O my people! I do not ask you for a payment for this ˹message˺. My reward is only from Allah. And I will never dismiss the believers, for they will surely meet their Lord. But I can see that you are a people acting ignorantly.
11:29
O my people! Who would protect me from Allah if I were to dismiss them? Will you not then be mindful?
11:30
I do not say to you that I possess Allah’s treasuries or know the unseen, nor do I claim to be an angel, nor do I say that Allah will never grant goodness to those you look down upon. Allah knows best what is ˹hidden˺ within them. ˹If I did,˺ then I would truly be one of the wrongdoers.”
11:31
They protested, “O Noah! You have argued with us far too much, so bring upon us what you threaten us with, if what you say is true.”
11:32
He responded, “It is Allah Who can bring it upon you if He wills, and then you will have no escape!
11:33
My advice will not benefit you—no matter how hard I try—if Allah wills ˹for˺ you to stray. He is your Lord, and to Him you will ˹all˺ be returned.”
11:34
Or do they say, “He1 has fabricated this ˹Quran˺!”? Say, ˹O Prophet,˺ “If I have done so, then I bear the burden of that sin! But I am free from your sinful accusation.”
11:35
And it was revealed to Noah, “None of your people will believe except those who already have. So do not be distressed by what they have been doing.
11:36
And build the Ark under Our ˹watchful˺ Eyes and directions, and do not plead with Me for those who have done wrong, for they will surely be drowned.”
11:37