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Yunus Ibn Matta was a Messenger of Allah (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) sent to Nineveh, a city in northern Iraq with a population of over a hundred thousand.

Prophet Yunus (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ) was seemingly an ordinary man who was born and raised amongst the fellow citizens of Nineveh.

The booming city of Nineveh had long forgotten the message of Allah (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) and became a city filled with idol worshiping and sin.

Allah (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) decided to send Prophet Yunus (عَلَيْهِ ٱلسَّلَامُ), a man born amongst them, as a Messenger to guide them to His path — the path of light.

Prophet Yunus immediately set out to fulfill his Lord’s wish and invited his people to turn to Allah (سُبْحَٰنَهُۥ وَتَعَٰلَىٰ) and shun idol worship.

But the people of Nineveh rejected Yunus, just as many nations rejected the prophets and messengers before him.