Quran 71:21 — Nooh, verse 21
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin;
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَنْ لَمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
qāla nūḥun rabbi innahum ʿaṣawnī wa-ittabaʿū man lam yazid'hu māluhu wawaladuhu illā khasāran
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- Noah said, 'My Lord, they have rebelled against me, and followed him whose wealth and children increase him only in loss,
- Muhammad Asad
- [And] Noah continued: "O my Sustainer! Behold, they have opposed me [throughout], for they follow people whose wealth and children lead them increasingly into ruin,
- Sahih International
- Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | قَالَqāla | Said | قول |
| 2 | نُوحٌۭnūḥun | Nuh | — |
| 3 | رَّبِّrabbi | My Lord | ربب |
| 4 | إِنَّهُمْinnahum | Indeed, they | — |
| 5 | عَصَوْنِىʿaṣawnī | disobeyed me | عصي |
| 6 | وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿū | and followed | تبع |
| 7 | مَنman | (the one) who | — |
| 8 | لَّمْlam | (did) not | — |
| 9 | يَزِدْهُyazid'hu | increase him | زيد |
| 10 | مَالُهُۥmāluhu | his wealth | مول |
| 11 | وَوَلَدُهُۥٓwawaladuhu | and his children | ولد |
| 12 | إِلَّاillā | except | — |
| 13 | خَسَارًۭاkhasāran | (in) loss | خسر |