What does Quran 69:11 mean?

Quran 69:11 (Surah Al-Haaqqa, Ayah 11) translates to: "Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship"

Which Surah and Juz is Quran 69:11 from?

This ayah is from Surah Al-Haaqqa (The Reality), the 69th surah of the Quran. It appears in Juz 29.

Are there hadiths related to Quran 69:11?

Yes — there are 4 hadiths related to this ayah from Sunan Ibn Majah, Sahih Muslim, Sahih al-Bukhari.

What tafsir is available for Quran 69:11?

Commentary on this ayah is available from Ibn Kathir, Ibn Kathir, Al-Jalalayn, Ibn Abbas — classical scholars of Quranic exegesis.

What topics does Quran 69:11 relate to?

This ayah connects to these Quranic topics: Historical Events, Prophethood, Divine Protection, Divine Mercy, Creation.

Ayah 10

فَعَصَوْا۟ رَسُولَ رَبِّهِمْ فَأَخَذَهُمْ أَخْذَةً...

69:11Al-Haaqqa

Ayah 12

لِنَجْعَلَهَا لَكُمْ تَذْكِرَةًۭ وَتَعِيَهَآ أُذُن...

إِنَّا لَمَّا طَغَا ٱلْمَآءُ حَمَلْنَٰكُمْ فِى ٱلْجَارِيَةِ

Innaa lammaa taghal maaa'u hamalnaakum fil jaariyah

Indeed, when the water overflowed, We carried your ancestors in the sailing ship

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Lessons from past peoples

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8 ayahs in Al-Haaqqa are strongly about lessons from past peoples. This is one of them.

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Tafsir

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Truly when the waters rose high when they rose above all things including mountains and otherwise at the time of the Flood We carried you meaning your forefathers you being in their loins in the sailing vessel the ark which Noah built and by which he and those with him were saved while all the others drowned

"The Prophet commanded (us) to tie up our water skins and cover our vessels."

Sahih Muslim #7205Fatima b. Qais reported that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) sat on the pulpit and said:Sahih

O people, Tamim Dari has reported to me that some persons of his tribe sailed in the ocean in a boat and it capsised and then some of them travelled on one of the planks of the boat and they went to an island in the ocean. The rest of the hadith is the same.

Sahih al-Bukhari #6193Narrated Khabbab:Sahih

We migrated with the Prophet..(This narration is related in the chapter of migration).

Sahih al-Bukhari #3713Narrated Abu Musa:Sahih

We received the news of the departure of the Prophet (to Medina) while we were in Yemen. So we went on board a ship but our ship took us away to An-Najashi (the Negus) in Ethiopia. There we met Ja`far bin Abi Talib and stayed with him till we came (to Medina) by the time when the Prophet (ﷺ) had conquered Khaibar. The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "O you people of the ship! You will have (the reward of) two migrations."