ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- "அதன் பின்னர், நிச்சயமாக நான் அவர்களிடம் பகிரங்கமாகவும் பேசினேன்; இரகசியமாக அந்தரங்கத்திலும் பேசினேன்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- “පසුව නියත වශයෙන් ම මම ප්රසිද්ධියේ ඔවුනට දැනුම් දුනිමි. තවද රහසිගතවද ඔවුනට දැනුම් දුනිමි.”
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- اور بیشک میں نےان سے علانیہ بھی کہا اور چپکے چپکے بھی.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- 或る時は公に，また（或る時は）密かにかれらに（訴えて），
- ChineseMa Jian
- 然后我公开地训导他们，秘密地劝谏他们，
Tafsir of 71:9
Nuh complains about his Encounter with His People Allah tells about His servant and Messenger, Nuh, and that he complained to his Lord about the response he received from his people, and how he was patient with them for this long period of time -- which was nine hundred and fifty years. He complained due to his explaining and clarifying matters for them and his calling them to guidance and the straightest path. So he (Nuh) said, رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً (O my Lord! Verily, I have called to my people night and day,) meaning, `I did not abandon calling them night and day, carrying out Your command and in obediance to You.' فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآئِى إِلاَّ فِرَاراً (But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight.) meaning, `the more I called them to come to the truth, the more they fled from it and avoided it.' وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُواْ أَصَبِعَهُمْ فِى ءَاذَنِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْاْ ثِيَابَهُمْ (And verily, every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments,) meaning, `they closed up their ears so that they could not hear what I w…
Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)
