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Surah Al-Anbya, Verse 76

سورة الأنبياء، الآية ٧٦

21:76 Juz 17 Hizb 33 Page 328 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 21:76

وَنُوحًا إِذْ نَادَىٰ مِن قَبْلُ فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا لَهُۥ فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ ۝٧٦

Transliteration

wanūḥan idh nādā min qablu fa-is'tajabnā lahu fanajjaynāhu wa-ahlahu mina l-karbi l-ʿaẓīmi

Translation

And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allāh]895 before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great affliction [i.e., the flood].

Notes

[895] i.e., supplicated against his people who had persisted in denial and animosity. See 71:26-28.

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Verse 76 of Surah Al-Anbya (21:76), a Meccan surah, is in juz 17, on page 328 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 74 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 76

Al-Mukhtasar

O Messenger! Mention the story of Noah when he called to Allah before Abraham and Lot, and so He accepted his call by granting him what he asked for: Allah saved him and his believing family members from the great sorrow.

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Other translations of verse 76

And [remember] Noah, when he called out29 to Us before, so We responded to him and saved him and his household30 from the great distress.

Notes

[29] i.e., supplicated against his people who had persisted in denial.
[30] i.e., the believers of his household.

And (remember) Nûh (Noah), when he cried (to Us) aforetime. We answered his invocation and saved him and his family from the great distress.

And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him and his household from the great affliction.

(Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened to his (prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress.

And Nuh, when he cried aforetime, so We answered him, and delivered him and his followers from the great calamity.

And Nuh, (Noah) as he called out (to Us) earlier, so We responded to him; then We safely delivered him and his family from the tremendous agony.

Verse 76 word by word

  1. وَنُوحًا wanūḥan And Nuh
  2. إِذْ idh when
  3. نَادَىٰ nādā he called ن د ي
  4. مِن min before
  5. قَبْلُ qablu before ق ب ل
  6. فَٱسْتَجَبْنَا fa-is'tajabnā so We responded ج و ب
  7. لَهُۥ lahu to him
  8. فَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ fanajjaynāhu and We saved him ن ج و
  9. وَأَهْلَهُۥ wa-ahlahu and his family أ ه ل
  10. مِنَ mina from
  11. ٱلْكَرْبِ l-karbi the affliction ك ر ب
  12. ٱلْعَظِيمِ l-ʿaẓīmi [the] great ع ظ م

Verses related to verse 76

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • As-Saffat 37:100

    رَبِّ هَبْ لِى مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    My Lord, grant me [a child] from among the righteous."

  • Al-Qamar 54:10

    فَدَعَا رَبَّهُۥٓ أَنِّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَٱنتَصِرْ

    So he invoked his Lord, "Indeed, I am overpowered, so help."

  • Nuh 71:26–27

    وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا …

    And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant. …

  • Hud 11:40

    حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌ

    [So it was], until when Our command came and the oven overflowed, We said, "Load upon it [i.e., the ship] of each [creature] two mates and your family, except those about whom the word [i.e., decree] has preceded, and [include] whoever has believed." But none had believed with him, except a few.

Verses with similar wording

They share a sequence of words with this verse: useful for telling them apart when memorising.

  • As-Saffat 37:76

    وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُ وَأَهْلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    And We saved him and his family from the great affliction.

  • As-Saffat 37:115

    وَنَجَّيْنَٰهُمَا وَقَوْمَهُمَا مِنَ ٱلْكَرْبِ ٱلْعَظِيمِ

    And We saved them and their people from the great affliction,

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