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وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمْ عِندِى خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعْلَمُ ٱلْغَيْبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّى مَلَكٌۭ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزْدَرِىٓ أَعْيُنُكُمْ لَن يُؤْتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيْرًا ۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا فِىٓ أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖ إِنِّىٓ إِذًۭا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ﴿٣١

Translation (Sahih International)

And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allah or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allah will never grant them any good. Allah is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers."

Word-by-word meaning

وَلَآwalāAnd not
أَقُولُaqūluI say
لَكُمْlakumto you
عِندِىʿindī(that) with me
خَزَآئِنُkhazāinu(are the) treasures
ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
وَلَآwalāand not
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuI know
ٱلْغَيْبَl-ghaybathe unseen
وَلَآwalāand not
أَقُولُaqūluI say
إِنِّىinnīthat I am
مَلَكٌۭmalakunan Angel
وَلَآwalāand not
أَقُولُaqūluI say
لِلَّذِينَlilladhīnafor those whom
تَزْدَرِىٓtazdarīlook down upon
أَعْيُنُكُمْaʿyunukumyour eyes
لَنlannever
يُؤْتِيَهُمُyu'tiyahumuwill Allah give them
ٱللَّهُl-lahuwill Allah give them
خَيْرًا ۖkhayranany good
ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
أَعْلَمُaʿlamuknows best
بِمَاbimāwhat
فِىٓ(is) in
أَنفُسِهِمْ ۖanfusihimtheir souls
إِنِّىٓinnīIndeed, I
إِذًۭاidhanthen
لَّمِنَlamina(will be) surely of
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

وَمَآ أَنَاْ بِطَارِدِ الَّذِينَ ءامَنُواْ(I am not going to drive away those who have believed.) This alludes to the fact that they (the disbelievers) requested Nuh to disassociate himself from the believers, because they were averse to them and felt themselves too important to sit with them. This is similar to the request of disbelievers to the seal of the Messengers ﷺ to disassociate himself from a group of the people who were considered weak in their social status.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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