سُوْرَةُ الْمُؤْمِنُوْنَ
Surah Al-Muminoon (23) — Ayah 27
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ إِلَيْهِ أَنِ ٱصْنَعِ ٱلْفُلْكَ بِأَعْيُنِنَا وَوَحْيِنَا فَإِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ ۙ فَٱسْلُكْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ مِنْهُمْ ۖ وَلَا تُخَـٰطِبْنِى فِى ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۖ إِنَّهُم مُّغْرَقُونَ ﴿27﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So We revealed to him (saying): "Construct the ship under Our Eyes and under Our Revelation (guidance). Then, when Our Command comes, and water gushes forth from the oven, take on board of each kind two (male and female), and your family, except those thereof against whom the Word has already gone forth. And address Me not in favour of those who have done wrong. Verily, they are to be drowned.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
فَأَوْحَيْنَآ
fa-awḥaynā
So We inspired
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to him
أَنِ
ani
That
ٱصْنَعِ
iṣ'naʿi
construct
ٱلْفُلْكَ
l-ful'ka
the ship
بِأَعْيُنِنَا
bi-aʿyuninā
under Our eyes
وَوَحْيِنَا
wawaḥyinā
and Our inspiration
فَإِذَا
fa-idhā
then when
جَآءَ
jāa
comes
أَمْرُنَا
amrunā
Our Command
وَفَارَ
wafāra
and gushes forth
ٱلتَّنُّورُ ۙ
l-tanūru
the oven
فَٱسْلُكْ
fa-us'luk
then put
فِيهَا
fīhā
into it
مِن
min
of
كُلٍّۢ
kullin
every (kind)
زَوْجَيْنِ
zawjayni
(of) mates
ٱثْنَيْنِ
ith'nayni
two
وَأَهْلَكَ
wa-ahlaka
and your family
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَن
man
those
سَبَقَ
sabaqa
(has) preceded
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
against whom
ٱلْقَوْلُ
l-qawlu
the Word
مِنْهُمْ ۖ
min'hum
thereof
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تُخَـٰطِبْنِى
tukhāṭib'nī
address Me
فِى
fī
concerning
ٱلَّذِينَ
alladhīna
those who
ظَلَمُوٓا۟ ۖ
ẓalamū
wronged
إِنَّهُم
innahum
indeed, they
مُّغْرَقُونَ
mugh'raqūna
(are) the ones to be drowned
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.
27-1. That is, the command for their destruction comes.
27-2. The footnote on "tannur" in Surah Hud has already explained that the correct view is that this does not refer to the well-known tannur (oven) in which bread is baked, but rather, by "surface of the earth" is meant that the entire earth itself was transformed into a spring. Water gushed forth from beneath the earth like springs. The instruction to Nuh (علیہ السلام) is ongoing: when water gushes forth from the earth.
27-3. That is, from animals, plants, and fruits, take a pair (male and female) of each into the ark so that the lineage of all may remain.
27-4. That is, those whose destruction has been decreed due to their disbelief and rebellion, such as the wife of Nuh (علیہ السلام) and his son.
27-5. That is, when the punishment begins, there is no need to have mercy on any of these wrongdoers such that you start to intercede for anyone. Because the final decision to drown them has already been made.
27-2. The footnote on "tannur" in Surah Hud has already explained that the correct view is that this does not refer to the well-known tannur (oven) in which bread is baked, but rather, by "surface of the earth" is meant that the entire earth itself was transformed into a spring. Water gushed forth from beneath the earth like springs. The instruction to Nuh (علیہ السلام) is ongoing: when water gushes forth from the earth.
27-3. That is, from animals, plants, and fruits, take a pair (male and female) of each into the ark so that the lineage of all may remain.
27-4. That is, those whose destruction has been decreed due to their disbelief and rebellion, such as the wife of Nuh (علیہ السلام) and his son.
27-5. That is, when the punishment begins, there is no need to have mercy on any of these wrongdoers such that you start to intercede for anyone. Because the final decision to drown them has already been made.
