Taken from http://quranstruelight.com/the-library/the-myth-of-prophet-jonah-installment-12
A New Translation ___ Praise G-d
And it is about Ishmael, and Elisha, and Jonah (Younus), and Lot. And all others did We honor above other people.
AND remember the follower of divine wisdom, Younus, when he went off, highly displeased and disturbed, assuming that We may not evaluate his high status and his great struggle! Then in the darkness of despair he called out his Lord thus: “There is no absolute authority except Thee! Limit¬less art Thou in Thy glory! Verily, I have been the one lost in darkness!”And so We responded unto him and delivered him from the state of grief and distress: for thus do We deliver all who have faith and work for peace.
AND, Younus (Jonah) was indeed one of Our Messengers; when he had to migrate to an elevated piece of land, densely inhabited with people; He had worked hard to fulfill his mission, but had faced failure. But, then, his extreme concentration on his mission kept him fully absorbed/captivated and he felt like blaming himself .
So, had he not been of those doing their utmost, he would indeed have languished in the belly of that land till the Day when all shall be raised from the dead.
But We thought it suitable to cut him off from his people and plant him on a vast piece of land, while he was highly sensitive of his weaknesses/drawbacks. And We caused to grow for him plants full of fruits (made his efforts fruitful); And enhanced his status as Messenger over a hundred thousand, or more, people;
And they all attained to faith, and so We allowed them to enjoy a fulfilling sustenance up to a certain time.
In the same way, you too must remain steadfast for the sake of the rule of your Lord, and be not the victim of despair like Younus, the one devoted to his mission who cried out [in distress] after having given in to pressures. Because it is to remember that had not grace from his Sustainer reached him, he would indeed have been cast forth upon that barren land in a state of regret. But his Sustainer had responded to him in time and placed him among the great Reformers.
For, alas, why wasn’t there another community apart from the one of Younus, at that time, whose faith may have awarded them similar blessings: because when they attained to faith we had removed from them sufferings and hardships of the worldly life and provided them for a long time with unlimited sustenance.