Surah 11 Hud — Ayah 31
وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّى مَلَكٌۭ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِىٓ أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَن يُؤْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرًا ۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ إِنِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ
Ja vam ne kažem: 'U mene su Allahove riznice' - niti: 'Meni je poznato ono što je čulima nedokučivo' - niti kažem: 'Ja sam melek' - a ne govorim ni o onima koje vaše oči s prezirom gledaju: 'Allah im nikakvo dobro neće dati', Allah najbolje zna šta je u dušama njihovim - a ja bih se tada, sigurno, među zulumćare svrstao."
walā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāinu l-lahi walā aʿlamu l-ghayba walā aqūlu innī malakun walā aqūlu lilladhīna tazdarī aʿyunukum lan yu'tiyahumu l-lahu khayran l-lahu aʿlamu bimā fī anfusihim innī idhan lamina l-ẓālimīna
Word by word
- وَلَآ walā And not
- أَقُولُ aqūlu I say
- لَكُمْ lakum to you
- عِندِى ʿindī (that) with me
- خَزَآئِنُ khazāinu (are the) treasures
- ٱللَّهِ l-lahi (of) Allah
- وَلَآ walā and not
- أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu I know
- ٱلْغَيْبَ l-ghayba the unseen
- وَلَآ walā and not
- أَقُولُ aqūlu I say
- إِنِّى innī that I am
- مَلَكٌۭ malakun an Angel
- وَلَآ walā and not
- أَقُولُ aqūlu I say
- لِلَّذِينَ lilladhīna for those whom
- تَزْدَرِىٓ tazdarī look down upon
- أَعْيُنُكُمْ aʿyunukum your eyes
- لَن lan never
- يُؤْتِيَهُمُ yu'tiyahumu will Allah give them
- ٱللَّهُ l-lahu will Allah give them
- خَيْرًا ۖ khayran any good
- ٱللَّهُ l-lahu Allah
- أَعْلَمُ aʿlamu knows best
- بِمَا bimā what
- فِىٓ fī (is) in
- أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ anfusihim their souls
- إِنِّىٓ innī Indeed, I
- إِذًۭا idhan then
- لَّمِنَ lamina (will be) surely of
- ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ l-ẓālimīna the wrongdoers
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