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Surah Hud, Verse 80

سورة هود، الآية ٨٠

11:80 Juz 12 Hizb 23 Page 230 of the mushaf Meccan surah

Text of verse 11:80

قَالَ لَوْ أَنَّ لِى بِكُمْ قُوَّةً أَوْ ءَاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ ۝٨٠

Transliteration

qāla law anna lī bikum quwwatan aw āwī ilā ruk'nin shadīdin

Translation

He said, "If only I had against you some power or could take refuge in a strong support."

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Verse 80 of Surah Hud (11:80), a Meccan surah, is in juz 12, on page 230 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 80

Al-Mukhtasar

Lot said that if only he had strength to use against them or people to support him, then he would be able to come between them and his guests.

Tafsir of the whole Surah Hud

Other translations of verse 80

He said, “Would that I had some strength [to stop you] or could rely on a mighty support!”

He said: "Would that I had strength (men) to overpower you, or that I could betake myself to some powerful support (to resist you)."

He said: Would that I had strength to resist you or had some strong support (among you)!

He said: "Would that I had power to suppress you or that I could betake myself to some powerful support."

He said: Ah! that I had power to suppress you, rather I shall have recourse to a strong support.

He said, "If only I had power against you, or had my abode valiant support."

Verse 80 word by word

  1. قَالَ qāla He said ق و ل
  2. لَوْ law If
  3. أَنَّ anna that
  4. لِى lī I had
  5. بِكُمْ bikum over you
  6. قُوَّةً quwwatan power ق و ي
  7. أَوْ aw or
  8. ءَاوِىٓ āwī I could take refuge أ و ي
  9. إِلَىٰ ilā in
  10. رُكْنٍ ruk'nin a support ر ك ن
  11. شَدِيدٍ shadīdin strong ش د د

Hadiths that cite this verse

Not graded Al-Adab al-Mufrad 605

Abu Hurayra reported that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "The noble son of the noble son of the noble son of the noble son was Yusuf son of Ya'qub son of Ishaq son of Ibrahim, the Khalil (close friend) of the Merciful, the blessed and Exalted." The Messenger…

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلاَمٍ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدَةُ، قَالَ‏:‏ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ‏:‏ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏:‏…

+ 2 other versions

Good (hasan) Jami' at-Tirmidhi 3116

that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Indeed, the honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the honorable, the son of the honorable: Yusuf bin Ya'qub bin Ishaq bin Ibrahim." He said: "And if I were to have remained in the prison as long as Yusuf, then the messenger came, I would have…

"‏ إِنَّ الْكَرِيمَ بْنَ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ الْكَرِيمِ بْنِ الْكَرِيمِ يُوسُفُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ ثُمَّ جَاءَنِي الرَّسُولُ أَجَبْتُ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ…

+ 5 other versions

Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 3387

Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on Lot. He wanted to have a powerful support. If I were to stay in prison (for a period equal to) the stay of Joseph (prison) and then the offer of freedom came to me, then I would have accepted it." (See Hadith No. 591)

يَرْحَمُ اللَّهُ لُوطًا، لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْوِي إِلَى رُكْنٍ شَدِيدٍ، وَلَوْ لَبِثْتُ فِي السِّجْنِ مَا لَبِثَ يُوسُفُ ثُمَّ أَتَانِي الدَّاعِي لأَجَبْتُهُ ‏"

Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 12 other versions

Other hadiths (3)

Verses related to verse 80

Cited by Ibn Kathir in his explanation of this verse

  • Al-Qamar 54:37–39

    وَلَقَدْ رَٰوَدُوهُ عَن ضَيْفِهِۦ فَطَمَسْنَآ أَعْيُنَهُمْ فَذُوقُوا۟ عَذَابِى وَنُذُرِ …

    And they had demanded from him his guests, but We obliterated their eyes, [saying], "Taste My punishment and warning." …

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