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Surah Hud, Ayah 61 (11:61)

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۞ وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًا ۚ قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ …

Quran 11:61 is ayah 61 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 228 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:61
۞ وَإِلَىٰثَمُودَأَخَاهُمْصَٰلِحًا ۚقَالَيَٰقَوْمِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَمَالَكُممِّنْإِلَٰهٍغَيْرُهُۥ ۖهُوَأَنشَأَكُممِّنَٱلْأَرْضِوَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْفِيهَافَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُثُمَّتُوبُوٓا۟إِلَيْهِ ۚإِنَّرَبِّىقَرِيبٌمُّجِيبٌ٦١
wa-ilā thamūda akhāhum ṣāliḥan qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu huwa ansha-akum mina l-arḍi wa-is'taʿmarakum fīhā fa-is'taghfirūhu thumma tūbū ilayhi inna rabbī qarībun mujībun

And to Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. He has produced you from the earth and settled you in it, so ask forgiveness of Him and then repent to Him. Indeed, my Lord is near and responsive."(61)

Word by word

  1. ۞ وَإِلَىٰwa-ilāAnd to
  2. ثَمُودَthamūdaThamud
  3. أَخَاهُمْakhāhum(We sent) their brother
  4. صَٰلِحًا ۚṣāliḥanSalih
  5. قَالَqālaHe said
  6. يَٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
  7. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
  8. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
  9. مَاmānot
  10. لَكُمlakumyou have
  11. مِّنْminany
  12. إِلَٰهٍilāhingod
  13. غَيْرُهُۥ ۖghayruhuother than Him
  14. هُوَhuwaHe
  15. أَنشَأَكُمansha-akumproduced you
  16. مِّنَminafrom
  17. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
  18. وَٱسْتَعْمَرَكُمْwa-is'taʿmarakumand settled you
  19. فِيهَاfīhāin it
  20. فَٱسْتَغْفِرُوهُfa-is'taghfirūhuSo ask forgiveness of Him
  21. ثُمَّthummathen
  22. تُوبُوٓا۟tūbūturn in repentance
  23. إِلَيْهِ ۚilayhito Him
  24. إِنَّinnaIndeed
  25. رَبِّىrabbīmy Lord
  26. قَرِيبٌqarībun(is) near
  27. مُّجِيبٌmujībunAll-Responsive

Tafsir (commentary) of 11:61

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The Story of Salih and the People of Thamud

Allah, the Exalted, says,

و

(And) This is an introduction to that which is implied, "Verily, We sent."

إِلَى ثَمُودَ

(to Thamud) They were a group of people who were living in cities carved from the rocks, between Tabuk and Al-Madinah (in Arabia). They lived after the people of `Ad, so Allah sent to them,

أَخَاهُمْ صَـلِحاً

(their brother Salih.) He (Salih) commanded them to worship Allah alone. He said to them,

هُوَ أَنشَأَكُمْ مِّنَ الاٌّرْضِ

(He brought you forth from the earth) This means: `He began your creation from it (the earth). From it He created your father, Adam.'

وَاسْتَعْمَرَكُمْ فِيهَا

(and settled you therein,) This means: `He made you prosperous in the earth. You are settled in it and you treasure it.'

فَاسْتَغْفِرُوهُ

(then ask forgiveness) `This is in reference to your previous sins. '

ثُمَّ تُوبُواْ إِلَيْهِ

(and turn to Him in repentance.) `This is in reference to the future.'

إِنَّ رَبِّى قَرِيبٌ مُّجِيبٌ

(Certainly, my Lord is Near (to all by His knowledge), Responsive.) This is similar to Allah's statement,

وَإِذَا سَأَلَكَ عِبَادِي عَنِّي فَإِنِّي قَرِيبٌ أُجِيبُ دَعْوَةَ الدَّاعِ إِذَا دَعَانِ

(And when My servants ask you concerning Me, then (answer them), I am indeed Near (to them by My knowledge). I respond to the invocations of the supplicant when he calls on Me.) 2:186

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