The whale of Jonah
The whale that swallowed Jonah while he was blameworthy; he called through the darkness — 'There is no god but You; glory to You; I was among the wrongdoers' — and God answered him, cast him sick upon the bare shore and grew over him a gourd plant. In hadith Abu Ubayda's army ate of the beached anbar for days.
In the Qur'an · 8
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وَذَا ٱلنُّونِ إِذ ذَّهَبَ مُغَـٰضِبًا فَظَنَّ أَن لَّن نَّقْدِرَ عَلَيْهِ فَنَادَىٰ فِى ٱلظُّلُمَـٰتِ أَن لَّآ إِلَـٰهَ إِلَّآ أَنتَ سُبْحَـٰنَكَ إِنِّى كُنتُ مِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
And (mention) Dhu'n-Nun, when he went off in anger and deemed that We had no power over him, but he cried out in the darkness, saying: There is no Allah save Thee. Be Thou Glorified! Lo! I have been a wrong-doer.
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وَإِنَّ يُونُسَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ
And lo! Jonah verily was of those sent (to warn)
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إِذْ أَبَقَ إِلَى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِ
When he fled unto the laden ship,
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فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُدْحَضِينَ
And then drew lots and was of those rejected;
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فَٱلْتَقَمَهُ ٱلْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy;
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فَلَوْلَآ أَنَّهُۥ كَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُسَبِّحِينَ
And had he not been one of those who glorify (Allah)
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لَلَبِثَ فِى بَطْنِهِۦٓ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
He would have tarried in its belly till the day when they are raised;
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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.