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Hud 44

Ayah 44 of 123 · Meccan

وَقِيلَ يَٰٓأَرۡضُ ٱبۡلَعِي مَآءَكِ وَيَٰسَمَآءُ أَقۡلِعِي وَغِيضَ ٱلۡمَآءُ وَقُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ وَٱسۡتَوَتۡ عَلَى ٱلۡجُودِيِّۖ وَقِيلَ بُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٤٤

And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Jūdiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَقِيلَAnd it was saidwaqīla
  2. يَٰٓأَرۡضُO earthyāarḍu
  3. ٱبۡلَعِيSwallowib'laʿī
  4. مَآءَكِyour watermāaki
  5. وَيَٰسَمَآءُand O skywayāsamāu
  6. أَقۡلِعِيWithholdaqliʿī
  7. وَغِيضَAnd subsidedwaghīḍa
  8. ٱلۡمَآءُthe waterl-māu
  9. وَقُضِيَand was fulfilledwaquḍiya
  10. ٱلۡأَمۡرُthe Commandl-amru
  11. وَٱسۡتَوَتۡAnd it restedwa-is'tawat
  12. عَلَىonʿalā
  13. ٱلۡجُودِيِّۖthe Judil-jūdiyi
  14. وَقِيلَAnd it was saidwaqīla
  15. بُعۡدٗاAwaybuʿ'dan
  16. لِّلۡقَوۡمِwith the peoplelil'qawmi
  17. ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoersl-ẓālimīna

Tafsir

After the Flood, Allah told the earth to absorb the water, and He told the sky to hold back and not send down rain; and so the water decreased, until the land became dry. By then, Allah had destroyed the disbelievers. The Ark stopped on Mount Jūdī. It was said, ‘Be gone and destroyed the people of disobedience, for they had overstepped the limits of Allah through their disbelief.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran