Surah Hud, Ayah 44
Quran 11:44 · Hud · Makki · Para 12 · Page 226
وَقِیْلَ یٰۤاَرْضُ ابْلَعِیْ مَآءَكِ وَیٰسَمَآءُ اَقْلِعِیْ وَغِیْضَ الْمَآءُ وَقُضِیَ الْاَمْرُ وَاسْتَوَتْ عَلَی الْجُوْدِیِّ وَقِیْلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ ۟
Transliteration
Waqeela ya ardu iblaAAee maakiwaya samao aqliAAee wagheeda almaowaqudiya al-amru wastawat AAala aljoodiyyiwaqeela buAAdan lilqawmi aththalimeen
Saheeh International
And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and it [i.e., the ship] came to rest on the [mountain of] Jūdiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
After the Flood, Allah told the earth to absorb the water, and He told the sky to hold back and not send down rain; and so the water decreased, until the land became dry. By then, Allah had destroyed the disbelievers. The Ark stopped on Mount Jūdī. It was said, ‘Be gone and destroyed the people of disobedience, for they had overstepped the limits of Allah through their disbelief.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
And it was said: "O earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold (your rain)." And the water was made to subside and the decree was fulfilled. And it rested on (Mount) Judi, and it was said: "Away with the people who are wrongdoing! (44)
The End of the Flood
Allah, the Exalted, informs that when the people of the earth were all drowned, except for the people on the ship, He commanded the earth to swallow its water, which had sprang from it and gathered upon it. Then He commanded the sky to cease raining.
وَغِيضَ الْمَاءُ
(And the water was made to subside) This means that it (the water) began to decrease.
وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ
(and the decree was fulfilled.) This means that all of those who disbelieved in Allah were removed from the people of the earth. Not a single one of them remained upon the earth.
وَاسْتَوَتْ
(And it (the ship) rested) This is referring to the ship and those who were in it.
عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ
(on (Mount) Judi.) Mujahid said, "Judi is a mountain in Al-Jazirah (Northwest Mesopotamia) where the mountains sought to tower above each other on the day of the drowning. On that day of destruction, all the mountains sought to be higher (to avoid being overcome by the water). However, this mountain (Judi) humbled itself for Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, and therefore it was not drowned. This is why Nuh's ship anchored upon it." Qatadah said, "The ship rested upon it (Mount Judi) for a month before they (the people) came down from it. " Qatadah also said, "Allah made Nuh's ship remain on Mount Judi in the land of Al-Jazirah, as a lesson and a sign." Even the early generations of this Ummah saw it. How many ships are there that have come after it and have been destroyed and became dust?
وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ
(and it was said: "Away with the people who are wrongdoing!") means destruction and loss for them. The term "away with" here implies being far away from the mercy of Allah. For verily, they were destroyed to the last of them, and none of them survived.