The Holy Quran 11:44 — Surah Hud

Arabic text

وَقِيلَ يَـٰٓأَرْضُ ٱبْلَعِى مَآءَكِ وَيَـٰسَمَآءُ أَقْلِعِى وَغِيضَ ٱلْمَآءُ وَقُضِىَ ٱلْأَمْرُ وَٱسْتَوَتْ عَلَى ٱلْجُودِىِّ ۖ وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Translation

(After all the Kuffaar were drowned) The order was issued (from Allaah), "O Earth! Swallow your water and O sky! Stop (raining)!" The water subsided, the decision (to destroy the people of Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام) was over and the ark settled on Mount Judi. It was announced, "May the (tremendously) oppressive nation be (far) distanced (from Allaah's mercy)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The flood and its end: for a long time rain poured down as though the mouths of the sky had opened and the veils of the earth had burst. Even the trees and the hills were hidden under the water. All the people apart from those in the ark, those against whom Nuh ﵇ had made the supplication رَبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِيْنَ دَيَّارًا (“O my…

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