The Poets (Al-Shu‘ara’)
Verses 116-122 GROUP_956 26.116-122
116
قَالُوا لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ
They said, ‘Noah, if you do not desist, you will be stoned.’
117
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ
Noah said, ‘My Lord, my people have rejected me,
118
فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَن مَّعِي مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ
therefore, judge decisively between me and them; and save me and the believers who are with me.’
119
فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ
So We saved him, and those who were with him in the laden ark,
120
ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ
and drowned the rest.
121
إِنَّ فِي ذَلِكَ لَآيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ
There is certainly a sign in that; but most of them do not believe:
122
وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
surely your Lord is the Mighty One, the Merciful.
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Commentary
(a) Noah strove for centuries so that his community could realize the truth, but they refused to accept it. The moral debasement of his people had reached its acme and the disbelievers now threatened Noah either to stop preaching or be stoned to death. Noah then prayed to God to judge decisively between him and the disbelievers. His prayer was answered. At God’s behest, Noah constructed a large boat, in which all his companions and the male and female counterparts of each animal species were accommodated. Thereafter, God sent a severe storm; water gushed out of the earth, and there was a heavy downpour of rain from the skies. All the living creatures, except those on the boat, were destroyed. This historical example is an embodiment of the fact that while true believers would remain protected, all others would face destruction.