[Machine] A man said, "Peace be upon him, a man stayed in the belly of the whale for forty days. Ash-Sha'bi (a scholar) said, "He stayed there for less than a day; the whale swallowed him in the morning, and when it was after Asr (afternoon prayer) and the sun was approaching sunset, the whale yawned and Yunus (Jonah) ﷺ saw the sunlight. He said, "There is no deity except You; exalted are You. Indeed, I have been of the wrongdoers." [Surah Al-Anbiya 87] A man said to Ash-Sha'bi, "Do you deny the power of Allah?" He said, "I do not deny the power of Allah, and if Allah willed, He could have made a marketplace in its belly."  

قَالَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَهُ مَكَثَ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ فِي بَطْنِ الْحُوتِ أَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا فَقَالَ الشَّعْبِيُّ مَا مَكَثَ إِلَّا أَقَلَّ مِنْ يَوْمٍ؛ الْتَقَمَهُ ضُحًى فَلَمَّا كَانَ بَعْدَ الْعَصْرِ وَقَارَبَتِ الشَّمْسُ الْغُرُوبَ تَثَاوَبَ الْحُوتُ فَرَأَى يُونُسُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ ضَوْءَ الشَّمْسِ فَقَالَ {لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِنِّي كُنْتُ مِنَ الظَّالِمِينَ} [الأنبياء 87] قَالَ «فَنَبَذَهُ وَقَدْ صَارَ كَأَنَّهُ فَرْخٌ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ لِلشَّعْبِيِّ أَتُنْكِرُ قُدْرَةَ اللَّهِ ﷻ؟ قَالَ «مَا أُنْكِرُ قُدْرَةَ اللَّهِ ﷻ وَلَوْ أَرَادَ اللَّهُ ﷻ أَنْ يَجْعَلَ فِي بَطْنِهَا سُوقًا لَفَعَلَ»