قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ لَيْسَ بِى ضَلَـٰلَةٌ وَلَـٰكِنِّى رَسُولٌ مِّن رَّبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
- EnglishSaheeh International
- [Noah] said, "O my people, there is not error in me, but I am a messenger from the Lord of the worlds.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- அதற்கு (நூஹு) "என் கூட்டத்தார்களே! என்னிடம் எந்த வழிகேடும் இல்லை மாறாக அகிலங்களின் இறைவனாகிய (அல்லாஹ்வின்) தூதனாகவே நான் இருக்கின்றேன்" என்று கூறினார்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- මාගේ සමූහයනි! මා සමඟ කිසිදු මුළාවක් නොමැත. එනමුත් මම සකල ලෝකයන්හි පරමාධිපතිගෙන් වූ ධර්ම දූතයකු වෙමි යැයි ඔහු පැවසුවේ ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- انہوں نے فرمایا کہ اے میری قوم! مجھ میں تو ذرا بھی گمراہی نہیں لیکن میں پروردگار عالم کا رسول ہوں۔
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれは（答えて）言った。「人びとよ，わたしは間違うことはない。それどころか，わたしは万有の主の使徒である。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他说：我的宗族啊！我一点也不迷误，但我是全世界的主派遣的使者。
Tafsir of 7:61
The Story of Nuh and His People After Allah mentioned the story of Adam in the beginning of this Surah, He started mentioning the stories of the Prophets, the first then the latter of them. Allah mentioned the story of Nuh, because he was the first Messenger Allah sent to the people of the earth after Adam. His name was Nuh bin Lamak bin Matushalakh bin Khanukh. And Khanukh was, as they claim, the Prophet Idris. And Idris was the first person to write letters using pen, and he was the son of Barad bin Mahlil, bin Qanin bin Yanish bin Shith bin Adam, upon them all be peace. This lineage is mentioned by Muhammad bin Ishaq and other Imams who document lineage. `Abdullah bin `Abbas and several other scholars of Tafsir said that the first idol worship began when some righteous people died and their people built places of worship over their graves. They made images of them so that they could remember their righteousness and devotion, and thus, imitate them. When time passed, they made statues of them and later on worshipped these idols, naming them after the righteous people: Wadd, Suwa`, Yaghuth, Ya`uq and Nasr.…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
