11. [Hud, Mecca 52]

The Quranic Text & Ali’s Version:

وَلاَ يَنفَعُكُمْ نُصْحِي إِنْ أَرَدتُّ أَنْ أَنصَحَ لَكُمْ إِن كَانَ اللّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغْوِيَكُمْ...   

11: 34.    "Of no profit will be my counsel to you, much as I desire to give you (good) counsel, if it be that Allah willeth to leave you astray:

C1527. But Noah's heart bleeds for his people. They are preparing their own undoing! All his efforts are to be vain! Obstinate as they are, Allah's grace must be withdrawn, and then who can help them, and what use is any counsel?

But again he will try to remind them of their Lord, and turn their face to Him. For their ultimate return to His judgment-seat is certain, to answer for their conduct.

...هُوَ رَبُّكُمْ وَإِلَيْهِ تُرْجَعُونَ ﴿٣٤﴾

He is your Lord! and to Him will ye return!"

Other Versions:

11: 34

Asad For, my advice will not benefit you- if it be God’s will that you shall remain lost in grievous error [note 56]. He is your Sustainer, and unto Him you must return.”

Pickthall My counsel will not profit you if I were minded to advise you, if Allah's will is to keep you astray. He is your lord and unto Him ye will be brought hack.

Transliteration Wa la_ yanfa'ukum nushi in arattu an ansaha lakum in ka_nalla_hu yuridu ay yugwiyakum, huwa rabbukum, wa ilaihi turja'u_n(a).

[[ Asad’s note 56 - …..the expression “an yughwiyakum” – which literally means “that He shall cause you to err” – is to be understood as “that He shall punish you for your sins”…………………..supported by Zamakhshari in his commentary on the above verse: “When God, knowing the persistence [in sinning] on the part of one who denies the truth (al-kafir), leaves him in this condition…….]]

[[ Ruby’s note – God is the Cause of all causes: He sustains everything including a person’s work. If one is persistent and resolved not to yield to any reason or appeal of the conscience, God allows him/her to accumulate in sin to ultimately deserving destruction. This Will of God is due to the will of a human combined with arrogance and obstinacy to a high degree. It is therefore important that one remains humble and open to ideas and to remain sincere in his/her search of truth. Arrogance and self-assurance eventually would lead to failure. ]]