Quran 11:43 — Hud, verse 43
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
But he replied, ‘I will seek refuge on a mountain to save me from the water.’ Noah said, ‘Today there is no refuge from God’s command, except for those on whom He has mercy.’ The waves cut them off from each other and he was among the drowned.
قَالَ سَآوِي إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِي مِنَ الْمَاءِ ۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ اللَّهِ إِلَّا مَنْ رَحِمَ ۚ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا الْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ الْمُغْرَقِينَ
qāla saāwī ilā jabalin yaʿṣimunī mina l-māi qāla lā ʿāṣima l-yawma min amri l-lahi illā man raḥima waḥāla baynahumā l-mawju fakāna mina l-mugh'raqīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- He said, 'I will take refuge in a mountain, that shall defend me from the water.' Said he, 'Today there is no defender from God's command but for him on whom He has mercy.' And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.
- Muhammad Asad
- [But the son] answered: "I shall betake myself to a mountain that will protect me from the waters." Said [Noah]: "Today there is no protection [for anyone] from God's judgment, save [for] those who have earned [His] mercy!" And a wave rose up between them, and [the son] was among those who were drowned.
- Sahih International
- [But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Allāh, except for whom He gives mercy." And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | سَـَٔاوِىٓsaāwī | I will betake myself | أوي |
| 3 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 4 | جَبَلٍۢjabalin | a mountain | جبل |
| 5 | يَعْصِمُنِىyaʿṣimunī | (that) will save me | عصم |
| 6 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 7 | ٱلْمَآءِ ۚl-māi | the water | موه |
| 8 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 9 | لَاlā | (There is) no | — |
| 10 | عَاصِمَʿāṣima | protector | عصم |
| 11 | ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawma | today | يوم |
| 12 | مِنْmin | from | — |
| 13 | أَمْرِamri | the Command of Allah | أمر |
| 14 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | the Command of Allah | أله |
| 15 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 16 | مَنman | (on) whom | — |
| 17 | رَّحِمَ ۚraḥima | He has mercy | رحم |
| 18 | وَحَالَwaḥāla | And came | حول |
| 19 | بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā | (in) between them | بين |
| 20 | ٱلْمَوْجُl-mawju | the waves | موج |
| 21 | فَكَانَfakāna | so he was | كون |
| 22 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 23 | ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَl-mugh'raqīna | the drowned | غرق |