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Verse 21of 28

قَالَ نُوحٌۭ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًۭا﴿٢١

Translation (Sahih International)

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

Word-by-word meaning

قَالَqālaSaid
نُوحٌۭnūḥunNuh
رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
عَصَوْنِىʿaṣawnīdisobeyed me
وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
مَنman(the one) who
لَّمْlam(did) not
يَزِدْهُyazid'huincrease him
مَالُهُۥmāluhuhis wealth
وَوَلَدُهُۥٓwawaladuhuand his children
إِلَّاillāexcept
خَسَارًۭاkhasāran(in) loss

Commentary (Tafsir Ibn Kathir)

Nuh complains to His Lord about His People's ResponseAllah says that Nuh turned to Allah to inform Allah - the All Knowing from Whom nothing escapes - that he presented the clear call, as mentioned previously, and the comprehensive invitation in various ways. He called them sometimes by encouragement and sometimes by intimidating warnings. Yet, they disobeyed him, opposed him, denied him and followed the children of the world.

Source: Tafsir Ibn Kathir — abridged excerpt

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