Surah Hud, Ayah 49
Quran 11:49 · Hud · Makki · Para 12 · Page 227
تِلْكَ مِنْ اَنْۢبَآءِ الْغَیْبِ نُوْحِیْهَاۤ اِلَیْكَ ۚ مَا كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُهَاۤ اَنْتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ هٰذَا ۛؕ فَاصْبِرْ ۛؕ اِنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِیْنَ ۟۠
Transliteration
Tilka min anba-i alghaybi nooheehailayka ma kunta taAAlamuha anta wala qawmukamin qabli hatha fasbir inna alAAaqibatalilmuttaqeen
Saheeh International
That is from the news of the unseen which We reveal to you, [O Muḥammad]. You knew it not, neither you nor your people, before this. So be patient; indeed, the [best] outcome is for the righteous.
Al-Mukhtasar fi Tafsir
This story of Noah is from the news of the Ghaib, which the Messenger (peace be upon him)did not know beforehand, and his people did not have knowledge of it either before this revelation from Allah. Allah tells him to be patient in the face of the injury and rejection of his people, just as Noah (peace be upon him) was patient. Help and victory is for those who follow what Allah instructs and who stay away from what He has prohibited.
Tafsir Ibn Kathir (abridged)
This is of the news of the Unseen which We reveal unto you; neither you nor your people knew it before this. So be patient. Surely, the (good) end is for those who have Taqwa (49)
The Explanation of These Stories is a Proof of the Revelation of Allah to His Messenger (ﷺ)
Allah, the Exalted, says to His Prophet ﷺ concerning these stories and their like,
مِنْ أَنبَاءِ الْغَيْبِ
(of the news of the Unseen) from the information of the unseen of the past. Allah revealed it to you (the Prophet ﷺ) in the way that it occurred, as if he witnessed it himself.
نُوحِيهَا إِلَيْكَ
(which We reveal unto you;) This means, "We teach it to you (Muhammad) as revelation from Us to you."
مَا كُنتَ تَعْلَمُهَا أَنتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِن قَبْلِ هَٰذَا
(neither you nor your people knew it before this.) This means that neither you (Muhammad ﷺ) nor anyone of your people, have any knowledge of this. This is so that no one who rejects you can say that you learned it from him. Rather, it was Allah Who informed you of it in conformity with the true situation (of the story), just as the Books of the Prophets who were before you testify to. Therefore, you should be patient with the rejection of your people and their harming you. For verily, We shall help you and surround you with Our aid. Then, We will make the (good) end for you and those who follow you in this life and the Hereafter. This is what We did with the Messengers when We helped them against their enemies.
إِنَّا لَنَنصُرُ رُسُلَنَا وَالَّذِينَ آمَنُوا
(Verily, We will indeed make victorious Our Messengers and those who believe.)[40:51] Allah also said,
وَلَقَدْ سَبَقَتْ كَلِمَتُنَا لِعِبَادِنَا الْمُرْسَلِينَ - إِنَّهُمْ لَهُمُ الْمَنصُورُونَ
(And, verily, Our Word has gone forth of old for Our servants, the Messengers, that they verily, would be made triumphant.)[37:171-172] Then, Allah says,
فَاصْبِرْ ۖ إِنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ
(So be patient. Surely, the (good) end is for those who have Taqwa.)