Quran Universe
11:31

وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡ عِندِي خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّي مَلَكٞ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزۡدَرِيٓ أَعۡيُنُكُمۡ لَن يُؤۡتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيۡرًاۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Wala aqoolu lakum AAindee khazainu Allahi wala aAAlamu alghayba wala aqoolu innee malakun wala aqoolu lillatheena tazdaree aAAyunukum lan yutiyahumu Allahu khayran Allahu aAAlamu bima fee anfusihim innee ithan lamina alththalimeena

And I do not tell you that I have the depositories [containing the provision] of Allah or that I know the unseen, nor do I tell you that I am an angel, nor do I say of those upon whom your eyes look down that Allah will never grant them any good. Allah is most knowing of what is within their souls. Indeed, I would then be among the wrongdoers."

Word by word
  1. وَلَآAnd not
  2. أَقُولُI say
  3. لَكُمۡto you
  4. عِندِي(that) with me
  5. خَزَآئِنُ(are the) treasures
  6. ٱللَّهِ(of) Allah
  7. وَلَآand not
  8. أَعۡلَمُI know
  9. ٱلۡغَيۡبَthe unseen
  10. وَلَآand not
  11. أَقُولُI say
  12. إِنِّيthat I am
  13. مَلَكٞan Angel
  14. وَلَآand not
  15. أَقُولُI say
  16. لِلَّذِينَfor those whom
  17. تَزۡدَرِيٓlook down upon
  18. أَعۡيُنُكُمۡyour eyes
  19. لَنnever
  20. يُؤۡتِيَهُمُwill Allah give them
  21. ٱللَّهُwill Allah give them
  22. خَيۡرًاۖany good
  23. ٱللَّهُAllah
  24. أَعۡلَمُknows best
  25. بِمَاwhat
  26. فِيٓ(is) in
  27. أَنفُسِهِمۡtheir souls
  28. إِنِّيٓIndeed,I
  29. إِذٗاthen
  30. لَّمِنَ(will be) surely of
  31. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoers
Hud · 11:31Makkah

No treasures, no unseen, no angel, no judging hearts.

Nuh says honestly what he is not

What Nuh does not claim
Allah's treasuresnot in my hands
the unseenonly what Allah shows
an angela human messenger
Allah knows heartsnot me, not you
The people you look down on
no good for themwhat your eyes decided
Allah knows their soulsjudging them would be wrong

Nuh told his people plainly that he was only a human messenger. He did not hold Allah's treasures, know the unseen, or claim to be an angel. And he would not say of the believers they looked down on that Allah would give them no good. Allah knows what is inside them.

At the bus stop you see a man in a stained jacket, mumbling, and something in you files him as worthless. In the office you quietly rank people by title. You do not see souls. The one your eyes dismiss may be dearer to Allah than you.

I can tell what a person is worth from how they look and where they stand.

Only Allah knows what is inside a soul, so writing someone off would make me the wrongdoer.

Try this

Catch one quick judgment you make about a stranger today and replace it with a silent prayer for them.

Simplified reflection. Read the tafsir for scholarship.draft
Tafsir Ibn Kathir

And I do not say to you that with me are the treasures of Allah, nor that I know the Ghayb; nor do I say I am an angel, and I do not say of those whom your eyes look down upon that Allah will not bestow any good on them. Allah knows what is in their inner selves. In that case, I should, indeed be one of the wrongdoers (31)

Nuh is informing them that he is a Messenger from Allah, calling to the worship of Allah alone, without any partners and he is doing this by the permission of Allah. At the same time, he is not asking them for any reward for this work. He invites whomever he meets, whether of nobility or low class. Therefore, whoever responds favorably, then he has achieved salvation. He also explains that he has no power to manipulate the hidden treasures of Allah, nor does he have any knowledge of the Unseen, except what Allah has allowed him to know. Likewise, he is not an angel, rather, he is merely a human Messenger aided with miracles. Nuh goes on to say, "I do not say about these people whom you (disbelievers) detest and look down upon, that Allah will not reward them for their deeds. Allah knows best what is in their souls. If they are believers in their hearts, as their condition appears to be outwardly, then they will have a good reward. If anyone behaves evilly with them after they have believed, then he is a wrongdoer who speaks what he has no knowledge of.