سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 36
وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ﴿36﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
And it was revealed to Nûh (Noah): "None of your people will believe except those who have believed already. So be not sad because of what they used to do.
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَأُوحِىَ
waūḥiya
And it was revealed
إِلَىٰ
ilā
to
نُوحٍ
nūḥin
Nuh
أَنَّهُۥ
annahu
That
لَن
lan
will never
يُؤْمِنَ
yu'mina
believe
مِن
min
from
قَوْمِكَ
qawmika
your people
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَن
man
(those) who
قَدْ
qad
have already
ءَامَنَ
āmana
believed
فَلَا
falā
So (do) not
تَبْتَئِسْ
tabta-is
(be) distressed
بِمَا
bimā
by what
كَانُوا۟
kānū
they have been
يَفْعَلُونَ
yafʿalūna
doing
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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36. And it was revealed to Noah that none of your people will believe except those who have already believed [43], so do not grieve over what they have been doing.
[43]
Punishment Only Befalls the Corrupt Element:
From this verse, it is understood that as a result of the Prophet’s call and the nation’s rejection, punishment does not descend until there remains a possibility that some good people may still emerge from among them. When those who are to believe have already believed, and only the corrupt element remains, then that is precisely the time for punishment. This very reality was mentioned by Sayyiduna Nuh ؑ himself in Surah Nuh when he prayed, “O Allah, now destroy this nation, for there is no longer any hope that anyone among them will believe. Rather, even the offspring they will produce will be wicked and immoral, so do not leave even a single household of them alive.” [71: 26، 27]
[43]
Punishment Only Befalls the Corrupt Element:
From this verse, it is understood that as a result of the Prophet’s call and the nation’s rejection, punishment does not descend until there remains a possibility that some good people may still emerge from among them. When those who are to believe have already believed, and only the corrupt element remains, then that is precisely the time for punishment. This very reality was mentioned by Sayyiduna Nuh ؑ himself in Surah Nuh when he prayed, “O Allah, now destroy this nation, for there is no longer any hope that anyone among them will believe. Rather, even the offspring they will produce will be wicked and immoral, so do not leave even a single household of them alive.” [71: 26، 27]
