Surah 11. Hud, Ayah 49
| تِلْكَ مِنْ أَنْبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوحِيهَا إِلَيْكَ ۖ مَا كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُهَا أَنْتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ هَٰذَا ۖ فَاصْبِرْ ۖ إِنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ |
| Transliteration | : | tilka min anbaa' al- ghayb noh.e -haa 'ilay -ka maa kunta taclam -haa 'anta wa- laa qawm -ka min qabli haadhaa fa- is.bir 'inna al- caaqibah li- al- muttaqen |
| Pickthall | : | This is of the tidings of the Unseen which We inspire in thee (Muhammad). Thou thyself knewest it not, nor did thy folk (know it) before this. Then have patience. Lo! the sequel is for those who ward off (evil). |
| Asad | : | THESE ACCOUNTS of something that was beyond the reach of thy perception We [now] reveal unto thee, [O Muhammad: for] neither thou nor thy people knew them [fully] ere this.73 Be, then, [like Noah,] patient in adversity - for, behold, the future belongs to the God-conscious! |
| Malik | : | O Muhammad, these are some of the facts from the unseen history which We have now revealed to you: neither you nor your people knew about it before. So have patience; surely the end is for the righteous. |
| Yusuf Ali | : | Such are some of the stories of the Unseen which We have revealed unto thee: before this neither thou nor thy People knew them. So persevere patiently: for the End is for those who are righteous. 1544 |
Note - 73See verse {35} above. Although the story of Noah had been
vaguely known to the Arabs even before the advent of the
Prophet Muhammad, they - and the Prophet with them - were
entirely unaware of the details as narrated in the
preceding Qur'anic account (Razi). The use of the plural
at the beginning of this parenthetic passage ("These
accounts") - in contrast with the singular form employed
in a similar phrase occurring in 3:44, 11:100 and
12:102 ("This account") - seems, in my opinion, to
indicate that it refers not only to the preceding story
of Noah but also to the subsequent stories of other
prophets. In this connection it should be remembered -
and it cannot be stressed too often - that "narrative" as
such is never the purpose of the Qur'an. Whenever it
relates the stories of earlier prophets, or alludes to
ancient legends or to historical events that took place
before the advent of Islam or during the lifetime of the
Prophet, the aim is, invariably, a moral lesson; and
since one and the same event, or even legend, has usually
many facets revealing as many moral implications, the
Qur'an reverts again and again to the same stories, but
every time with a slight variation of stress on this or
that aspect of the fundamental truths underlying the
Qur'anic revelation as a whole.
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Note - 1544Cf. n. 1528 to xi. 35. The sum of the whole matter is
that the righteous, who work for Allah and their
fellow-men, may be traduced, insulted, and persecuted.
But they will be sustained by Allah's Mercy. They must go
on working patiently, for the End will all be for them
and their Cause.
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See verse {35} above. Although the story of Noah had been vaguely known to the Arabs even before the advent of the Prophet Muhammad, they - and the Prophet with them - were entirely unaware of the details as narrated in the preceding Qur'anic account (Razi). The use of the plural at the beginning of this parenthetic passage ("These accounts") - in contrast with the singular form employed in a similar phrase occurring in 3:44, 11:100 and 12:102 ("This account") - seems, in my opinion, to indicate that it refers not only to the preceding story of Noah but also to the subsequent stories of other prophets. In this connection it should be remembered - and it cannot be stressed too often - that "narrative" as such is never the purpose of the Qur'an. Whenever it relates the stories of earlier prophets, or alludes to ancient legends or to historical events that took place before the advent of Islam or during the lifetime of the Prophet, the aim is, invariably, a moral lesson; and since one and the same event, or even legend, has usually many facets revealing as many moral implications, the Qur'an reverts again and again to the same stories, but every time with a slight variation of stress on this or that aspect of the fundamental truths underlying the Qur'anic revelation as a whole. |
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Cf. n. 1528 to xi. 35. The sum of the whole matter is that the righteous, who work for Allah and their fellow-men, may be traduced, insulted, and persecuted. But they will be sustained by Allah's Mercy. They must go on working patiently, for the End will all be for them and their Cause. |
