143فَلَولا أَنَّهُ كانَ مِنَ المُسَبِّحينَMuhammad AsadAnd had he not been of those who [even in the deep darkness of their distress are able to] extol God's limitless glory,1I.e., to remember God and to repent: see 21:87, which reveals in its very formulation the universal purport of Jonah's story.