Surah Hud 11:76 — translation and meaning

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ۖ ۖ يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ أَعْرِضْ عَنْ هَذَا إِنَّهُ قَدْ جَاءَ أَمْرُ رَبِّكَ وَإِنَّهُمْ آتِيهِمْ عَذَابٌ غَيْرُ مَرْدُودٍ

Word by Word

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يَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ
yaib'rahimu
O Ibrahim!
أَعْرِضْ
a'rid
Turn away
عَنْ
an
from
هَذَا
hadha
this
إِنَّهُ
innahu
Indeed it
قَدْ
qad
certainly
جَاءَ
jaa
has come
أَمْرُ
amru
(the) Command
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
وَإِنَّهُمْ
wa-innahum
and indeed [they]
آتِيهِمْ
atihim
(will) come (for) them
عَذَابٌ
adhabun
a punishment
غَيْرُ
ghayru
(which) cannot
مَرْدُودٍ
mardudin
(be) repelled

Transliteration

Yaaa Ibraaheemu a'rid 'an haazaaa innahoo qad jaaa'a amru Rabbika wa innahum aateehim 'azaabun ghairun mardood

Translation

[The angels said], "O Abraham, give up this [plea]. Indeed, the command of your Lord has come, and indeed, there will reach them a punishment that cannot be repelled."

Verse interpretation (Tafsir)

The angels told Abraham to leave off debating about the people of Lot: the command of his Lord had come that they would receive the punishment He had decreed for them, and there was a great punishment coming to the people of Lot, which no debate or prayer could turn back.

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

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"[The angels said], "O Abraham, give up this [plea]. Indeed, the…" — Hud 11:76