The Holy Quran 11:46 — Surah Hud

Arabic text

قَالَ يَـٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيْسَ مِنْ أَهْلِكَ ۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيْرُ صَـٰلِحٍ ۖ فَلَا تَسْـَٔلْنِ مَا لَيْسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلْمٌ ۖ إِنِّىٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلْجَـٰهِلِينَ

Translation

Allaah said, "O Nooh عليه الصلاة والسلام! Indeed he was not from your family (he was not destined to be a Mu'min like the others and therefore could not be saved). His actions were certainly incorrect (he committed kufr and rejected Imaan), so do not ask Me about that which you have no knowledge (do not ask me to save him when you have no knowledge about his inner condition). I advise you not to be of the ignorant (those who address subjects that they do not have knowledge about)."

Tafsir (excerpt) — Tafsir Usmani

The reasons for Nuh’s ﵇ supplication concerning his son: as to when Nuh ﵇ made this plea, before Canaan drowned or after, both possibilities exist. Likewise, it is possible both that, seeing Canaan’s hypocritical ways and conduct, he mistakenly took him for a believer, and that he made this request in the court of Almighty Allah while considering him a…

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