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Jonah or Jonas (Arabic: Yunus) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BCE. He is the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation.<br/><br/>

The biblical story of Jonah is repeated, with a few notable differences, in the Qur'an.
Jonah (Hebrew: יוֹנָה, Modern Yona Tiberian Yônā; dove; Arabic: يونس‎, Yūnus or يونان, Yūnān; Greek/Latin: Ionas) is the name given in the Hebrew Bible (Tanakh/Old Testament) to a prophet of the northern kingdom of Israel in about the 8th century BC, the eponymous central character in the Book of Jonah, famous for being swallowed by a fish or a whale, depending on translation.<br/><br/>

The Biblical story of Jonah is repeated in the Qur'an, where Jonah is identified as Yunus or Yunan.