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Surah Hud (11) — Ayah 52
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوٓا۟ إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَىٰ قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا۟ مُجْرِمِينَ ﴿52﴾
Translation by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Dr. Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali
"And O my people! Ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him, He will send you (from the sky) abundant rain, and add strength to your strength, so do not turn away as Mujrimûn (criminals, disbelievers in the Oneness of Allâh)."
Word by Word — Arabic, Transliteration & Meaning
وَيَـٰقَوْمِ
wayāqawmi
And O my people
ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟
is'taghfirū
Ask forgiveness
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
(of) your Lord
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
تُوبُوٓا۟
tūbū
turn in repentance
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to Him
يُرْسِلِ
yur'sili
He will send
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
l-samāa
(from) the sky (rain)
عَلَيْكُم
ʿalaykum
upon you
مِّدْرَارًۭا
mid'rāran
(in) abundance
وَيَزِدْكُمْ
wayazid'kum
and increase you
قُوَّةً
quwwatan
(in) strength
إِلَىٰ
ilā
(added) to
قُوَّتِكُمْ
quwwatikum
your strength
وَلَا
walā
And (do) not
تَتَوَلَّوْا۟
tatawallaw
turn away
مُجْرِمِينَ
muj'rimīna
(as) criminals
Tafsir Taiseer ul-Quran — Maulana Abdul Rahman Kilani
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52. And O my people! Seek forgiveness from your Lord, then turn to Him in repentance. He will send down upon you abundant rain [59] and will add strength to your strength. So do not turn away as criminals."
[59]
Abundance in Sustenance Through Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness:
The people of ‘Ad were greatly interested in agriculture, and farming was mostly their means of livelihood. They had been suffering from the calamity of drought for three years, and there had been no rain. To ward off this calamity, Hud ؑ advised them to repent from their sins and seek forgiveness, assuring them that if they sincerely turned to the One Allah and sought true forgiveness for their past sins, then surely Allah Almighty would send down rain from the sky and open the doors of sustenance for them, which would increase both their financial and physical strength, and a period of prosperity would prevail. The people, however, gave no response to this, but instead demanded a clear miracle.
[59]
Abundance in Sustenance Through Repentance and Seeking Forgiveness:
The people of ‘Ad were greatly interested in agriculture, and farming was mostly their means of livelihood. They had been suffering from the calamity of drought for three years, and there had been no rain. To ward off this calamity, Hud ؑ advised them to repent from their sins and seek forgiveness, assuring them that if they sincerely turned to the One Allah and sought true forgiveness for their past sins, then surely Allah Almighty would send down rain from the sky and open the doors of sustenance for them, which would increase both their financial and physical strength, and a period of prosperity would prevail. The people, however, gave no response to this, but instead demanded a clear miracle.
