سُوْرَةُ هُوْدٍ
Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 42
وَهِىَ تَجْرِى بِهِمْ فِى مَوْجٍ كَٱلْجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبْنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِى مَعْزِلٍ يَـٰبُنَىَّ ٱرْكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ ﴿42﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
So it (the ship) sailed with them amidst waves like mountains, and Nûh (Noah) called out to his son, who had separated himself (apart): "O my son! Embark with us and be not with the disbelievers."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَهِىَ
wahiya
And it
تَجْرِى
tajrī
sailed
بِهِمْ
bihim
with them
فِى
fī
on
مَوْجٍۢ
mawjin
the waves
كَٱلْجِبَالِ
kal-jibāli
like mountains
وَنَادَىٰ
wanādā
and Nuh called out
نُوحٌ
nūḥun
and Nuh called out
ٱبْنَهُۥ
ib'nahu
(to) his son
وَكَانَ
wakāna
and he was
فِى
fī
[in]
مَعْزِلٍۢ
maʿzilin
apart
يَـٰبُنَىَّ
yābunayya
O my son
ٱرْكَب
ir'kab
Embark
مَّعَنَا
maʿanā
with us
وَلَا
walā
and (do) not
تَكُن
takun
be
مَّعَ
maʿa
with
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
l-kāfirīna
the disbelievers
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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42. And the Ark sailed with them through waves like mountains [48], and Noah called out to his son, who stood apart, "O my son! Embark with us and do not be with the disbelievers."
[48]
The State of the Flood and Noah’s Advice to His Son:
The state of the flood was such that for six continuous months, springs on the earth kept gushing water and rain kept pouring from the sky. Until even hills and mountains were submerged in this water, the ark kept rising with the water and kept moving as Allah made it move. When the water was still rising and the water level was considerably above the ground, and the waves of water were rising like mountains and crashing into each other, an incident occurred during this time. Noah’s ؑ disbelieving son, Yam or Canaan, who was not boarded onto the ark, was standing by the side of a mountain, witnessing the horrors of the flood. When Noah ؑ saw him, paternal affection surged within him and he said, “Son! Believe and board this ark with us and leave the company of the disbelievers.”
[48]
The State of the Flood and Noah’s Advice to His Son:
The state of the flood was such that for six continuous months, springs on the earth kept gushing water and rain kept pouring from the sky. Until even hills and mountains were submerged in this water, the ark kept rising with the water and kept moving as Allah made it move. When the water was still rising and the water level was considerably above the ground, and the waves of water were rising like mountains and crashing into each other, an incident occurred during this time. Noah’s ؑ disbelieving son, Yam or Canaan, who was not boarded onto the ark, was standing by the side of a mountain, witnessing the horrors of the flood. When Noah ؑ saw him, paternal affection surged within him and he said, “Son! Believe and board this ark with us and leave the company of the disbelievers.”
