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Hud 46

Ayah 46 of 123 · Meccan

قَالَ يَٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيۡسَ مِنۡ أَهۡلِكَۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيۡرُ صَٰلِحٖۖ فَلَا تَسۡـَٔلۡنِ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۖ إِنِّيٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ ٤٦

He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. يَٰنُوحُO Nuhyānūḥu
  3. إِنَّهُۥIndeed, heinnahu
  4. لَيۡسَ(is) notlaysa
  5. مِنۡofmin
  6. أَهۡلِكَۖyour familyahlika
  7. إِنَّهُۥindeed, [he]innahu
  8. عَمَلٌ(his) deedʿamalun
  9. غَيۡرُ(is) other thanghayru
  10. صَٰلِحٖۖrighteousṣāliḥin
  11. فَلَاso (do) notfalā
  12. تَسۡـَٔلۡنِask Metasalni
  13. مَا(about) whatmā
  14. لَيۡسَnotlaysa
  15. لَكَyou havelaka
  16. بِهِۦof itbihi
  17. عِلۡمٌۖany knowledgeʿil'mun
  18. إِنِّيٓIndeed, Iinnī
  19. أَعِظُكَadmonish youaʿiẓuka
  20. أَنlestan
  21. تَكُونَyou betakūna
  22. مِنَamongmina
  23. ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَthe ignorantl-jāhilīna

Tafsir

Allah said to Noah that his son, who he asked Him to save, was not from his family, whom He had promised to save, because he was a disbeliever. Noah’s question was not appropriate coming from him, and was not right for someone of his rank. Allah told him not to ask Him about what he had no knowledge about, cautioning him not to be among those who are ignorant, by asking Him for things that go against His knowledge and wisdom.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran