Nūḥ عليه السلام · after asking for something you should not have

I seek refuge from asking what I do not know

Source: Sūrat Hud
11:47
Extent: Excerpt within the āyah, shown in full ink against dimmed framing.
Text: Uthmani, verified by checksum

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّىٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنْ أَسْـَٔلَكَ مَا لَيْسَ لِى بِهِۦ عِلْمٌۭ وَإِلَّا تَغْفِرْ لِى وَتَرْحَمْنِىٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْخَٰسِرِينَ

Rabbi ʾinnī ʾaʿūdhu bika ʾan ʾasalaka mā laysa lī bihi ʿilmun wa-ʾillā taghfir lī wa-tarḥamnī ʾakun mina al-khāsirīna

English · Marmaduke Pickthall He said: My Lord! Lo! in Thee do I seek refuge (from the sin) that I should ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless Thou forgive me and have mercy on me I shall be among the lost.

Türkçe · Elmalılı Hamdi Yazır Nuh: "Ey Rabbim! Ben bilmediğim bir şeyi istemiş olmaktan dolayı sana sığınırım. Sen beni bağışlamazsan, bana merhamet etmezsen ben hüsrana uğrayanlardan olurum.

When and why it was said

In the Qur’an (11:47), Nuh seeks refuge after being corrected and asks for Allah’s forgiveness and mercy.

Qurʾān 11:47

Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn

He said ‘My Lord I seek refuge in You from the sin that I should ask of You that whereof I have no knowledge. Unless You forgive me my excess and have mercy on me I shall be among the losers’.

Tafsīr al-Jalālayn, al-Maḥallī and al-Suyūṭī. Translated by Feras Hamza. altafsir.com

Reflection

Accept correction with humility and return to Allah.

Editorial note — not a transmitted narration

Said when: after asking for something you should not have when you realise you were wrong to ask
Themes: When you have done wrong When you want to understand When you need protecting

I seek refuge from asking what I do not know

When and why it was said

Commentary — Tafsīr al-Jalālayn

Reflection

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