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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 44
وَقِيلَ يَـٰٓأَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ وَيَـٰسَمَآءُ أَقْلِعِى وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَٱسْتَوَتْ عَلَى ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ ﴿44﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And it was said: "O earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold (your rain)." And the water was made to subside and the Decree (of Allâh) was fulfilled (i.e. the destruction of the people of Nûh (Noah). And it (the ship) rested on (Mount) Jûdî, and it was said: "Away with the people who are Zalimûn (polytheists and wrong-doers)!"
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَقِيلَ
waqīla
And it was said
يَـٰٓأَرْضُ
yāarḍu
O earth
ٱبْلَعِى
ib'laʿī
Swallow
مَآءَكِ
māaki
your water
وَيَـٰسَمَآءُ
wayāsamāu
and O sky
أَقْلِعِى
aqliʿī
Withhold
وَغِيضَ
waghīḍa
And subsided
ٱلْمَآءُ
l-māu
the water
وَقُضِىَ
waquḍiya
and was fulfilled
ٱلْأَمْرُ
l-amru
the Command
وَٱسْتَوَتْ
wa-is'tawat
And it rested
عَلَى
ʿalā
on
ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖ
l-jūdiyi
the Judi
وَقِيلَ
waqīla
And it was said
بُعْدًۭا
buʿ'dan
Away
لِّلْقَوْمِ
lil'qawmi
with the people
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
l-ẓālimīna
the wrongdoers
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan — Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf
Tafsir Ahsan al-Bayan is a well-known Quran commentary by Hafiz Salahuddin Yusuf, a renowned Salafi (Ahl al-Hadith) scholar from Pakistan. This tafsir explains the meanings of the Quran in accordance with the methodology of the Salaf (early righteous generations), relying on authentic sources and straightforward language. Due to its reliability and adherence to sound Islamic scholarship, the Saudi government publishes and distributes this tafsir among the Hujjaj (pilgrims) visiting the Haramain. The tafsir is originally written in Urdu, translated to English by tohed.com.
44. 1. "To swallow" is used for animals, as they swallow their food with their mouths. Here, describing the drying up of water as swallowing implies the wisdom that the water did not dry up gradually, but by Allah's command, the earth swallowed all the water at once, just as an animal swallows a morsel.
44. 2. That is, all the disbelievers were drowned.
44. 3. Judi is the name of a mountain, which according to some is near Mosul. The people of Prophet Nuh (AS) were also settled near it.
44. 4. "Bu‘dan" means destruction and the curse of Allah, and the Noble Quran has used it in several places especially for those nations who became deserving of Allah's wrath.
44. 2. That is, all the disbelievers were drowned.
44. 3. Judi is the name of a mountain, which according to some is near Mosul. The people of Prophet Nuh (AS) were also settled near it.
44. 4. "Bu‘dan" means destruction and the curse of Allah, and the Noble Quran has used it in several places especially for those nations who became deserving of Allah's wrath.
