Quran Quote  :  those whose souls the angels seize while they are in a state of purity, saying: "Peace be upon you. Enter Paradise as a reward for your deeds." - 16:32

Quran-11:28 Surah Hud English Translation,Transliteration and Tafsir(Tafseer).

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَءَاتَىٰنِي رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَنُلۡزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمۡ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ

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 )

28. He said, "O my people! Consider this: if I am on a clear proof from my Lord, and He has granted me a mercy from Himself [62], and it is made obscure to you, should we force it upon you while you are averse to it [63]?" (Kanzul Imaan Translation)

(28) 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? (Saheen International Translation)

Surah Hud Ayat 28 Tafsir (Commentry)



  • Tafseer-e-Naeemi (Ahmad Yaar Khan)
  • Ibn Kathir
  • Ala-Madudi
  • Shaheen International

62. This tells us that prophethood is not achieved through good deeds, but through the special bounty and mercy of Allah Almighty. However, this mercy is sometimes obtained through the prayer of a Prophet e.g. the prophethood of Hazrat Haroon and Hazrat Lut (On them be peace). 

63. From this emerge two issues:

1. The objective of showing a miracle is to establish the truth of his prophethood and not force the people to accept faith. If this was not the case then the Holy Prophet who can make the stones to recite the Kalima would most certainly have made Abu Jahl do the same. There is no reward for accepting faith by force. Likewise, the purpose of holy war is to break the power and strength of infidelity and not to spread Islam by force. 

2. Only that person will be blessed with faith whose heart does not show contempt for faith inspiring things and the Prophets of Allah Disgust and faith cannot be together.

 

Ibn-Kathir

28. He said: “O my people! Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Lord, and a mercy (prophethood) has come to me from Him, but that (mercy) has been obscured from your sight. Shall we compel you (to accept) it when you have a strong hatred for it


The Response of Nuh

Allah says, informing about the response of Nuh to his people,

﴿أَرَأَيْتُمْ إِن كُنتُ عَلَى بَيِّنَةٍ مِّن رَّبِّى﴾

(Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Lord,) Bayyinah means certainty, a clear matter, and truthful prophethood. That is the greatest mercy from Allah upon him (Nuh) and them (his people).

﴿فَعُمِّيَتْ عَلَيْكُمْ﴾

(but that (mercy) has been obscured from your sight.) “Obscured from your sight” in this verse means, `it was hidden from you and you are not guided to it. Thus, you ﴿people﴾ did not know its importance so you hastily rejected and denied it.’

﴿أَنُلْزِمُكُمُوهَا﴾

(Shall we compel you (to accept) it) This means, “Should we force you to accept it, while you actually detest it.”

(11:28) Noah said: ‘My people! If I base myself on a clear evidence from my Lord, and I have also been blessed by His mercy[34] to which you have been blind, how can we force it upon you despite your aversion to it?

Ala-Maududi

(11:28) Noah said: ‘My people! If I base myself on a clear evidence from my Lord, and I have also been blessed by His mercy[34] to which you have been blind, how can we force it upon you despite your aversion to it?


34. This is the same thing that has been put into the mouth of the Prophet (peace be upon him) in (Surah Hud, Ayat 17). That is, At first I recognized the reality of Tauhid by observing keenly the signs of God in the universe and in my own self. Then the same was confirmed by revelation to me. This shows that all the Prophets acquired the knowledge of the Unseen by observation and contemplation. Then Allah blessed them with the actual knowledge of the same at the time of their appointment as Prophets.

(28) 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?

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