Surah Nuh — Verse 21

Noah · 71:21 · 21/28

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawneewattabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illakhasara

Verse recitation

Translations of this verse 11

Saheeh International

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin;

Marmaduke Pickthall

Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.

Mufti Taqi Usmani

And said NūH, “My Lord, they disobeyed me, and followed him whose wealth and children added nothing to him but loss,

Al-Hilali & Khan

Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.

Abul A'la Maududi (Tafhim)

Noah said: “My Lord, they did not pay heed to what I said, and followed those (nobles) whose possession of wealth and children has led them to an even greater loss.

Muhammad Asad — The Message of the Qur’an

[And] Noah continued: "O my Sustainer! Behold, they have opposed me [throughout], for they follow people whose wealth and children lead them increasingly into ruin,

Rowwad · source edition

Noah said, “My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose wealth and children did not increase them except in loss[7].

Notes

[7] i.e., the lowly people among them followed their wealthy chiefs.

Hilali and Khan · source edition

21. Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.