Woh Dua Jo Nabi Yunus Ne Machli Ke Andar Se Ki
Nabi Yunus (alaihis-salaam) ne saalon Nineveh ke logon ko sirf Allah ki ibadat karne ki dawat di, aur woh unhe inkaar karte rahe. Mayoos ho kar, unhone Allah ki ijazat milne se pehle hi shehar chhod diya. Woh ek kashti par sawaar hue, aur jald hi ek sakht toofan aaya — itna sakht ke jahaz ke log, ye maanate hue ke jahaz mein koi zimmedaar hai, qura (lot) daalne lage ye tay karne ke liye ke bojh halka karne ke liye kise samandar mein phenka jaaye. Qura Yunus ke naam nikla. Unhein samandar mein phenk diya gaya, aur ek machli ne unhe poora nigal liya.
Quran aage jo hua use andhere ki teen ekdum upar-neeche ki parton ke taur par batata hai — machli ke andar ka andhera, uske aas-paas gehre samandar ka andhera, aur dono ke upar raat ka andhera. Akela, phansa hua, aur Quran ki kahaniyon mein shayad kisi bhi doosre insaan se zyada roshni se door, Yunus ne na jhagda kiya, na jahaz waalon ko qusoor diya, na toofan ko qusoor diya. Unhone kaha: "La ilaha illa anta, subhanaka, inni kuntu minaz-zalimin" — "Tere siwa koi ma'bood nahi; tu paak hai; beshak main zaalimon mein se tha" (21:87).
Ek Nabi jo apne siwa kisi aur ko qusoor nahi dete
Ye dua jo cheez gazab banati hai, woh iski lambaai ya khubsurati nahi hai — ye nau lafz hai, aur inme se koi bhi bahar ki taraf ishara nahi karta. Yunus ye nahi poochte ke unke saath ye kyun hua, unke paigham ko inkaar karne wale logon ka zikar nahi karte, un jahaz waalon ka zikar nahi karte jinhone unhe samandar mein phenka. Woh Allah ka naam lete hain, uski wahdaniyat ki tasdeeq karte hain, aur phir poora jumla apni hi taraf palat dete hain: main zaalimon mein se tha. Quran mein bataaye gaye sabse gehre andhere mein, jo cheez unhone sabse pehle pakadi woh koi wajah nahi thi. Woh apni zimmedaari thi.
Nabi ﷺ ne inhi alfaaz ke baare mein kya farmaaya
Saadiyon baad, Nabi ﷺ ne is dua mein maujood khaas taaqat ko bayaan kiya. At-Tirmidhi ki ek riwayat mein, unhone ﷺ farmaya: "Dhun-Nun [Yunus] ki dua, jo unhone machli ke pet mein hote hue ki, ye thi: 'La ilaha illa anta, subhanaka, inni kuntu minaz-zalimin.' Koi bhi musalman ise kabhi kisi cheez ke liye nahi maangta, siwaaye is ke ke Allah use jawaab de deta hai." Yehi wajah hai ke ye dua, aaj tak, duniya bhar mein asli museebat mein phanse logon dwara padhi jaati hai — kisi jaadui formula ke taur par nahi, balki wahi imaandaar tareeqa jo Yunus ne apnaaya: Allah ki wahdaniyat ka iqraar, aur apni khud ki kami ka iqraar, kuch aur maangne se pehle.
"To humne unhein jawaab diya"
Isi ki agli ayat batati hai ke ye dua unke munh se nikalne ke baad kya hua: "Fastajabna lahu wa najjaynahu minal-ghamm, wa kadhalika nunjil-mu'minin" — "To humne use jawaab diya aur use ghum se bacha liya. Aur hum isi tarah imaan waalon ko bachaate hain" (21:88). Zara aakhri hisse par ghor kijiye — Quran sirf Yunus ke saath jo hua use bayaan karne par nahi rukta. Ye is nijaat ko har us imaan waale ke liye ek aam wada banaa deta hai jo isi tarah pukaarta hai.
Ek chhota paudha, ek thake hue insaan ke liye bheja gaya
Jab machli ne unhe kinaare par chhod diya, Yunus kamzor the, akele the, aur suraj se poori tarah be-hifazat the. Quran ek chhoti, narm tafseel darj karta hai: "Wa anbatna 'alayhi shajaratan min yaqtin" — "Aur humne unke oopar ek kaddu ki bel ugaayi" (37:146), unhe theek us waqt saaya diya jab unke jism ke paas khud ko bachaane ke liye kuch bhi nahi bacha tha. Machli ke muqaable mein ye ek chhoti si rehmat hai, lekin ye kuch batati hai — Allah ki unke liye dekhbhaal us lamhe khatam nahi hui jab museebat technically guzar gayi.
Unki apni kahani kisi aur ke liye tanbeeh ban gayi
Jo baat gazab ki hai woh ye hai ke Quran baad mein Yunus ki ghalti — ijazat se pehle jaana — ko seedha Nabi Muhammad ﷺ ke liye ek chetaawni ki tarah istemaal karta hai, saadiyon baad, unke apne mushkil lamhon mein jab woh logon ko Islam ki dawat de rahe the: "Fasbir lihukmi rabbika wa la takun ka-sahibil-hut" — "To apne Rab ke faisle ka intezaar karo aur machli waale [Yunus] ki tarah mat bano" (68:48). Ek Nabi ki asli ghalti, jo Quran mein chhupaaye jaane ke bajaaye imaandaari se darj ki gayi hai, agle Nabi ke liye aage badhaayi hui ek sabaq ban gayi, aur tab se ise padhne wale har insaan ke liye bhi.
Woh log jo tanbeeh shuru hone ke baad bhi bakhs diye gaye
Kahani sirf Yunus par khatam nahi hoti. Nineveh mein wapas, log us azaab ki sabse pehli alaamaten dekhne lage jiske baare mein Yunus ne unhe khabardaar kiya tha — aur, tak-riban har doosri inkaar karne wali qaum ke bar-aks jinka Quran mein zikar hai, woh waqt rehte imaandaari se palat gaye. Surah Yunus is baat ko Quran mein qaumon ki tareekh mein kahin aur na milne wali ek cheez ke taur par darj karti hai: ek poora shehar, jo pehle se azaab shuru hote dekh raha tha, rehmat mil gayi kyunki woh waqt rehte sachche dil se palte (10:98).
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