Surah Hud Verse 44 Translation (11:44) and Analysis

Mathematical

According to the Hafs Mushaf order, this verse is verse 1517 from the beginning and verse 4720 from the end; it is in surah 11 and is verse 44 of Surah Hud. The word count of verse 44 of Surah Hud is 19, its letter count is 84, and its total Abjad value has been calculated as 7268. The total Abjad value of Surah Hud has been calculated as 537792. Abjad counts include the letter ء (Hamza) where present. This surah begins with the muqatta'at letters الر. This verse contains ا (16) ل (12) ر (2) occurrences.

Arabic Text

وقيل يا ارض ابلعي ماءك ويا سماء اقلعي وغيض الماء وقضي الامر واستوت على الجودي وقيل بعدا للقوم الظالمين

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SHF

وقيلياارضابلعيماءكوياسماءاقلعيوغيضالماءوقضيالامرواستوتعلىالجوديوقيلبعداللقومالظالمين

Transliteration in Latin Letters

Vekîle yâ ardu-ble’î mâeki veyâ semâu akli’î veġîda-lmâu vekudiye-l-emru vestevet ‘alâ-lcûdiy(yi)(s) vekîle bu’den lilkavmi-zzâlimîn(e)

M. Pickthall (English)

And it was said: O earth! Swallow thy water and, O sky! be cleared of clouds! And the water was made to subside. And the commandment was fulfilled. And it (the ship) came to rest upon (the mount) Al-Judi and it was said: A far removal for wrongdoing folk!

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Yusuf Ali (English)

Then the word went forth:(1538) "O earth! swallow up thy water, and O sky! Withhold (thy rain)!" and the water abated, and the matter was ended. The Ark rested on Mount(1539) Judi, and the word went forth: "Away with those who do wrong!"*

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Explanation

1538 A wonderful passage. The whole picture is painted in just a few words. The chain of material facts are linked together, not only in their relations to each other, but also in their relation to the spiritual forces (hat control them, and the spiritual consequences of Sin and wrongdoing. The drowning in the material sense was the last part of the Penalty. A whole new world came into existence after the Deluge. (R). 1539 Let us get a little idea of the geography of the place. The letters JiM, Ba', and Kaf are philologically interchangeable, and J udi, Gudi", Kudi are sounds that can pass into each other. There is no doubt that the name is connected with the name "Kurd", in which the letter ris a later interpolation, for the oldest Sumerian records name a people called Kuti or Gutu as holding the middle Tigris region not later than 2000 B.C. (see E.B., Kurdistan). That region comprises the modern Turkish district of Bohtan, in which Jabal Judi is situated (near the frontiers of modern Turkey , modern Iraq , and modern Syria ), and the town of Jazirah ibn 'Umar, (on the present Turco-Syrian frontier), and it extends into Iraq and Iran . The great mountain mass of the Ararat plateau dominates this district. This mountain system "is unique in the Old World in containing great sheets of water that are bitter lakes without outlets, Lake Van and Lake Urumiya being the chief (E.B., Asia). Such would be the very region for a stupendous Deluge if the usual scanty rainfall were to be changed into a very heavy downpour. A glacier damming of Lake Van in the Ice Age would have produced the same result. The region has many local traditions connected with Noah and the Flood. The Biblical legend of Mount Ararat being the resting place of Noah's Ark is hardly plausible, seeing that the highest peak of Ararat is over 16,000 feet high. If it means one of the lower peaks of the Ararat system, it agrees with the Muslim tradition about Mount Judi (or Gudi), and this is in accordance with the oldest and best local traditions. These traditions are accepted by J osephus, by the Nestorian Christians, and indeed by all the Eastern Christians and Jews, and they are the best in touch with local traditions. See (Viscount) J Bryce. " Transcaucasia and Ararat" 4th ed., 1896, p. 216.