Surah Hud 11:28 — translation and meaning

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قَالَ يَاقَوْمِ أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّي وَآتَانِي رَحْمَةً مِّنْ عِندِهِ فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمْ لَهَا كَارِهُونَ

Word by Word

قَالَ
qala
He said
يَاقَوْمِ
yaqawmi
O my people
أَرَأَيْتُمْ
ara-aytum
Do you see
إِن
in
if
كُنتُ
kuntu
I was
عَلَى
ala
on
بَيِّنَةٍ
bayyinatin
(the) clear proof
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّي
rabbi
my Lord
وَآتَانِي
waatani
while He has given me
رَحْمَةً
rahmatan
mercy
مِّنْ
min
from
عِندِهِ
indihi
Himself
فَعُمِّيَتْ
fa'ummiyat
but (it) has been obscured
عَلَيْكُمْ
alaykum
from you
أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا
anul'zimukumuha
should We compel you (to accept) it
وَأَنتُمْ
wa-antum
while you (are)
لَهَا
laha
averse to it
كَارِهُونَ
karihuna
averse to it

Transliteration

Qaala yaa qawmi ara'aitum in kuntu 'alaa baiyinatim mir Rabbee wa aataanee rahmatam min 'indihee fa'um miyat 'alaikum anulzimuku moohaa wa antum lahaa kaarihoon

Translation

He said, "O my people have you considered: if I should be upon clear evidence from my Lord while He has given me mercy from Himself but it has been made unapparent to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it?

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Noah asked his people to tell him whether he and the believers would be able to enter faith into his people’s hearts against their will if he had a clear proof from his Lord, showing that what he said was the truth, and that they must believe him? They would be unable to do so, because it is Allah alone Who gives people faith.

Source: Al-Mukhtasar Tafsir — Tafsir Center for Quranic Studies.

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