Surah Hud 11:52 — translation and meaning

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وَيَا قَوْمِ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا وَيَزِدْكُمْ قُوَّةً إِلَى قُوَّتِكُمْ وَلَا تَتَوَلَّوْا مُجْرِمِينَ

Word by Word

وَيَا قَوْمِ
wayaqawmi
And O my people!
اسْتَغْفِرُوا
is'taghfiru
Ask forgiveness
رَبَّكُمْ
rabbakum
(of) your Lord
ثُمَّ
thumma
then
تُوبُوا
tubu
turn in repentance
إِلَيْهِ
ilayhi
to Him
يُرْسِلِ
yur'sili
He will send
السَّمَاءَ
al-samaa
(from) the sky (rain)
عَلَيْكُم
alaykum
upon you
مِّدْرَارًا
mid'raran
(in) abundance
وَيَزِدْكُمْ
wayazid'kum
and increase you
قُوَّةً
quwwatan
(in) strength
إِلَى
ila
(added) to
قُوَّتِكُمْ
quwwatikum
your strength
وَلَا
wala
And (do) not
تَتَوَلَّوْا
tatawallaw
turn away
مُجْرِمِينَ
muj'rimina
(as) criminals

Transliteration

Wa yaa qawmis taghfiroo Rabbakum summa toobooo ilaihi yursilis samaaa'a 'alaikum midraaranw wa yazidkum quwwatan ilaa quwwatikum wa laa tatawallaw mujrimeen

Translation

And O my people, ask forgiveness of your Lord and then repent to Him. He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in showers and increase you in strength [added] to your strength. And do not turn away, [being] criminals."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

Hūd told his people to ask for forgiveness from Allah, and to repent to Him, away from their sins, the biggest of which was associating others with Him. He would reward them by sending abundant rain, and would add strength to their strength by increasing their descendants and wealth. He told them not to turn away from what he was calling them to, because they would then be wrongdoers due to their disbelief in Allah and rejection of what he brought to them.

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

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