هُود : ٤٦

  • قَالَ He said
  • يَٰنُوحُ O Nuh!
  • إِنَّهُۥ Indeed he
  • لَيۡسَ (is) not
  • مِنۡ of
  • أَهۡلِكَۖ your family
  • إِنَّهُۥ indeed [he]
  • عَمَلٌ (his) deed
  • غَيۡرُ (is) other than
  • صَٰلِحٖۖ righteous
  • فَلَا so (do) not
  • تَسۡـَٔلۡنِ ask Me
  • مَا (about) what
  • لَيۡسَ not
  • لَكَ you have
  • بِهِۦ of it
  • عِلۡمٌۖ any knowledge
  • إِنِّيٓ Indeed I
  • أَعِظُكَ admonish you
  • أَن lest
  • تَكُونَ you be
  • مِنَ among
  • ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ the ignorant
He said, "O Noah, indeed he is not of your family; indeed, he is [one whose] work was other than righteous, so ask Me not for that about which you have no knowledge. Indeed, I advise you, lest you be among the ignorant."
He, [God] exalted be He, said: 'O Noah, lo! he is not of your family, of those [who will be] saved, or of the followers of your religion; lo! it, that is, your asking me to save him, is not a righteous deed, for he is a disbeliever and there is no deliverance for disbelievers ('aamalun ghayru saalihin, 'it is not a righteous deed': a variant reading has 'aamila, the verb, with ghayra in the accusative, in which case the person governing [the verb 'amila] is his son). So do not ask of Me (read either fa-laa tas'alanni, or fa-laa tas'alni) that whereof you have no knowledge, in respect to saving your son. I admonish you lest you be among the ignorant', when you ask about what you do not know.