Hud 11:45 · Hud · Arabic, translation, recitation

Other English translations

Abdel Haleem (Oxford)+

"Noah called out to his Lord, saying, ‘My Lord, my son was one of my family, though Your promise is true, and You are the most just of all judges.’"

Pickthall (classic)+

"And Noah cried unto his Lord and said: My Lord! Lo! my son is of my household! Surely Thy promise is the truth and Thou are the Most Just of Judges."

Yusuf Ali (classic)+

"And Noah called upon his Lord, and said: "O my Lord! surely my son is of my family! and Thy promise is true, and Thou art the justest of Judges!""

Tafsīr · classical commentary

Ibn Kathir

Abridged English, public domain

A Return to the Story of the Son of Nuh and mentioning what transpired between Nuh and Allah concerning Him

This was a request for information and an inquiry from Nuh concerning the cirumstances of his son's drowning.

فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ابُنِى مِنْ أَهْلِى

(and said, "O my Lord! Verily, my son is of my family!") This means, "Verily, You promised to save my family and Your promise is the truth that does not fail. Therefore, how can he (my son) be drowned and You are the Most Just of the judges"

قَالَ ينُوحُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ

(He (Allah) said: "O Nuh! Surely, he is not of your family...") This means, "He (your son) is not of those whom I promised to save. I only promised you that I would save those of your family who believe." For this reason Allah said,

وَأَهْلَكَ إِلاَّ مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْ

l(and your family except him against whom the Word has already gone forth.) 11:40 Thus, for his son, it had already been decreed that he would be drowned due to his disbelief and his opposition to his father, the Prophet of Allah, Nuh peace be upon him. Concerning Allah's statement,

إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ

(Surely, he is not of your family;) meaning that he (Nuh's son) was not among those whom Allah promised to save. `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "He was the son of Nuh, but he opposed him in deeds and intention." `Ikrimah said in some of the modes of recitation it said here, (إِنَّهُ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا غَيْرَ صَالِحٍ) "Verily, he (Nuh's son) worked deeds that were not righteous."

Tafsir Saʿdi

English translation, public domain

Господи! Ты приказал мне посадить на корабль по одному самцу и одной самке от каждого вида животных и мою семью, и мой сын также является частью моей семьи. Воистину, Ты никогда не нарушаешь своего обещания. Ты - Самый справедливый и мудрый из судей. Очевидно, Нух испытывал сострадание к своей семье, и когда Аллах обещал ему спасти его семью, он решил, что это обещание распространится на всех ее членов, - как на верующих, так и на неверующих. Поэтому он обратился к Аллаху с такой молитвой. Тем не менее, он связал окончательное решение с Его совершенной мудростью.