Yunus (surah)

Surah 10 of the Quran
يُونُس
Yūnus
Jonah
ClassificationMeccan
PositionJuzʼ 11
Hizb no.21 to 22
No. of verses109
No. of Rukus11
No. of SajdahsNone
No. of words1839
No. of letters7589
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Yunus (Arabic: يونس, Yūnus; Arabic synonym of "Jonas" or "Jonah"),[1] is the 10th chapter (surah) of the Quran with 109 verses (ayat). Yunus is named after the prophet Yunus (Jonah). According to tafsir chronology (asbāb al-nuzūl), it is believed to have been revealed before the migration of the Islamic prophet Muhammed and his followers from Mecca to Medina (Hijra), as such, it is known as a Meccan surah.

Surah Yunus is the first of six surahs which open with the tri-letters alif, lam and ra'.[2]