Quran 11:28 — Hud, verse 28
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
He said, ‘My people, think: if I did have a clear sign from my Lord, and He had given me grace of His own, though it was hidden from you, could we force you to accept it against your will?
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍ مِنْ رَبِّي وَآتَانِي رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنْتُمْ لَهَا كَارِهُونَ
qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī waātānī raḥmatan min ʿindihi faʿummiyat ʿalaykum anul'zimukumūhā wa-antum lahā kārihūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'O my people, what think you? If I stand upon a clear sign from my Lord, and He has given me mercy from Him, and it has been obscured for you, shall we compel you to it while you are averse to it?
- Muhammad Asad
- Said [Noah]: "O my people! What do you think? If [it be true that I am taking my stand on a clear evidence from my~ Sustainer, who has vouchsafed unto me grace from Himself - [a revelation] to which you have remained blind-: [if this be true,] can we force it on you even though it be hateful to you?
- Sahih International
- He said, "O my people, have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 3 | أَرَءَيْتُمْara-aytum | Do you see | رأي |
| 4 | إِنin | if | — |
| 5 | كُنتُkuntu | I was | كون |
| 6 | عَلَىٰʿalā | on | — |
| 7 | بَيِّنَةٍۢbayyinatin | (the) clear proof | بين |
| 8 | مِّنmin | from | — |
| 9 | رَّبِّىrabbī | my Lord | ربب |
| 10 | وَءَاتَىٰنِىwaātānī | while He has given me | أتي |
| 11 | رَحْمَةًۭraḥmatan | mercy | رحم |
| 12 | مِّنْmin | from | — |
| 13 | عِندِهِۦʿindihi | Himself | عند |
| 14 | فَعُمِّيَتْfaʿummiyat | but (it) has been obscured | عمي |
| 15 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | from you | — |
| 16 | أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَاanul'zimukumūhā | should We compel you (to accept) it | لزم |
| 17 | وَأَنتُمْwa-antum | while you (are) | — |
| 18 | لَهَاlahā | averse to it | — |
| 19 | كَـٰرِهُونَkārihūna | averse to it | كره |