Surah Hud 11:47

A Return to the Story of the Son of Nuh and mentioning what transpired between Nuh and Allah concerning Him

This was a request for information and an inquiry from Nuh concerning the cirumstances of his son's drowning.

(and said, "O my Lord! Verily, my son is of my family!") This means, "Verily, You promised to save my family and Your promise is the truth that does not fail. Therefore, how can he (my son) be drowned and You are the Most Just of the judges"

(He (Allah) said: "O Nuh! Surely, he is not of your family...") This means, "He (your son) is not of those whom I promised to save. I only promised you that I would save those of your family who believe." For this reason Allah said,

l(and your family except him against whom the Word has already gone forth.) 11:40 Thus, for his son, it had already been decreed that he would be drowned due to his disbelief and his opposition to his father, the Prophet of Allah, Nuh peace be upon him. Concerning Allah's statement,

(Surely, he is not of your family;) meaning that he (Nuh's son) was not among those whom Allah promised to save. `Abdur-Razzaq recorded that Ibn `Abbas said, "He was the son of Nuh, but he opposed him in deeds and intention." `Ikrimah said in some of the modes of recitation it said here, (إِنَّهُ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا غَيْرَ صَالِحٍ) "Verily, he (Nuh's son) worked deeds that were not righteous."

Pada ayat ini diterangkan anggapan Nabi Nuh a.s. terhadap teguran Allah yang berisi penolakan atas permohonannya, agar anaknya Kanan diselamatkan dari topan. Demikianlah, setelah Nabi Nuh a.s. mengetahui dari Allah hakikat anaknya itu, maka ia memohon ampun kepada-Nya tentang kekhilafan dan kesalahannya dalam memohonkan sesuatu yang tidak pada tempatnya. Ia berlindung kepada Allah supaya dapat menjaga dirinya agar tidak menyampaikan permohonan yang sifatnya serupa dengan kesalahannya itu. Pada akhir permohonan ampun itu, dengan sungguh-sungguh dan ikhlas, ia menyatakan penyesalannya kepada Allah. Jika kesalahannya tidak diampuni Tuhan, niscaya ia termasuk golongan orang yang merugi, sebab kesalahannya itu hanya didorong oleh perasaan kasih sayang seorang ayah terhadap anaknya dan ingin supaya anaknya mendapat rahmat Allah.