Nuh Verse 21

˹Eventually,˺ Noah cried, “My Lord! They have certainly persisted in disobeying me, and followed ˹instead˺ those ˹elite˺ whose ˹abundant˺ wealth and children only increase them in loss,

Noah said, “My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose wealth and children did not increase them except in loss.

Noah said, 'My Lord, they have rebelled against me, and followed him whose wealth and children increase him only in loss,

Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin;

Nuh said. my Lord! verily they have disobeyed me and followed them whose riches and children have only increased them in loss.

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

Noah said: “My Lord, they did not pay heed to what I said, and followed those (nobles) whose possession of wealth and children has led them to an even greater loss.

But they did not listen to me," Noah said, "and followed him whose wealth and children only added to his ruin.

Prayed Nooh, “O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, and they follow the one whose wealth and children increase nothing for him except ruin.”

Noah said, ‘My Lord! They have disobeyed me, following someone whose wealth and children only add to his loss,

Noah (turned to his Lord, and) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me and followed those whose wealth and children have increased them only in loss and self-ruin.

Noah said, `My Lord! they (- my people) have disobeyed me. They follow (such leaders) whose wealth and children only add to their loss.´

Noah said: "My Lord, that they truly disobeyed me, and they followed who his properties/possessions , and his children/child did not increase him except loss ."

Prayed Nooh, “O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, and they follow the one whose wealth and children increase nothing for him except ruin.”

Noah said, "My Lord! Surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.

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

And they say: Forsake not your gods; nor forsake Wadd, nor Suwa’, nor Yaghuth and Ya’uq and Nasr.

Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.

Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;

Noah said, "Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose wealth and children will only bring about destruction for them.

Noah said: 'My Lord, they have rebelled against me and followed he whose wealth and offspring increase him only in loss,

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

Noah supplicated, "Lord, they have disobeyed me, and followed those whose wealth and children have only added to their ruin;

Noah said, “My Lord, they have defied me, and followed him whose wealth and children increase him only in perdition.”

Noah said, `My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed, that is, the riffraff and the paupers [among them have followed], those whose wealth and children, namely, their leaders who have been blessed with such things (read wulduhu or waladuhu, `whose children', the first of which is said to be the plural of walad, similar [in pattern] to khasab, khushb, or in fact [it is said to be] of the same meaning [as walad, but an alternative form] as in the case of bukhl or bakhal, `niggardliness'), only add to their loss, [to] their insolence and disbelief.

Nuh complains to His Lord about His People's Response

Allah says that,

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي

Nuh said;"My Lord! They have disobeyed me,

Nuh turned to Allah to inform Allah - the All Knowing from Whom nothing escapes - that he presented the clear call, as mentioned previously, and the comprehensive invitation in various ways. He called them sometimes by encouragement and sometimes by intimidating warnings. Yet, they disobeyed him, opposed him, denied him and followed the children of the world. They were those who were heedless of the command of Allah and they possessed delights of wealth and children. However, these things (worldly benefits) were also for gradual punishment and temporary respite, not for honor or blessing.

Thus, Allah says,

وَاتَّبَعُوا مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلاَّ خَسَارًا




and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.

The meaning of Allah's statement,

وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا