In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful
“Nothing is the life of this world but play and amusement, but best is the Home in the Hereafter, for those who are righteous, will you not then understand?” (6:32)

The Holy Quran, Sura As-Saaffat - الصافات

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141
فَسَاهَمَ فَكَانَ مِنْ الْمُدْحَضِينَ
He (agreed to) cast lots, and he was condemned:
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142
فَالْتَقَمَهُ الْحُوتُ وَهُوَ مُلِيمٌ
Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of blame.
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143
فَلَوْلَا أَنَّهُ كَانَ مِنْ الْمُسَبِّحِينَ
Had it not been that he (repented and) glorified Allah,
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144
لَلَبِثَ فِي بَطْنِهِ إِلَى يَوْمِ يُبْعَثُونَ
He would certainly have remained inside the Fish till the Day of Resurrection.
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145
فَنَبَذْنَاهُ بِالْعَرَاء وَهُوَ سَقِيمٌ
But We cast him forth on the naked shore in a state of sickness,
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146
وَأَنبَتْنَا عَلَيْهِ شَجَرَةً مِّن يَقْطِينٍ
And We caused to grow, over him, a spreading plant of the gourd kind.
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147
وَأَرْسَلْنَاهُ إِلَى مِئَةِ أَلْفٍ أَوْ يَزِيدُونَ
And We sent him (on a mission) to a hundred thousand (men) or more.
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148
فَآمَنُوا فَمَتَّعْنَاهُمْ إِلَى حِينٍ
And they believed; so We permitted them to enjoy (their life) for a while.
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149
فَاسْتَفْتِهِمْ أَلِرَبِّكَ الْبَنَاتُ وَلَهُمُ الْبَنُونَ
Now ask them their opinion: Is it that thy Lord has (only) daughters, and they have sons?-
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150
أَمْ خَلَقْنَا الْمَلَائِكَةَ إِنَاثاً وَهُمْ شَاهِدُونَ
Or that We created the angels female, and they are witnesses (thereto)?