139 Preface وَإِنَّ يونُسَ لَمِنَ المُرسَلينَYusuf AliSo also was Jonah1 among those sent (by Us).For illustrative passages, see 21:87-88, n. 2744, and 68:48-50. Jonah’s mission was to the city of Nineveh, then steeped in wickedness. He was rejected and he denounced God’s wrath on them, but they repented and obtained God’s forgiveness. But Jonah “departed in wrath” (21:87), forgetting that God has Mercy as well as forgiveness. See the notes following, Cf. 10:98, n. 1478.