سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 40
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ ۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ ﴿40﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
(So it was) till when Our Command came and the oven gushed forth (water like fountains from the earth). We said: "Embark therein, of each kind two (male and female), and your family - except him against whom the Word has already gone forth - and those who believe. And none believed with him, except a few."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
حَتَّىٰٓ
ḥattā
Till
إِذَا
idhā
when
جَآءَ
jāa
came
أَمْرُنَا
amrunā
Our command
وَفَارَ
wafāra
and overflowed
ٱلتَّنُّورُ
l-tanūru
the oven
قُلْنَا
qul'nā
We said
ٱحْمِلْ
iḥ'mil
Load
فِيهَا
fīhā
in it
مِن
min
of
كُلٍّۢ
kullin
every kind
زَوْجَيْنِ
zawjayni
a pair
ٱثْنَيْنِ
ith'nayni
two
وَأَهْلَكَ
wa-ahlaka
and your family
إِلَّا
illā
except
مَن
man
who
سَبَقَ
sabaqa
has preceded
عَلَيْهِ
ʿalayhi
against him
ٱلْقَوْلُ
l-qawlu
the word
وَمَنْ
waman
and whoever
ءَامَنَ ۚ
āmana
believed
وَمَآ
wamā
And not
ءَامَنَ
āmana
believed
مَعَهُۥٓ
maʿahu
with him
إِلَّا
illā
except
قَلِيلٌۭ
qalīlun
a few
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40. Until, when Our command came and the oven [46] overflowed, We said, "Load upon the Ark a pair of every kind, and your family—except those against whom the word has already gone forth—and those who have believed." But none believed with him except a few.
[46]
The Beginning of the Flood of Nuh:
The beginning of the flood of Nuh started with a spring gushing forth from the tannur. According to one opinion, tannur refers to the well-known oven in which bread is baked, and according to another opinion, tannur refers to the surface of the earth. Then, from the surrounding land, many more springs began to gush forth, and continuous rain started to fall from above. Upon the gushing of the first spring, Nuhؑ was commanded to board all the believers onto the ark, and to also take a pair (i.e., male and female) of every animal that existed on the earth at that time and reproduced in pairs (male and female) onto the ark. He was also to board all the members of his household who were believers, and they were Ham, Sam, Yafith, and their families. Those who did not believe were not to be boarded onto the ark, and among them was Nuh’sؑ son Yam, who is also called Canaan, and Nuh’sؑ wife Wa’ilah, who was a disbeliever and the mother of Canaan. These two individuals from his family were also among those who perished in the flood, and the number of those who believed was very small, not exceeding 80.
[46]
The Beginning of the Flood of Nuh:
The beginning of the flood of Nuh started with a spring gushing forth from the tannur. According to one opinion, tannur refers to the well-known oven in which bread is baked, and according to another opinion, tannur refers to the surface of the earth. Then, from the surrounding land, many more springs began to gush forth, and continuous rain started to fall from above. Upon the gushing of the first spring, Nuhؑ was commanded to board all the believers onto the ark, and to also take a pair (i.e., male and female) of every animal that existed on the earth at that time and reproduced in pairs (male and female) onto the ark. He was also to board all the members of his household who were believers, and they were Ham, Sam, Yafith, and their families. Those who did not believe were not to be boarded onto the ark, and among them was Nuh’sؑ son Yam, who is also called Canaan, and Nuh’sؑ wife Wa’ilah, who was a disbeliever and the mother of Canaan. These two individuals from his family were also among those who perished in the flood, and the number of those who believed was very small, not exceeding 80.
