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Nuh 21

Ayah 21 of 28 · Meccan

قَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا ٢١

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

Translation: Saheeh International (English)

Word by word

Each word's meaning and sound

  1. قَالَSaidqāla
  2. نُوحٞNuhnūḥun
  3. رَّبِّMy Lordrabbi
  4. إِنَّهُمۡIndeed, theyinnahum
  5. عَصَوۡنِيdisobeyed meʿaṣawnī
  6. وَٱتَّبَعُواْand followedwa-ittabaʿū
  7. مَن(the one) whoman
  8. لَّمۡ(did) notlam
  9. يَزِدۡهُincrease himyazid'hu
  10. مَالُهُۥhis wealthmāluhu
  11. وَوَلَدُهُۥٓand his childrenwawaladuhu
  12. إِلَّاexceptillā
  13. خَسَارٗا(in) losskhasāran

Tafsir

Noah said, “O my Lord! Indeed, my people have disobeyed me in what I have instructed them to do i.e. accepting Your oneness and worshipping You alone. The lowly among them have followed the nobles, whom You have favoured with wealth and offspring. Your favouring them has only increased them in their deviance.”

Al-Mukhtasar in interpreting the Noble Quran