Generally Accepted Translations of the Meaning
Muhammad Asad
[and they cast him into the sea,] whereupon the great fish swallowed him, for he had been blameworthy
M. M. Pickthall
And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy
Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985)
Then the big Fish did swallow him, and he had done acts worthy of blame
The Clear Quran, Dr. Mustafa Khattab
Then the whale engulfed him while he was blameworthy.
Safi Kaskas
[so they threw him into the sea], and a wale gulped him, for He was blameworthy.
Wahiduddin Khan
and the fish swallowed him while he was blaming himself
Shakir
So the fish swallowed him while he did that for which he blamed himsel
Dr. Laleh Bakhtiar
Then, the great fish engulfed him while he was one who is answerable.
T.B.Irving
The fish swallowed him while he was still to blame.
Abdul Hye
Then a (big) fish swallowed him while he had done an act worthy of blame.
The Study Quran
Then the fish swallowed him, for he was blameworthy
Talal Itani & AI (2024)
A whale swallowed him, and he was to blame.
Talal Itani (2012)
Then the fish swallowed him, and he was to blame
Dr. Kamal Omar
Then a (big) fish swallowed him while he (is) one who blames (his own, and has no complaint against his Creator)
A whale swallowed him for he had become blameworthy
Muhammad Mahmoud Ghali
So the whale gobbled him, and he was blameworthy
Muhammad Sarwar
The fish swallowed him up and he deserved (all this)
Muhammad Taqi Usmani
Then the fish swallowed him while he was reproaching his own self
Shabbir Ahmed
Then the Fish grabbed him while he was blaming himself. (Again, usually a whale is mentioned here. But the whale is a mammal and not a fish, and the Qur'an which is never inaccurate, speaks of
Dr. Munir Munshey
A whale swallowed him. He was (at fault and) blame worthy
Syed Vickar Ahamed
Then the (big) fish swallowed him, and he had done actions worthy of blame (by running away from his mission)
Then the fish swallowed him, while he was blameworthy
[The Monotheist Group] (2011 Edition)
Thus a whale swallowed him, and he was the one to blame
Abdel Haleem
and a great fish swallowed him, for he had committed blameworthy acts
Abdul Majid Daryabadi
And a fish swallowed him, and he was reproaching himself
Ahmed Ali
Then he was swallowed by a large fish as he was worthy of blame
Aisha Bewley
Then the fish devoured him and he was to blame.
Ali Ünal
(They threw him into the sea, and) the big fish swallowed him, while he was accused (by his conscience)
Ali Quli Qara'i
Then the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy
Hamid S. Aziz
And the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy
Ali Bakhtiari Nejad
So, the whale swallowed him, and he was to blame.
A.L. Bilal Muhammad et al (2018)
Then the fish swallowed him. He had done things worthy of blame
Musharraf Hussain
A whale swallowed him, as he blamed himself.
Maududi
Then a fish swallowed him, and he was blameworthy
[The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition)
Thus a whale swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.
Mohammad Shafi
And then the big fish swallowed him and he was himself to blame
Controversial or status undetermined works
Ahmed Raza Khan (Barelvi)
Then the fish swallowed him and he was blaming himself.
Consequently, the fish swallowed him, and he was the one to blame.
Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah
So the whale swallowed him, for he was blameworthy
Maulana Muhammad Ali
So the fish took him into its mouth while he was blamable
Muhammad Ahmed & Samira
So the large fish/whale swallowed/swallowed him quickly, and (while) he is blameworthy/blamed
Bijan Moeinian
Eventually a big fish swallowed him and he was the only one to be blamed for his destiny [as he fled his place of mission without asking God’s permission]
Faridul Haque
The fish then swallowed him and he blamed himself. (For not waiting for Allah’s command.
Sher Ali
And the fish swallowed him while he was reproaching himself
Dr. Mohammad Tahir-ul-Qadri
Then the fish swallowed him and he was a (self-condemning) repentant
Amatul Rahman Omar
Then (it came about that) a big fish took him in its mouth while he was reproaching (himself)
Muhsin Khan & Muhammad al-Hilali
Then a (big) fish swallowed him and he had done an act worthy of blame
New, Partial, or In Progress Translations
Fode Drame
So the fish swallowed him while he was blameworthy.
Munir Mezyed
Then a great fish swallowed him as he was culpable.
Sahib Mustaqim Bleher
Then the fish swallowed him whilst he blamed himself.
Linda “iLHam” Barto
The big fish swallowed him. He had committed acts worthy of blame.
Fadel Soliman, Bridges‘ Translation
Then the whale took him into its mouth, and he was to blame.
Irving & Mohamed Hegab
The whale swallowed him while he was a blameworthy.
Samy Mahdy
So, the whale gulped him, while he was blameworthy.
Sayyid Qutb
The whale swallowed him, for he was to blame.
Ahmed Hulusi
Then the fish (the life of the world) swallowed him (Jonah) while he was blaming himself (confused with feelings of guilt);
Sayyed Abbas Sadr-Ameli
Then the fish swallowed him while he blamed himself;
And there he was swallowed by the fish and it was him who had incurred the blame
Mir Aneesuddin
then the fish swallowed him and he was blameworthy.
The Wise Quran
And a fish swallowed him, and he was to be blamed;