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Hud 47

Ayah 47 of 123 · Meccan

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنۡ أَسۡـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيۡسَ لِي بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞۖ وَإِلَّا تَغۡفِرۡ لِي وَتَرۡحَمۡنِيٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ ٤٧

[Noah] said, "My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking that of which I have no knowledge. And unless You forgive me and have mercy upon me, I will be among the losers."

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَHe saidqāla
  2. رَبِّO my Lordrabbi
  3. إِنِّيٓIndeed, Iinnī
  4. أَعُوذُseek refugeaʿūdhu
  5. بِكَin Youbika
  6. أَنۡthatan
  7. أَسۡـَٔلَكَI (should) ask Youasalaka
  8. مَاwhatmā
  9. لَيۡسَnotlaysa
  10. لِيI havelī
  11. بِهِۦof itbihi
  12. عِلۡمٞۖknowledgeʿil'mun
  13. وَإِلَّاAnd unlesswa-illā
  14. تَغۡفِرۡYou forgivetaghfir
  15. لِيmelī
  16. وَتَرۡحَمۡنِيٓand You have mercy on mewatarḥamnī
  17. أَكُنI will beakun
  18. مِّنَamongmina
  19. ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَthe losersl-khāsirīna

Tafsir

Noah (peace be upon him) asked his Lord to help him by preventing him from asking Him for what he had no knowledge about. He said that if Allah did not forgive him his sin, and have mercy on him, then he would be among the losers who lost their share in the Afterlife.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran