سُوْرَةُ نُوْحٍ
Surah Nooh (71) — Ayah 21
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا ﴿21﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
قَالَ
qāla
Said
نُوحٌۭ
nūḥun
Nuh
رَّبِّ
rabbi
My Lord
إِنَّهُمْ
innahum
Indeed, they
عَصَوْنِى
ʿaṣawnī
disobeyed me
وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟
wa-ittabaʿū
and followed
مَن
man
(the one) who
لَّمْ
lam
(did) not
يَزِدْهُ
yazid'hu
increase him
مَالُهُۥ
māluhu
his wealth
وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ
wawaladuhu
and his children
إِلَّا
illā
except
خَسَارًۭا
khasāran
(in) loss
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.
21. 1. People are persistent in disobeying me and are not responding to my call. That is, they have only followed their own elders and people of wealth, whose wealth and children have only increased them in loss in this world and the Hereafter.
