Surah Nuh (نوح) • Noah

Quran 71:21

71:21

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

qāla nūḥun rabbi innahum ʿaṣawnī wa-ittabaʿū man lam yazid'hu māluhu wawaladuhu illā khasāran

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

— Saheeh International

Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin;

— M. A. S. Abdel Haleem

Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.

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

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Word by Word

قَالَqālaSaid
نُوحٌۭnūḥunNuh
رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
عَصَوْنِىʿaṣawnīdisobeyed me
وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
مَنman(the one) who
لَّمْlam(did) not
يَزِدْهُyazid'huincrease him
مَالُهُۥmāluhuhis wealth
وَوَلَدُهُۥٓwawaladuhuand his children
إِلَّاillāexcept
خَسَارًۭاkhasāran(in) loss