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Al-Mu'minun 27

Ayah 27 of 118 · Meccan

فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآ إِلَيۡهِ أَنِ ٱصۡنَعِ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَا وَوَحۡيِنَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ فَٱسۡلُكۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلّٖ زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ مِنۡهُمۡۖ وَلَا تُخَٰطِبۡنِي فِي ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ إِنَّهُم مُّغۡرَقُونَ ٢٧

So We inspired to him, "Construct the ship under Our observation and Our inspiration, and when Our command comes and the oven overflows,1 put into it [i.e., the ship] from each [creature] two mates and your family, except him for whom the decree [of destruction] has proceeded. And do not address Me concerning those who have wronged; indeed, they are to be drowned.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

1 See footnote to 11:40.

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Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. فَأَوۡحَيۡنَآSo We inspiredfa-awḥaynā
  2. إِلَيۡهِto himilayhi
  3. أَنِThatani
  4. ٱصۡنَعِconstructiṣ'naʿi
  5. ٱلۡفُلۡكَthe shipl-ful'ka
  6. بِأَعۡيُنِنَاunder Our eyesbi-aʿyuninā
  7. وَوَحۡيِنَاand Our inspirationwawaḥyinā
  8. فَإِذَاthen whenfa-idhā
  9. جَآءَcomesjāa
  10. أَمۡرُنَاOur Commandamrunā
  11. وَفَارَand gushes forthwafāra
  12. ٱلتَّنُّورُthe ovenl-tanūru
  13. فَٱسۡلُكۡthen putfa-us'luk
  14. فِيهَاinto itfīhā
  15. مِنofmin
  16. كُلّٖevery (kind)kullin
  17. زَوۡجَيۡنِ(of) mateszawjayni
  18. ٱثۡنَيۡنِtwoith'nayni
  19. وَأَهۡلَكَand your familywa-ahlaka
  20. إِلَّاexceptillā
  21. مَنthoseman
  22. سَبَقَ(has) precededsabaqa
  23. عَلَيۡهِagainst whomʿalayhi
  24. ٱلۡقَوۡلُthe Wordl-qawlu
  25. مِنۡهُمۡۖthereofmin'hum
  26. وَلَاAnd (do) notwalā
  27. تُخَٰطِبۡنِيaddress Metukhāṭib'nī
  28. فِيconcerningfī
  29. ٱلَّذِينَthose whoalladhīna
  30. ظَلَمُوٓاْwrongedẓalamū
  31. إِنَّهُمindeed, theyinnahum
  32. مُّغۡرَقُونَ(are) the ones to be drownedmugh'raqūna

Tafsir

So I revealed to him: Make a ship under My supervision and tutorage. Then, when My command to destroy them is issued and water gushes forth from the place where bread is baked, start taking a male and female from every living species onto the ship, so that they can procreate and not become extinct. Also take your family on board, except for those upon whom Allah’s decree of destruction has been passed i.e. your wife and son. Do not request Me to save and not destroy those who have wronged through disbelief; there is no doubt they shall be destroyed by drowning in the water of the flood.

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran