Quran 21:76 — Al-Anbiyaa, verse 76
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Long before that, We answered Noah when he cried out to Us: We saved him and his family from the great calamity
وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِنْ قَبْلُ فَاسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُ فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَأَهْلَهُ مِنَ الْكَرْبِ الْعَظِيمِ
wanūḥan idh nādā min qablu fa-is'tajabnā lahu fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And Noah -- when he called before, and We answered him, and delivered him and his people from the great distress,
- Muhammad Asad
- AND [remember] Noah - [how,] when He called out [unto Us], long before [the time of Abraham and Lot], We responded to him and saved him and his household from that awesome calamity;
- Sahih International
- And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | وَنُوحًاwanūḥan | And Nuh | — |
| 2 | إِذْidh | when | — |
| 3 | نَادَىٰnādā | he called | ندو |
| 4 | مِنmin | before | — |
| 5 | قَبْلُqablu | before | قبل |
| 6 | فَٱسْتَجَبْنَاfa-is'tajabnā | so We responded | جوب |
| 7 | لَهُۥlahu | to him | — |
| 8 | فَنَجَّيْنَـٰهُfanajjaynāhu | and We saved him | نجو |
| 9 | وَأَهْلَهُۥwa-ahlahu | and his family | أهل |
| 10 | مِنَmina | from | — |
| 11 | ٱلْكَرْبِl-karbi | the affliction | كرب |
| 12 | ٱلْعَظِيمِl-ʿaẓīmi | [the] great | عظم |