Surah 11 Hud — Ayah 28
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ أَرَءَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٍۢ مِّن رَّبِّى وَءَاتَىٰنِى رَحْمَةًۭ مِّنْ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ
[Noa] sade: "Vad anser ni, mitt folk? Om jag har ett klart vittnesbörd från min Herre som jag stöder mig på och Han stärker mig med Sin nåd, men [budskapet] ändå förefaller er dunkelt - kan vi då tvinga er att godta det mot er vilja?
qāla yāqawmi ara-aytum in kuntu ʿalā bayyinatin min rabbī waātānī raḥmatan min ʿindihi faʿummiyat ʿalaykum anul'zimukumūhā wa-antum lahā kārihūna
Word by word
- قَالَ qāla He said
- يَـٰقَوْمِ yāqawmi O my people
- أَرَءَيْتُمْ ara-aytum Do you see
- إِن in if
- كُنتُ kuntu I was
- عَلَىٰ ʿalā on
- بَيِّنَةٍۢ bayyinatin (the) clear proof
- مِّن min from
- رَّبِّى rabbī my Lord
- وَءَاتَىٰنِى waātānī while He has given me
- رَحْمَةًۭ raḥmatan mercy
- مِّنْ min from
- عِندِهِۦ ʿindihi Himself
- فَعُمِّيَتْ faʿummiyat but (it) has been obscured
- عَلَيْكُمْ ʿalaykum from you
- أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا anul'zimukumūhā should We compel you (to accept) it
- وَأَنتُمْ wa-antum while you (are)
- لَهَا lahā averse to it
- كَـٰرِهُونَ kārihūna averse to it
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The Response of Nuh
Allah says, informing about the response of Nuh to his people,
(Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Lord,) Bayyinah means certainty, a clear matter, and truthful prophethood. That is the greatest mercy from Allah upon him (Nuh) and them (his people).
(but that (mercy) has been obscured from your sight.) "Obscured from your sight" in this verse means, `it was hidden from you and you are not guided to it. Thus, you people did not know its importance so you hastily rejected and denied it.'
(Shall we compel you (to accept) it) This means, "Should we force you to accept it, while you actually detest it."