Surah Al-Anbiya Ayat 76 in Arabic Text
English Translation
Here you can read various translations of verse 76
And [mention] Noah, when he called [to Allah] before [that time], so We responded to him and saved him and his family from the great flood.
(Remember) Noah, when he cried (to Us) aforetime: We listened to his (prayer) and delivered him and his family from great distress.
We bestowed the same favour upon Noah. Recall, when he cried to Us before; We accepted his prayer and delivered him and his household from the great distress
And (remember) Nuh (Noah), when he cried (to Us) aforetime. We listened to his invocation and saved him and his family from great distress.
And Noah, when he cried of old, We heard his prayer and saved him and his household from the great affliction.
And Nûh, (Noah) as he called out (to Us) earlier, so We responded to him; then We safely delivered him and his family from the tremendous agony.
Long before that, We answered Noah when he cried out to Us: We saved him and his family from the great calamity
نوح کے اس وقت کو یاد کیجئے جبکہ اس نے اس سے پہلے دعا کی ہم نے اس کی دعا قبول فرمائی اور اسے اور اس کے گھر والوں کو بڑے کرب سے نجات دی
Quran 21 Verse 76 Explanation
For those looking for commentary to help with the understanding of Surah Al-Anbiya ayat 76, we’ve provided two Tafseer works below. The first is the tafseer of Abul Ala Maududi, the second is of Ibn Kathir.
Ala-Maududi
(21:76) We bestowed the same favour upon Noah. Recall, when he cried to Us before;[68] We accepted his prayer and delivered him and his household from the great distress[69]
68. This refers to Prophet Noah’s (peace be upon him) prayer which he at last made after having tried his utmost to reform his people: Lord, help me for I have been overpowered. (Surah Al-Qamar, Ayat 10), and Lord, do not leave even a single disbeliever on the earth. (Surah Nooh, Ayat 26).
69. “Great affliction” may either refer to living a miserable life among the wicked people, or to the flood. For the story of Prophet Noah, see (Surah Al-Aaraf, Ayat 59-64); (Surah Younus, Ayat 72-74); (Surah Houd, Ayat 25-48), and (Surah Al-Isra, Ayat 3) and the E.N.s thereof.
Ibn-Kathir
76. And (remember) Nuh, when he cried (to Us) aforetime. We answered to his invocation and saved him and his family from the great distress. 77. We helped him against the people who denied Our Ayat. Verily, they were a people given to evil. So We drowned them all.
Allah tells us how He responded to His servant and Messenger Nuh, peace be upon him, when he prayed to Him against his people for their disbelief in him:
(Then he invoked his Lord (saying): “I have been overcome, so help (me)!”) ﴿54:10﴾
(And Nuh said: “My Lord! Leave not any inhabitant of the disbelievers on the earth! If You leave them, they will mislead Your servants, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers) ﴿71:26-27﴾. So Allah says here,
(And (remember) Nuh, when he cried (to Us) aforetime. We answered to his invocation and saved him and his family) meaning, those who believed with him, as Allah says elsewhere:
(…and your family — except him against whom the Word has already gone forth — and those who believe. And none believed with him, except a few) ﴿11: 40﴾.
(from the great dis- tress.) meaning, from difficulty, rejection and harm. For he remained among them for one thousand years less fifty, calling them to Allah, and no one had believed in him except for a few. His people were plotting against him and advising one another century after century, generation after generation, to oppose him.
(We helped him against the people) means, `We saved him and helped him against the people,’
(who denied Our Ayat. Verily, they were a people given to evil. So We drowned them all.) meaning, Allah drowned them all, and not one of them was left on the face of the earth, as their Prophet had prayed would happen to them.
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