Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him (71:21)

﴿قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا﴾
[ نوح: 21]

71:21 Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

Noah said, “O my Lord! Indeed, my people have disobeyed me in what I have instructed them to do i.
e.
accepting Your oneness and worshipping You alone.
The lowly among them have followed the nobles, whom You have favoured with wealth and offspring.
Your favouring them has only increased them in their deviance.
”

Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but only loss.

phonetic Transliteration

Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

Abdullah Yusuf Ali - Translation

Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

Nuh said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss."

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