Quran 11:50 — Hud, verse 50
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
To the Ad, We sent their brother, Hud. He said, ‘My people, worship God. You have no god other than Him; you are only making up lies.
وَإِلَىٰ عَادٍ أَخَاهُمْ هُودًا ۚ قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ ۖ إِنْ أَنْتُمْ إِلَّا مُفْتَرُونَ
wa-ilā ʿādin akhāhum hūdan qāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu in antum illā muf'tarūna
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And to Ad their brother Hood; he said, 'O my people, serve God! You have no god other than He; you are but forgers.
- Muhammad Asad
- AND UNTO [the tribe of] `Ad [We sent] their brother Hud. He said: "O my people! Worship God [alone]: you have no deity other than Him. [As it is,] you are but inventors of falsehood!
- Sahih International
- And to ʿAad [We sent] their brother Hūd. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. You are not but inventors [of falsehood].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَإِلَىٰwa-ilā | And to | — |
| 2 | عَادٍʿādin | Aad | عود |
| 3 | أَخَاهُمْakhāhum | (We sent) their brother | أخو |
| 4 | هُودًۭا ۚhūdan | Hud | هود |
| 5 | قَالَqāla | He said | قول |
| 6 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 7 | ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budū | Worship | عبد |
| 8 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 9 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 10 | لَكُمlakum | (is) for you | — |
| 11 | مِّنْmin | any | — |
| 12 | إِلَـٰهٍilāhin | god | أله |
| 13 | غَيْرُهُۥٓ ۖghayruhu | other than Him | غير |
| 14 | إِنْin | Not | — |
| 15 | أَنتُمْantum | you | — |
| 16 | إِلَّاillā | (are) but | — |
| 17 | مُفْتَرُونَmuf'tarūna | inventors | فري |