The Poets — Verse 119
26:119 · ash-Shu`ara`
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فَأَنجَیۡنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِی ٱلۡفُلۡكِ ٱلۡمَشۡحُونِ ١١٩
fa-anjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn
The Poets / ash-Shu`ara` (26:119)
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Q 26:111 (ash-Shu`ara`)
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Q 26:112 (ash-Shu`ara`)
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Q 54:10 (al-Qamar)
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Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged) 1 verse
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So We saved him and his followers in the fully laden ship
fa-anjaynāhu waman maʿahu fī l-ful'ki l-mashḥūn
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Tafsir Commentary
His People's Threat, Nuh's Prayer against Them, and Their Destruction
Nuh stayed among his people for a long time, calling them to Allah night and day, in secret and openly. The more he repeated his call to them, the more determined were they to cling to their extreme disbelief and resist his call. In the end, they said:
لَئِنْ لَّمْ تَنْتَهِ ينُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُرْجُومِينَ
(If you cease not, O Nuh you will surely be among those stoned.) meaning, `if you do not stop calling us to your religion,'
لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمُرْجُومِينَ
(you will surely be among those stoned.) meaning, `we will stone you.' At that point, he prayed against them, and Allah responded to his prayer. Nuh said:
رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِفَافْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحاً
(My Lord! Verily, my people have denied me. Therefore judge You between me and them.) This is like the Ayah:
فَدَعَا رَبَّهُ أَنُّى مَغْلُوبٌ فَانتَصِرْ
(Then he invoked his Lord (saying): "I have been overcome, so help (me)!")(54:10) And Allah says here:
فَأَنجَيْنَـهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِى الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ - ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَـقِينَ
(And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship. Then We drowned the rest thereafter.) The "laden ship" is one that is filled with cargo and the couples, one pair from every species, that were carried in it. This Ayah means: `We saved Nuh and all of those who followed him, and We drowned those who disbelieved in him and went against his commands, all of them.'
إِنَّ فِى ذَلِكَ لأَيَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَ وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ
(Verily, in this is indeed a sign, yet most of them are not believers. And verily your Lord, He is indeed the All-Mighty, the Most Merciful.)
كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ - إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلاَ تَتَّقُونَ - إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ
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فَاتَّقُواْ اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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وَمَآ أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلاَّ عَلَى رَبِّ الْعَـلَمِينَ
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أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَ
He exalted be He says So We delivered him and those who were with him in the laden ark the ship filled with humans animals and birds.
فأنجيناه ومَن معه في السفينة المملوءة بصنوف المخلوقات التي حملها معه.
وقال ههنا "فأنجيناه ومن معه في الفلك المشحون" والمشحون هو المملوء بالأمتعة والأزواج التي حمل فيها من كل زوجين اثنين أي أنجينا نوحا ومن اتبعه كلهم.
ثم حكى - سبحانه - أنه قد استجاب لنوح دعاءه فقال : ( فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُ فِي الفلك المشحون ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الباقين ) .والفلك - كما يقول الآلوسى - : يستعمل للواحد وللجمع . وحيث أتى فى القرآن الكريم فاصلة استعمل مفرداً . وحيث أتى غير فاصلة استعمل جمعا .والمشحون : المملوء بهم وبكل ما يحتاجون إليه من وسائل المعيشة .أى : فاستجبنا لعبدنا نوح دعاءه . فأنجيناه ومن معه من المؤمنين فى السفينة المملوءة بهم ، وبما هم فى حاجة إليه .
وقوله ( فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ ) يقول: فأنجينا نوحا ومن معه من المؤمنين -حين فتحنا بينهم وبين قومهم, وأنـزلنا بأسنا بالقوم الكافرين- في الفلك المشحون, يعني في السفينة الموقرة المملوءة.وبنحو الذي قلنا في تأويل قوله ( الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ ) قال أهل التأويل.* ذكر من قال ذلك:حدثني محمد بن سعد, قال: ثني أبي, قال: ثني عمي, قال: ثني أبي, عن أبيه, عن ابن عباس, قوله: ( فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ ) قال: يعني الموقر.حدثنا محمد بن سنان القزاز, قال: ثنا الحسين بن الحسن الأشقر, قال: ثنا أبو كدينة, عن عطاء, عن سعيد بن جُبير, عن ابن عباس, قال: (المشحون): الموقر.حدثني محمد بن عمرو, قال: ثنا أبو عاصم, قال: ثنا عيسى; وحدثني الحارث, قال: ثنا الحسن, قال: ثنا ورقاء جميعا, عن ابن أبي نجيح, عن مجاهد, في قول الله: ( الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ ) قال: المفروغ منه المملوء.حدثنا القاسم, قال: ثنا الحسين, قال: ثني حجاج, عن ابن جُرَيج, عن مجاهد, قال: ( المشحون ) المفروغ منه تحميلا.حدثنا الحسن, قال: أخبرنا عبد الرزاق, قال: أخبرنا معمر, عن قتادة, في قول الله: ( الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ ) قال: هو المحمل.
( فأنجيناه ومن معه في الفلك المشحون ) الموقر المملوء من الناس والطير والحيوان كلها .
فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ (119) ولذلك أعقبه بالاحتراس بقوله : { ونجني ومن معي من المؤمنين } .و { المشحون } : المملوء .
فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ أي السفينة الْمَشْحُونِ من الخلق والحيوانات.
فأنجيناه ومن معه في الفلك المشحون يريد السفينة وقد مضى ذكرها . والمشحون المملوء ، والشحن ملء السفينة بالناس والدواب وغيرهم . ولم يؤنث الفلك هاهنا لأن الفلك هاهنا واحد لا جمع
Noah strove for centuries so that his community could realize the truth, but they refused to accept it. The moral debasement of his people had reached its acme and the disbelievers now threatened Noah either to stop preaching or be stoned to death. Noah then prayed to God to judge decisively between him and the disbelievers. His prayer was answered. At God’s behest, Noah constructed a large boat, in which all his companions and the male and female counterparts of each animal species were accommodated. Thereafter, God sent a severe storm; water gushed out of the earth, and there was a heavy downpour of rain from the skies. All the living creatures, except those on the boat, were destroyed. This historical example is an embodiment of the fact that while true believers would remain protected, all others would face destruction.
Nobility of a person depends on deeds and moral qualities and not on family or status
قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ ﴿111﴾ قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ ﴿112﴾
They said, "Shall we believe in you while you are followed by the lowest people?" [ 111] He said, "I do not know about what they do. (26:111-112)
It is related in this verse that the disbelievers rejected the invitation of Sayyidna Nuh (علیہ السلام) to accept the faith on the plea that his followers were worthless poor people. So, how could they, the elite and noble, mix up with them? On this Nuh (علیہ السلام) replied that he did not know about their acts, thereby hinting that their understanding of nobility on the basis of family background, wealth, or status was wrong, and that the nobility or meanness and honour or disgrace is dependent on one's deeds and morals. Hence, it was their ignorance to put the label of sordidness on his followers, because they did not know about their deeds and disposition. Unless one knows fully well about the morals and deeds of others, it is not right to pass any judgment about them. (Qurtubi).
(And We saved him and those with him) among the believers (in the laden ship) and it was only waiting to sail away.