Quran 11:44 — Hud, verse 44
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Then it was said, ‘Earth, swallow up your water, and sky, hold back,’ and the water subsided, the command was fulfilled. The Ark settled on Mount Judi, and it was said, ‘Gone are those evildoing people!’
وَقِيلَ يَا أَرْضُ ابْلَعِي مَاءَكِ وَيَا سَمَاءُ أَقْلِعِي وَغِيضَ الْمَاءُ وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
waqīla yāarḍu ib'laʿī māaki wayāsamāu aqliʿī waghīḍa l-māu waquḍiya l-amru wa-is'tawat ʿalā l-jūdiyi waqīla buʿ'dan lil'qawmi l-ẓālimīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And it was said, 'Earth, swallow thy waters; and, heaven, abate!' And the waters subsided, the affair was accomplished, and the Ark settled on El-Judi, and it was said: 'Away with the people of the evildoers!'
- Muhammad Asad
- And the word was spoken: "O earth, swallow up thy waters! And, O sky, cease [thy rain]!" And the waters sank into the earth, and the will [of God] was done, and the ark came to rest on Mount Judl And the word was spoken: "Away with these evildoing folk!"
- Sahih International
- And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Jūdiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَقِيلَwaqīla | And it was said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰٓأَرْضُyāarḍu | O earth | أرض |
| 3 | ٱبْلَعِىib'laʿī | Swallow | بلع |
| 4 | مَآءَكِmāaki | your water | موه |
| 5 | وَيَـٰسَمَآءُwayāsamāu | and O sky | سمو |
| 6 | أَقْلِعِىaqliʿī | Withhold | قلع |
| 7 | وَغِيضَwaghīḍa | And subsided | غيض |
| 8 | ٱلْمَآءُl-māu | the water | موه |
| 9 | وَقُضِىَwaquḍiya | and was fulfilled | قضي |
| 10 | ٱلْأَمْرُl-amru | the Command | أمر |
| 11 | وَٱسْتَوَتْwa-is'tawat | And it rested | سوي |
| 12 | عَلَىʿalā | on | — |
| 13 | ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖl-jūdiyi | the Judi | — |
| 14 | وَقِيلَwaqīla | And it was said | قول |
| 15 | بُعْدًۭاbuʿ'dan | Away | بعد |
| 16 | لِّلْقَوْمِlil'qawmi | with the people | قوم |
| 17 | ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīna | the wrongdoers | ظلم |