Surah 11 Hud — Ayah 29
وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚ إِنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُوا۟ رَبِّهِمْ وَلَٰكِنِّىٓ أَرَىٰكُمْ قَوْمًۭا تَجْهَلُونَ
Qoomkayow idin warsan maayo Xoolo, Ajirkayga Eebaa haya, mana eryayo kuwa xaqa rumeeyey illeen iyagu waxayla kulmi Eebahoode, waxaanse idinku arkaa Qoom Jaahiliina.
wayāqawmi lā asalukum ʿalayhi mālan in ajriya illā ʿalā l-lahi wamā anā biṭāridi alladhīna āmanū innahum mulāqū rabbihim walākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūna
Word by word
- وَيَـٰقَوْمِ wayāqawmi And O my people
- لَآ lā not
- أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ asalukum I ask (of) you
- عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi for it
- مَالًا ۖ mālan any wealth
- إِنْ in Not
- أَجْرِىَ ajriya (is) my reward
- إِلَّا illā except
- عَلَى ʿalā from
- ٱللَّهِ ۚ l-lahi Allah
- وَمَآ wamā And not
- أَنَا۠ anā I am
- بِطَارِدِ biṭāridi going to drive away
- ٱلَّذِينَ alladhīna those who
- ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚ āmanū believed
- إِنَّهُم innahum Indeed, they
- مُّلَـٰقُوا۟ mulāqū (will) be meeting
- رَبِّهِمْ rabbihim their Lord
- وَلَـٰكِنِّىٓ walākinnī but I
- أَرَىٰكُمْ arākum see you
- قَوْمًۭا qawman (are) a people
- تَجْهَلُونَ tajhalūna ignorant
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ
(I am not going to drive away those who have believed.) This alludes to the fact that they (the disbelievers) requested Nuh to disassociate himself from the believers, because they were averse to them and felt themselves too important to sit with them. This is similar to the request of disbelievers to the seal of the Messengers ﷺ to disassociate himself from a group of the people who were considered weak in their social status. They wanted the Prophet to sit with them in a special gathering of the elite. Therefore, Allah revealed,
وَلاَ تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِىِّ
(And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning and afternoon.) Allah also says,
وَكَذلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لِّيَقُولواْ أَهَـؤُلاءِ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّن بَيْنِنَآ أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِالشَّـكِرِينَ
(Thus We have tried some of them with others, that they might say: "Is it these (poor believers) whom Allah has favored from among us" Does not Allah know best those who are grateful)6:53