Surah Hud (هود) • Hud

Quran 11:43

11:43

قَالَ سَـَٔاوِىٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٍ يَعْصِمُنِى مِنَ ٱلْمَآءِ ۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلْيَوْمَ مِنْ أَمْرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَ ۚ وَحَالَ بَيْنَهُمَا ٱلْمَوْجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَ

qāla saāwī ilā jabalin yaʿṣimunī mina l-māi qāla lā ʿāṣima l-yawma min amri l-lahi illā man raḥima waḥāla baynahumā l-mawju fakāna mina l-mugh'raqīna

[But] he said, "I will take refuge on a mountain to protect me from the water." [Noah] said, "There is no protector today from the decree of Allāh, except for whom He gives mercy." And the waves came between them, and he was among the drowned.

— Saheeh International

But he replied, ‘I will seek refuge on a mountain to save me from the water.’ Noah said, ‘Today there is no refuge from God’s command, except for those on whom He has mercy.’ The waves cut them off from each other and he was among the drowned.

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

(The son) replied: "I will betake myself to some mountain; it will save me from the water." Nûh (Noah) said: "This day there is no saviour from the Decree of Allâh except him on whom He has mercy." And waves came in between them, so he (the son) was among the drowned.

— Muhammad Muhsin Khan & Muhammad Taqi-ud-Din al-Hilali

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaHe said
سَـَٔاوِىٓsaāwīI will betake myself
إِلَىٰilāto
جَبَلٍۢjabalina mountain
يَعْصِمُنِىyaʿṣimunī(that) will save me
مِنَminafrom
ٱلْمَآءِۚl-māithe water
قَالَqālaHe said
لَاlā(There is) no
عَاصِمَʿāṣimaprotector
ٱلْيَوْمَl-yawmatoday
مِنْminfrom
أَمْرِamrithe Command of Allah
ٱللَّهِl-lahithe Command of Allah
إِلَّاillāexcept
مَنman(on) whom
رَّحِمَۚraḥimaHe has mercy
وَحَالَwaḥālaAnd came
بَيْنَهُمَاbaynahumā(in) between them
ٱلْمَوْجُl-mawjuthe waves
فَكَانَfakānaso he was
مِنَminaamong
ٱلْمُغْرَقِينَl-mugh'raqīnathe drowned