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سُورَةُ نُوحٍ · 71:11
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يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًۭا

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He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

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Introduction

This is āyah 11 of Sūrat Nooh (Noah), the 71st sūrah in the traditional order of revelation. It was revealed in the Meccan period and sits within Juzʾ 29. Meccan verses tend to address faith, the oneness of God, and the hereafter.

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Revelation & occasion

Asbāb al-Nuzūl
Period
Meccan
Order revealed
71 of 114
Surah
Nooh (71)

No specific occasion of revelation (Asbāb al-Nuzūl) is recorded for this āyah in al-Wāḥidī's collection. Many verses were revealed without a single triggering event.

Commentary

Tafsir

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Hafiz Ibn Kathir

He said: O my Lord! Verily, I have called to my people night and day (5)But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (6)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, and persisted, and magnified themselves in pride (7)Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud)(8)Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private (9)I said (to them): Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving (10)He will send rain to you Midrar (11)And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (12)What is the matter with you, that you do not hope for any Waqar from Allah (13)While He has created you (in) Atwar (stages)(14)See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens in tiers (15)And has made the…
Provenance

Chains of transmission

Oral — isnād

  1. ~610–632 CERevelation & memorisation

    Received by the Prophet ﷺ and preserved by the ḥuffāẓ (memorisers) among the Companions.

  2. 1st century AHMutawātir transmissionawaiting curation

    Carried by mass-transmission through the generations of qurrāʾ.

  3. TodayLiving chainsawaiting curation

    Continuous ijāzah chains link reciters today back to the Prophet ﷺ.

Verified isnād chains for this āyah will be added by curators.

Written — the manuscript record

  1. ~650 CEʿUthmānic codicesawaiting curation

    The standardised muṣḥaf sent to the great cities (e.g. the Topkapı and Samarqand codices).

  2. 8th–10th c.Early Ḥijāzī & Kūfic foliosawaiting curation

    Surviving leaves in Birmingham, Sanaa, Paris (BnF) and beyond.

  3. Modern printModern printawaiting curation

    The 1924 Cairo edition → today: the standard printed muṣḥaf used worldwide.

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