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Surah Hud, Ayah 45 (11:45)

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وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ رَّبَّهُۥ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ٱبْنِى مِنْ أَهْلِى وَإِنَّ وَعْدَكَ ٱلْحَقُّ وَأَنتَ …

Quran 11:45 is ayah 45 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 226 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:45
وَنَادَىٰنُوحٌرَّبَّهُۥفَقَالَرَبِّإِنَّٱبْنِىمِنْأَهْلِىوَإِنَّوَعْدَكَٱلْحَقُّوَأَنتَأَحْكَمُٱلْحَٰكِمِينَ٤٥
wanādā nūḥun rabbahu faqāla rabbi inna ib'nī min ahlī wa-inna waʿdaka l-ḥaqu wa-anta aḥkamu l-ḥākimīna

And Noah called to his Lord and said, "My Lord, indeed my son is of my family; and indeed, Your promise is true; and You are the most just of judges!"(45)

Word by word

  1. وَنَادَىٰwanādāAnd Nuh called
  2. نُوحٌnūḥunAnd Nuh called
  3. رَّبَّهُۥrabbahu(to) his Lord
  4. فَقَالَfaqālaand said
  5. رَبِّrabbiO my Lord
  6. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  7. ٱبْنِىib'nīmy son
  8. مِنْmin(is) of
  9. أَهْلِىahlīmy family
  10. وَإِنَّwa-innaand indeed
  11. وَعْدَكَwaʿdakaYour promise
  12. ٱلْحَقُّl-ḥaqu(is) true
  13. وَأَنتَwa-antaand You
  14. أَحْكَمُaḥkamu(are) the Most Just
  15. ٱلْحَٰكِمِينَl-ḥākimīna(of) the judges

Tafsir (commentary) of 11:45

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English · EnglishTafsir Ibn Kathir (Abridged) — Hafiz Ibn Kathir

This commentary explains ayahs 11:45–47 together.

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."

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