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Surah Hud, Ayah 29 (11:29)

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وَيَٰقَوْمِ لَآ أَسَْٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مَالًا ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ ۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ …

Quran 11:29 is ayah 29 of Surah Hud (“Hud”), a Meccan surah of 123 ayahs. It is in Juz 12, on page 225 of the Madani Mushaf.

11:29
وَيَٰقَوْمِلَآأَسَْٔلُكُمْعَلَيْهِمَالًا ۖإِنْأَجْرِىَإِلَّاعَلَىٱللَّهِ ۚوَمَآأَنَا۠بِطَارِدِٱلَّذِينَءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚإِنَّهُممُّلَٰقُوا۟رَبِّهِمْوَلَٰكِنِّىٓأَرَىٰكُمْقَوْمًاتَجْهَلُونَ٢٩
wayāqawmi lā asalukum ʿalayhi mālan in ajriya illā ʿalā l-lahi wamā anā biṭāridi alladhīna āmanū innahum mulāqū rabbihim walākinnī arākum qawman tajhalūna

And O my people, I ask not of you for it any wealth. My reward is not but from Allāh. And I am not one to drive away those who have believed. Indeed, they will meet their Lord, but I see that you are a people behaving ignorantly.(29)

Word by word

  1. وَيَٰقَوْمِwayāqawmiAnd O my people
  2. لَآlānot
  3. أَسَْٔلُكُمْasalukumI ask (of) you
  4. عَلَيْهِʿalayhifor it
  5. مَالًا ۖmālanany wealth
  6. إِنْinNot
  7. أَجْرِىَajriya(is) my reward
  8. إِلَّاillāexcept
  9. عَلَىʿalāfrom
  10. ٱللَّهِ ۚl-lahiAllah
  11. وَمَآwamāAnd not
  12. أَنَا۠anāI am
  13. بِطَارِدِbiṭāridigoing to drive away
  14. ٱلَّذِينَalladhīnathose who
  15. ءَامَنُوٓا۟ ۚāmanūbelieved
  16. إِنَّهُمinnahumIndeed, they
  17. مُّلَٰقُوا۟mulāqū(will) be meeting
  18. رَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lord
  19. وَلَٰكِنِّىٓwalākinnībut I
  20. أَرَىٰكُمْarākumsee you
  21. قَوْمًاqawman(are) a people
  22. تَجْهَلُونَtajhalūnaignorant

Tafsir (commentary) of 11:29

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This commentary explains ayahs 11:29–31 together.

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. They wanted the Prophet to sit with them in a special gathering of the elite. Therefore, Allah revealed,

وَلاَ تَطْرُدِ الَّذِينَ يَدْعُونَ رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَدَاةِ وَالْعَشِىِّ

(And turn not away those who invoke their Lord, morning and afternoon.) Allah also says,

وَكَذلِكَ فَتَنَّا بَعْضَهُمْ بِبَعْضٍ لِّيَقُولواْ أَهَـؤُلاءِ مَنَّ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِم مِّن بَيْنِنَآ أَلَيْسَ اللَّهُ بِأَعْلَمَ بِالشَّـكِرِينَ

(Thus We have tried some of them with others, that they might say: "Is it these (poor believers) whom Allah has favored from among us" Does not Allah know best those who are grateful)6:53

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