Surah 11 Hud — Ayah 40
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمْرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلْنَا ٱحْمِلْ فِيهَا مِن كُلٍّۢ زَوْجَيْنِ ٱثْنَيْنِ وَأَهْلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيْهِ ٱلْقَوْلُ وَمَنْ ءَامَنَ ۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٌۭ
تر هغه پورې چې كله زمونږ حكم راغى او تنور راوخوټېده، مونږ وویل: په دې (بېړۍ) كې له هر قسمه نه جوړه دوه دوه سواره كړه او خپل اهل هم، (خو) له هغه چا نه پرته چې په هغه باندې خبرې سبقت كړى دى۔ او هغه څوك هم (سواره كړه) چې ایمان يې راوړى دى او له ده سره ایمان نه و راوړى مګر ډېرو لږو (خلقو)
ḥattā idhā jāa amrunā wafāra l-tanūru qul'nā iḥ'mil fīhā min kullin zawjayni ith'nayni wa-ahlaka illā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu waman āmana wamā āmana maʿahu illā qalīlun
Word by word
- حَتَّىٰٓ ḥattā Till
- إِذَا idhā when
- جَآءَ jāa came
- أَمْرُنَا amrunā Our command
- وَفَارَ wafāra and overflowed
- ٱلتَّنُّورُ l-tanūru the oven
- قُلْنَا qul'nā We said
- ٱحْمِلْ iḥ'mil Load
- فِيهَا fīhā in it
- مِن min of
- كُلٍّۢ kullin every kind
- زَوْجَيْنِ zawjayni a pair
- ٱثْنَيْنِ ith'nayni two
- وَأَهْلَكَ wa-ahlaka and your family
- إِلَّا illā except
- مَن man who
- سَبَقَ sabaqa has preceded
- عَلَيْهِ ʿalayhi against him
- ٱلْقَوْلُ l-qawlu the word
- وَمَنْ waman and whoever
- ءَامَنَ ۚ āmana believed
- وَمَآ wamā And not
- ءَامَنَ āmana believed
- مَعَهُۥٓ maʿahu with him
- إِلَّا illā except
- قَلِيلٌۭ qalīlun a few
Tafsir · Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
The beginning of the Flood and Nuh loads Every Creature in Pairs upon the Ship
This was the promise of Allah to Nuh , when the command of Allah came, the rain was continuous and there was a severe storm which did not slacken or subside, as Allah said,
(So We opened the gates of the heaven with water pouring forth. And We caused springs to gush forth from the earth. So the waters (of the heaven and the earth) met for a matter predestined. And We carried him on a (ship) made of planks and nails. Floating under Our Eyes: a reward for him who had been rejected!)54:11-14 In reference to Allah's statement,
(and the oven gushed forth.) It is related from Ibn `Abbas that he said, "At-Tannur is the face of the earth." This verse means that the face of the earth became gushing water springs. This continued until the water gushed forth from the Tananir, which are places of fire. Therefore, water even gushed from the places where fire normally would be. This is the opinion of the majority of the Salaf (predecessors) and the scholars of the Khalaf (later generations). At this point, Allah commanded Nuh to select one pair from every kind of creature possessing a soul, and load them on the ship. Some said that this included other creatures as well, such as pairs of plants, male and female. It has also been said that the first of the birds to enter the ship was the parrot, and the last of the animals to enter was the donkey. Concerning Allah's statement,
(and your family -- except him against whom the Word has already gone forth) This means, "Load your family upon the ship." This is referring to the members of his household and his relatives, except him against whom the Word has already gone forth, for they did not believe in Allah. Among them was the son of Nuh, Yam, who went in hermitage. Among them was the wife of Nuh who was a disbeliever in Allah and His Messenger. Concerning Allah's statement,
(and those who believe.) from your people.
(And none believed with him, except a few.) This means that only a very small number believed, even after the long period of time that he (Nuh) was among them -- nine hundred and fifty years. It is reported from Ibn `Abbas that he said, "They were eighty people including their women."