Quran 11:46 — Hud, verse 46
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
God said, ‘Noah, he was not one of your family. What he did was not right. Do not ask Me for things you know nothing about. I am warning you not to be foolish.’
قَالَ يَا نُوحُ إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ ۖ إِنَّهُ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَالِحٍ ۖ فَلَا تَسْأَلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِ عِلْمٌ ۖ إِنِّي أَعِظُكَ أَنْ تَكُونَ مِنَ الْجَاهِلِينَ
qāla yānūḥu innahu laysa min ahlika innahu ʿamalun ghayru ṣāliḥin falā tasalni mā laysa laka bihi ʿil'mun innī aʿiẓuka an takūna mina l-jāhilīna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Said He, 'Noah, he is not of thy family; it is a deed not righteous. Do not ask of Me that whereof thou hast no knowledge. I admonish thee, lest thou shouldst be among the ignorant.'
- Muhammad Asad
- [God] answered: "O Noah, behold, he was not of thy family, for, verily, he was unrighteous in his conduct. And thou shalt not ask of Me anything whereof thou canst not have any knowledge: thus, behold, do I admonish thee lest thou become one of those who are unaware [of what is right]."
- Sahih International
- He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 2 | يَـٰنُوحُyānūḥu | O Nuh | — |
| 3 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | Indeed, he | — |
| 4 | لَيْسَlaysa | (is) not | ليس |
| 5 | مِنْmin | of | — |
| 6 | أَهْلِكَ ۖahlika | your family | أهل |
| 7 | إِنَّهُۥinnahu | indeed, [he] | — |
| 8 | عَمَلٌʿamalun | (his) deed | عمل |
| 9 | غَيْرُghayru | (is) other than | غير |
| 10 | صَـٰلِحٍۢ ۖṣāliḥin | righteous | صلح |
| 11 | فَلَاfalā | so (do) not | — |
| 12 | تَسْـَٔلْنِtasalni | ask Me | سأل |
| 13 | مَاmā | (about) what | — |
| 14 | لَيْسَlaysa | not | ليس |
| 15 | لَكَlaka | you have | — |
| 16 | بِهِۦbihi | of it | — |
| 17 | عِلْمٌ ۖʿil'mun | any knowledge | علم |
| 18 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 19 | أَعِظُكَaʿiẓuka | admonish you | وعظ |
| 20 | أَنan | lest | — |
| 21 | تَكُونَtakūna | you be | كون |
| 22 | مِنَmina | among | — |
| 23 | ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَl-jāhilīna | the ignorant | جهل |