Quran 11:40 — Hud, verse 40
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
When Our command came, and water gushed up out of the earth, We said, ‘Place on board this Ark a pair of each species, and your own family- except those against whom the sentence has already been passed- and those who have believed,’ though only a few believed with him.
حَتَّىٰ إِذَا جَاءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ التَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا احْمِلْ فِيهَا مِنْ كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ اثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَنْ سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ الْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ آمَنَ ۚ وَمَا آمَنَ مَعَهُ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ
ḥattā idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru qul'nā iḥ'mil fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu waman āmana wamā āmana maʿahu illā qalīlun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Until, when Our command came, and the Oven boiled, We said, 'Embark in it two of every kind, and thy family -- except for him against whom the word has already been spoken and whosoever believes.' And there believed not with him except a few.
- Muhammad Asad
- [And so it went on] till, when Our judgment came to pass, and waters gushed forth in torrents over the face of the earth, We said [unto Noah]: "Place on board of this [ark] one pair of each [kind of animal] of either sex, as well as thy family -except those on whom [Our] sentence has already been passed -and all [others] who have attained to faith!"-for, only a few [of Noah's people] shared his faith.
- Sahih International
- [So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, "Load upon it [i.e., the ship] of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word [i.e., decree] has preceded, and [include] whoever has believed." But none had believed with him, except a few.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | حَتَّىٰٓḥattā | Till | — |
| 2 | إِذَاidhā | when | — |
| 3 | جَآءَjāa | came | جيأ |
| 4 | أَمْرُنَاamrunā | Our command | أمر |
| 5 | وَفَارَwafāra | and overflowed | فور |
| 6 | ٱلتَّنُّورُl-tanūru | the oven | — |
| 7 | قُلْنَاqul'nā | We said | قول |
| 8 | ٱحْمِلْiḥ'mil | Load | حمل |
| 9 | فِيهَاfīhā | in it | — |
| 10 | مِنmin | of | — |
| 11 | كُلٍّۢkullin | every kind | كلل |
| 12 | زَوْجَيْنِzawjayni | a pair | زوج |
| 13 | ٱثْنَيْنِith'nayni | two | ثني |
| 14 | وَأَهْلَكَwa-ahlaka | and your family | أهل |
| 15 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 16 | مَنman | who | — |
| 17 | سَبَقَsabaqa | has preceded | سبق |
| 18 | عَلَيْهِʿalayhi | against him | — |
| 19 | ٱلْقَوْلُl-qawlu | the word | قول |
| 20 | وَمَنْwaman | and whoever | — |
| 21 | ءَامَنَ ۚāmana | believed | أمن |
| 22 | وَمَآwamā | And not | — |
| 23 | ءَامَنَāmana | believed | أمن |
| 24 | مَعَهُۥٓmaʿahu | with him | — |
| 25 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 26 | قَلِيلٌۭqalīlun | a few | قلل |