Surah Hud Ayah 31

Hud · Ayah 31 · Juz 12 · Page 225

وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡ عِندِي خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّي مَلَكٞ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزۡدَرِيٓ أَعۡيُنُكُمۡ لَن يُؤۡتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيۡرًاۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ ٣١

Wa lā aqūlu lakum ʿindī khazāʾinullāhi wa lā aʿlamul-ghayba wa lā aqūlu innī malakuw wa lā aqūlu lil-ladhīna tazdarī aʿyunukum lay yuʾtiyahumullāhu khayrā, allāhu aʿlamu bimā fī anfusihim innī idhal laminaẓ-ẓālimīn.

And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allāh or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allāh will never grant them any good. Allāh is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers [i.e., the unjust]."

Translation: Sahih International

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Tafsir

And I do not say to you that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor that I know the Ghayb; nor do I say I am an angel, and I do not say of those whom your eyes look down upon that Allah will not bestow any good on them. Allah knows what is in their inner selves. In that case, I should, indeed be one of the wrongdoers (31)

Nuh is informing them that he is a Messenger from Allah, calling to the worship of Allah alone, without any partners and he is doing this by the permission of Allah. At the same time, he is not asking them for any reward for this work. He invites whomever he meets, whether of nobility or low class. Therefore, whoever responds favorably, then he has achieved salvation. He also explains that he has no power to manipulate the hidden treasures of Allah, nor does he have any knowledge of the Unseen, except what Allah has allowed him to know. Likewise, he is not an angel, rather, he is merely a human Messenger aided with miracles. Nuh goes on to say, "I do not say about these people whom you (disbelievers) detest and look down upon, that Allah will not reward them for their deeds. Allah knows best what is in their souls. If they are believers in their hearts, as their condition appears to be outwardly, then they will have a good reward. If anyone behaves evilly with them after they have believed, then he is a wrongdoer who speaks what he has no knowledge of.

Word by word31 words

  • وَلَآAnd not
  • أَقُولُI say
  • لَكُمۡto you
  • عِندِي(that) with me
  • خَزَآئِنُ(are the) treasures
  • ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah
  • وَلَآand not
  • أَعۡلَمُI know
  • ٱلۡغَيۡبَthe unseen
  • وَلَآand not
  • أَقُولُI say
  • إِنِّيthat I am
  • مَلَكٞan Angel
  • وَلَآand not
  • أَقُولُI say
  • لِلَّذِينَfor those whom
  • تَزۡدَرِيٓlook down upon
  • أَعۡيُنُكُمۡyour eyes
  • لَنnever
  • يُؤۡتِيَهُمُwill Allah give them
  • ٱللَّهُwill Allah give them
  • خَيۡرًاۖany good
  • ٱللَّهُAllah
  • أَعۡلَمُknows best
  • بِمَاwhat
  • فِيٓ(is) in
  • أَنفُسِهِمۡtheir souls
  • إِنِّيٓIndeed, I
  • إِذٗاthen
  • لَّمِنَ(will be) surely of
  • ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoers

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Hizb
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