Quran 11:64 — Hud, verse 64
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
My people, this camel belongs to God, a sign for you, so leave it to pasture on God’s earth and do not harm it, or you will soon be punished.’
وَيَا قَوْمِ هَـٰذِهِ نَاقَةُ اللَّهِ لَكُمْ آيَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِي أَرْضِ اللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ قَرِيبٌ
wayāqawmi hādhihi nāqatu l-lahi lakum āyatan fadharūhā takul fī arḍi l-lahi walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābun qarībun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- O my people, this is the She-camel of God, to be a sign for you. Leave her that she may eat in God's earth, and touch her not with evil, lest you' be seized by a nigh chastisement.'
- Muhammad Asad
- And [then he said]: "O my people! This she-camel belonging to God shall be a token for you: so leave her alone to pasture on God's earth, and do her no harm, lest speedy chastisement befall you!"
- Sahih International
- And O my people, this is the she-camel of Allāh - [she is] to you a sign. So let her feed upon Allāh's earth and do not touch her with harm, or you will be taken by an impending punishment."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَيَـٰقَوْمِwayāqawmi | And O my people | قوم |
| 2 | هَـٰذِهِۦhādhihi | This | — |
| 3 | نَاقَةُnāqatu | she-camel | نوق |
| 4 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 5 | لَكُمْlakum | (is) for you | — |
| 6 | ءَايَةًۭāyatan | a Sign | أيي |
| 7 | فَذَرُوهَاfadharūhā | so leave her | وذر |
| 8 | تَأْكُلْtakul | to eat | أكل |
| 9 | فِىٓfī | in | — |
| 10 | أَرْضِarḍi | the earth | أرض |
| 11 | ٱللَّهِl-lahi | (of) Allah | أله |
| 12 | وَلَاwalā | and (do) not | — |
| 13 | تَمَسُّوهَاtamassūhā | touch her | مسس |
| 14 | بِسُوٓءٍۢbisūin | with harm | سوأ |
| 15 | فَيَأْخُذَكُمْfayakhudhakum | lest will seize you | أخذ |
| 16 | عَذَابٌۭʿadhābun | a punishment | عذب |
| 17 | قَرِيبٌۭqarībun | impending | قرب |