The Glorious Qur’an:
“And (remember) Dhan-Nûn (Jonah), when he went off in anger, and imagined that We shall not punish him (i.e. the calamities which had befallen him)! But he cried through the darkness (saying): Lâ ilâha illa Anta [none has the right to be worshipped but You (O Allah)], Glorified (and Exalted) are You [above all that (evil) they associate with You]. Truly, I have been of the wrong-doers. So We answered his call, and delivered him from the distress. And thus We do deliver the believers (who believe in the Oneness of Allah, abstain from evil and work righteousness).” (Al-Anbiyâ’, 21: 87-88).
This call, this supplication of Yûnus (peace be upon him), teaches how to resort to Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, at the time of danger and distress. How to seek His Refuge and confess our sins and the wrong we did to ourselves, and testify that there is no God but Allah, Who alone forgives the sins and can save us from dangers. Whenever we fall into difficulties or suffer misfortune we should resort to Allah, all praise and glory be to Him, to save us saying, ‘There is no God but You, glory to You! I have been indeed a wrongdoer!’ And forthwith comes rescue from Allah, Blessed and Exalted be He. Close upon this prayer, Allah, The Exalted and Ever-Majestic, says (what means), ‘And thus We do deliver the believers,’ which means that this supplication does not belong to Yûnus alone but every believer can say to beg Allah for help and deliverance.   

-          Sheikh Muhammad Mitwaly Ash-Sha‘râwy.

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