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Surah Hud, Verse 36

سورة هود، الآية ٣٦

11:36 Juz 12 Hizb 23 Page 225 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 11:36

وَأُوحِىَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤْمِنَ مِن قَوْمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدْ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبْتَئِسْ بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَفْعَلُونَ ۝٣٦

Transliteration

waūḥiya ilā nūḥin annahu lan yu'mina min qawmika illā man qad āmana falā tabta-is bimā kānū yafʿalūna

Translation

And it was revealed to Noah that, "No one will believe from your people except those who have already believed, so do not be distressed by what they have been doing.

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Verse 36 of Surah Hud (11:36), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 225 of the mushaf. Read it in Arabic with its transliteration, translations and tafsir, and listen to it recited by 73 reciters.

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Tafsir of verse 36

Al-Mukhtasar

Allah revealed to Noah that none of his people would believe, except those who already believed; and He told him not to be saddened by their rejection and ridicule over the many years.

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Other translations of verse 36

It was revealed to Noah, “None of your people will ever believe except those who have already believed. So do not grieve over what they do16.

Notes

[16] i.e., rejecting the message and mockery.

And it was revealed to Nûh (Noah): "None of your people will believe except those who have believed already. So be not sad because of what they used to do.

And it was inspired in Noah, (saying): No-one of thy folk will believe save him who hath believed already. Be not distressed because of what they do.

It was revealed to Noah: "None of thy people will believe except those who have believed already! So grieve no longer over their (evil) deeds.

And it was revealed to Nuh: That none of your people will believe except those who have already believed, therefore do not grieve at what they do:

And it was revealed to Nûh (that), "Never will any of your people believe, except him who has already believed; so do not feel chagrined for whatever they were performing.

Verse 36 word by word

  1. وَأُوحِىَ waūḥiya And it was revealed و ح ي
  2. إِلَىٰ ilā to
  3. نُوحٍ nūḥin Nuh
  4. أَنَّهُۥ annahu That
  5. لَن lan will never
  6. يُؤْمِنَ yu'mina believe أ م ن
  7. مِن min from
  8. قَوْمِكَ qawmika your people ق و م
  9. إِلَّا illā except
  10. مَن man (those) who
  11. قَدْ qad have already
  12. ءَامَنَ āmana believed أ م ن
  13. فَلَا falā So (do) not
  14. تَبْتَئِسْ tabta-is (be) distressed ب أ س
  15. بِمَا bimā by what
  16. كَانُوا۟ kānū they have been ك و ن
  17. يَفْعَلُونَ yafʿalūna doing ف ع ل

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Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 6612

I did not see anything so resembling minor sins as what Abu Huraira said from the Prophet, who said, "Allah has written for the son of Adam his inevitable share of adultery whether he is aware of it or not: The adultery of the eye is the looking (at something which is sinful to look at), and the…

إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ عَلَى ابْنِ آدَمَ حَظَّهُ مِنَ الزِّنَا، أَدْرَكَ ذَلِكَ لاَ مَحَالَةَ، فَزِنَا الْعَيْنِ النَّظَرُ، وَزِنَا اللِّسَانِ الْمَنْطِقُ، وَالنَّفْسُ تَمَنَّى وَتَشْتَهِي، وَالْفَرْجُ يُصَدِّقُ ذَلِكَ…

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