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Al-Anbya 76

Ayah 76 of 112 · Meccan

وَنُوحًا إِذۡ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبۡلُ فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُ وَأَهۡلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلۡكَرۡبِ ٱلۡعَظِيمِ ٧٦

And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh]1 before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 i.e., supplicated against his people who had persisted in denial and animosity. See 71:26-28.

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Each word's meaning and sound

  1. وَنُوحًاAnd Nuhwanūḥan
  2. إِذۡwhenidh
  3. نَادَىٰhe callednādā
  4. مِنbeforemin
  5. قَبۡلُbeforeqablu
  6. فَٱسۡتَجَبۡنَاso We respondedfa-is'tajabnā
  7. لَهُۥto himlahu
  8. فَنَجَّيۡنَٰهُand We saved himfanajjaynāhu
  9. وَأَهۡلَهُۥand his familywa-ahlahu
  10. مِنَfrommina
  11. ٱلۡكَرۡبِthe afflictionl-karbi
  12. ٱلۡعَظِيمِ[the] greatl-ʿaẓīmi

Tafsir

O Messenger! Mention the story of Noah when he called to Allah before Abraham and Lot, and so He accepted his call by granting him what he asked for: Allah saved him and his believing family members from the great sorrow.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran