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Hud 42

Ayah 42 of 123 · Meccan

وَهِيَ تَجۡرِي بِهِمۡ فِي مَوۡجٖ كَٱلۡجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبۡنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِي مَعۡزِلٖ يَٰبُنَيَّ ٱرۡكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ ٤٢

And it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called to his son who was apart [from them], "O my son, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَهِيَAnd itwahiya
  2. تَجۡرِيsailedtajrī
  3. بِهِمۡwith thembihim
  4. فِيonfī
  5. مَوۡجٖthe wavesmawjin
  6. كَٱلۡجِبَالِlike mountainskal-jibāli
  7. وَنَادَىٰand Nuh called outwanādā
  8. نُوحٌand Nuh called outnūḥun
  9. ٱبۡنَهُۥ(to) his sonib'nahu
  10. وَكَانَand he waswakāna
  11. فِي[in]fī
  12. مَعۡزِلٖapartmaʿzilin
  13. يَٰبُنَيَّO my sonyābunayya
  14. ٱرۡكَبEmbarkir'kab
  15. مَّعَنَاwith usmaʿanā
  16. وَلَاand (do) notwalā
  17. تَكُنbetakun
  18. مَّعَwithmaʿa
  19. ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَthe disbelieversl-kāfirīna

Tafsir

The Ark sailed with the people and animals in it, through the great waves like mountains. Noah (peace be upon him) called to his son, who did not believe, and who was isolated from his father and his people in some place. Noah told him to believe, and to get onto the Ark with them so that he would be saved from the Flood; and he told him not to be with the disbelievers, or he would be drowned as they would be.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran