Quran 11:32 — Hud, verse 32
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
They said, ‘Noah! You have argued with us for too long. Bring down on us the punishment you threaten us with, if you are telling the truth.’
قَالُوا يَا نُوحُ قَدْ جَادَلْتَنَا فَأَكْثَرْتَ جِدَالَنَا فَأْتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَا إِنْ كُنْتَ مِنَ الصَّادِقِينَ
qālū yānūḥu qad jādaltanā fa-aktharta jidālanā fatinā bimā taʿidunā in kunta mina l-ṣādiqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- They said, 'Noah, thou hast disputed with us and make much disputation with us. Then bring us that thou promisest us, if thou speakest truly.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [But the great ones] said: "O Noah! Thou hast contended with us in argument, and hast [needlessly] prolonged our controversy: bring upon us, therefore, that with which thou dost threaten us, if thou art a man of truth!"
- Sahih International
- They said, "O Noah, you have disputed [i.e., opposed] us and been frequent in dispute of us. So bring us what you threaten us, if you should be of the truthful."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالُوا۟qālū | They said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥu | O Nuh | — |
| 3 | قَدْqad | Indeed | — |
| 4 | جَـٰدَلْتَنَاjādaltanā | you disputed with us | جدل |
| 5 | فَأَكْثَرْتَfa-aktharta | and you (have been) frequent | كثر |
| 6 | جِدَٰلَنَاjidālanā | (in) dispute with us | جدل |
| 7 | فَأْتِنَاfatinā | So bring us | أتي |
| 8 | بِمَاbimā | what | — |
| 9 | تَعِدُنَآtaʿidunā | you threaten us (with) | وعد |
| 10 | إِنin | if | — |
| 11 | كُنتَkunta | you are | كون |
| 12 | مِنَmina | of | — |
| 13 | ٱلصَّـٰدِقِينَl-ṣādiqīna | the truthful | صدق |