Surah Hud, Ayah 42 (11:42)

هُود

وَهِىَ تَجْرِى بِهِمْ فِى مَوْجٍ كَٱلْجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبْنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِى مَعْزِلٍ يَٰبُنَىَّ …

Quran 11:42 is ayah 42 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 226 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:42
وَهِىَتَجْرِىبِهِمْفِىمَوْجٍكَٱلْجِبَالِوَنَادَىٰنُوحٌٱبْنَهُۥوَكَانَفِىمَعْزِلٍيَٰبُنَىَّٱرْكَبمَّعَنَاوَلَاتَكُنمَّعَٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ٤٢
wahiya tajrī bihim fī mawjin kal-jibāli wanādā nūḥun ib'nahu wakāna fī maʿzilin yābunayya ir'kab maʿanā walā takun maʿa l-kāfirīna

And it sailed with them through waves like mountains, and Noah called to his son who was apart [from them], "O my son, come aboard with us and be not with the disbelievers."(42)

Word by word

  1. وَهِىَwahiyaAnd it
  2. تَجْرِىtajrīsailed
  3. بِهِمْbihimwith them
  4. فِىfīon
  5. مَوْجٍmawjinthe waves
  6. كَٱلْجِبَالِkal-jibālilike mountains
  7. وَنَادَىٰwanādāand Nuh called out
  8. نُوحٌnūḥunand Nuh called out
  9. ٱبْنَهُۥib'nahu(to) his son
  10. وَكَانَwakānaand he was
  11. فِىfī[in]
  12. مَعْزِلٍmaʿzilinapart
  13. يَٰبُنَىَّyābunayyaO my son
  14. ٱرْكَبir'kabEmbark
  15. مَّعَنَاmaʿanāwith us
  16. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
  17. تَكُنtakunbe
  18. مَّعَmaʿawith
  19. ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīnathe disbelievers

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