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
Translations of this verse 7
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.