Quran 11:36 — Hud, verse 36
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
It was revealed to Noah, ‘None of your people will believe, other than those who have already done so, so do not be distressed by, what they do.
وَأُوحِيَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُ لَنْ يُؤْمِنَ مِنْ قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَنْ قَدْ آمَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا يَفْعَلُونَ
waūḥiya ilā nūḥin annahu lan yu'mina min qawmika illā man qad āmana falā tabta-is bimā kānū yafʿalūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And it was revealed to Noah, saying, 'None of thy people shall believe but he who has already believed; so be thou not distressed by that they may be doing.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND THIS was revealed unto Noah: "Never will any of thy people believe except those who have already attained to faith. Be not, then, distressed by anything that they may do,
- Sahih International
- And it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَأُوحِىَwaūḥiya | And it was revealed | وحي |
| 2 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 3 | نُوحٍnūḥin | Nuh | — |
| 4 | أَنَّهُۥannahu | That | — |
| 5 | لَنlan | will never | — |
| 6 | يُؤْمِنَyu'mina | believe | أمن |
| 7 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 8 | قَوْمِكَqawmika | your people | قوم |
| 9 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 10 | مَنman | (those) who | — |
| 11 | قَدْqad | have already | — |
| 12 | ءَامَنَāmana | believed | أمن |
| 13 | فَلَاfalā | So (do) not | — |
| 14 | تَبْتَئِسْtabta-is | (be) distressed | بأس |
| 15 | بِمَاbimā | by what | — |
| 16 | كَانُوا۟kānū | they have been | كون |
| 17 | يَفْعَلُونَyafʿalūna | doing | فعل |