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Surah Hud, Verse 64

سورة هود، الآية ٦٤

11:64 Juz 12 Hizb 23 Page 229 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 11:64

وَيَٰقَوْمِ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ قَرِيبٌ ۝٦٤

Transliteration

wayāqawmi hādhihi nāqatu l-lahi lakum āyatan fadharūhā takul fī arḍi l-lahi walā tamassūhā bisūin fayakhudhakum ʿadhābun qarībun

Translation

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."

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Verse 64 of Surah Hud (11:64), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 229 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 64

Al-Mukhtasar

Ṣāliḥ told his people about a particular camel of Allah’s which was a clear miracle for them, and a sign of the truth of what he said. He told them to leave her to graze in Allah’s land and not to harm her in any way or a punishment would come to them near to the time that they harmed her.

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Other translations of verse 64

O my people, this she-camel32 of Allah is a sign to you; so leave her to graze in Allah’s land, and do not touch her with harm, or else an imminent punishment will overtake you.”

Notes

[32] See 7:73-79, 26:155-156.

"And O my people! This she-camel of Allâh is a sign to you, so leave her to feed (graze) in Allâh’s land, and touch her not with evil, lest a near torment should seize you."

O my people! This is the camel of Allah, a token unto you, so suffer her to feed in Allah's earth, and touch her not with harm lest a near torment seize you.

"And O my people! This she-camel of Allah is a symbol to you: leave her to feed on Allah's (free) earth, and inflict no harm on her, or a swift penalty will seize you!"

And, O my people! this will be (as) Allah's she-camel for you, a sign; therefore leave her to pasture on Allah's earth and do not touch her with evil, for then a near chastisement will overtake you.

And my people, this is the she-camel of Allah, a sign for you; so leave her out (free) to eat in the earth of Allah, and do not touch her with odious (treatment), (for) then a near torment would take you (away)."

Verse 64 word by word

  1. وَيَٰقَوْمِ wayāqawmi And O my people ق و م
  2. هَٰذِهِۦ hādhihi This
  3. نَاقَةُ nāqatu she-camel ن و ق
  4. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
  5. لَكُمْ lakum (is) for you
  6. ءَايَةً āyatan a Sign أ ي ي
  7. فَذَرُوهَا fadharūhā so leave her و ذ ر
  8. تَأْكُلْ takul to eat أ ك ل
  9. فِىٓ fī in
  10. أَرْضِ arḍi the earth أ ر ض
  11. ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
  12. وَلَا walā and (do) not
  13. تَمَسُّوهَا tamassūhā touch her م س س
  14. بِسُوٓءٍ bisūin with harm س و أ
  15. فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ fayakhudhakum lest will seize you أ خ ذ
  16. عَذَابٌ ʿadhābun a punishment ع ذ ب
  17. قَرِيبٌ qarībun impending ق ر ب

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  • Al-A’raf 7:73

    وَإِلَىٰ ثَمُودَ أَخَاهُمْ صَٰلِحًا قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ مَا لَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۥ قَدْ جَآءَتْكُم بَيِّنَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّكُمْ هَٰذِهِۦ نَاقَةُ ٱللَّهِ لَكُمْ ءَايَةً فَذَرُوهَا تَأْكُلْ فِىٓ أَرْضِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

    And to the Thamūd [We sent] their brother Ṣāliḥ. He said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. There has come to you clear evidence from your Lord. This is the she-camel of Allāh [sent] to you as a sign. So leave her to eat within Allāh's land and do not touch her with harm, lest there seize you a painful punishment.

  • Ash-Shu’ara 26:156

    وَلَا تَمَسُّوهَا بِسُوٓءٍ فَيَأْخُذَكُمْ عَذَابُ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ

    And do not touch her with harm, lest you be seized by the punishment of a terrible day."

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