits him to do so. This is an example of the previous statement (So the good deeds of the righteous in this case are counted as sins for those brought near).

So our Master Yunus (peace be upon him) as a prophet must be patient, and his lack of patience with them and his departure to the sea is considered a sin for him because he is among those brought near.

When our Master Yunus (peace be upon him) left the village in anger at them, the people of the village feared that Allah's punishment would descend upon them, so they cried and supplicated to Allah. So Allah cast repentance and fear into their hearts, and they believed in him. If the prophet of Allah Yunus (peace be upon him) had been patient, he would have seen them in this state of faith.

Here is a lesson that everyone who takes on the call to goodness must learn: He must know that the outcome of the matter is entirely with Allah, and that people will not believe merely because of the call. Rather, the caller must detach himself from his surroundings and his strength to the surroundings and strength of Allah. He must know that the hearts of the servants are in the hand of Allah, not in his own hand.

When our Master Yunus (peace be upon him) headed towards the sea, he found a ship and boarded it. The wind blew strongly, and the sea became rough. So they had to throw one of them into the sea to lighten the load of the ship, and the only way to do that was to cast lots among themselves. So the lot fell upon our Master Yunus (peace be upon him), and they repeated the casting of lots again and again, and each time the lot fell upon our Master Yunus (peace be upon him) until they surrendered to it and cast him into the sea, and the whale swallowed him.

Here our Master Yunus (peace be upon him) confessed, saying: "There is no god but You, Glory be to You, I was indeed among the wrongdoers."

So he disowned himself and turned from his surroundings and strength to the surroundings and strength of Allah. And he realized that the guidance of the people comes through the surroundings and strength of Allah, not just through the call of the prophet. And that his entire call is within the knowledge and strength of Allah.

What do we learn from this story?

• Patience.
• Remembrance saves its owner as truth saves its people.
• Confession of sin is the gateway to coming out into the light.
• The good deeds of the righteous are counted as sins for those brought near.
• Get out of your surroundings and your strength to the surroundings and strength of Allah.

 

#Reflections_of_the_Travelers #Prophets_Biographies #Patience #Repentance_and_Forgiveness #Admitting_Sins #Reliance_on_Allah #Calling_to_Allah #Remembrance_of_Allah #Turning_From_Own_Strength_to_Allah's_Strength #Lesson_from_Prophets_Biographies