Quran Universe
11:44

وَقِيلَ يَـٰٓأَرۡضُ ٱبۡلَعِي مَآءَكِ وَيَٰسَمَآءُ أَقۡلِعِي وَغِيضَ ٱلۡمَآءُ وَقُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ وَٱسۡتَوَتۡ عَلَى ٱلۡجُودِيِّۖ وَقِيلَ بُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ

Waqeela ya ardu iblaAAee maaki waya samao aqliAAee wagheeda almao waqudiya alamru waistawat AAala aljoodiyyi waqeela buAAdan lilqawmi alththalimeena

And it was said, "O earth, swallow your water, and O sky, withhold [your rain]." And the water subsided, and the matter was accomplished, and the ship came to rest on the [mountain of] Judiyy. And it was said, "Away with the wrongdoing people."

Word by word
  1. وَقِيلَAnd it was said
  2. يَـٰٓأَرۡضُO earth
  3. ٱبۡلَعِيSwallow
  4. مَآءَكِyour water
  5. وَيَٰسَمَآءُand O sky
  6. أَقۡلِعِيWithhold
  7. وَغِيضَAnd subsided
  8. ٱلۡمَآءُthe water
  9. وَقُضِيَand was fulfilled
  10. ٱلۡأَمۡرُthe Command
  11. وَٱسۡتَوَتۡAnd it rested
  12. عَلَىon
  13. ٱلۡجُودِيِّۖthe Judi
  14. وَقِيلَAnd it was said
  15. بُعۡدٗاAway
  16. لِّلۡقَوۡمِwith the people
  17. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَthe wrongdoers
Hud · 11:44Makkah

Earth, swallow. Sky, hold back. And it was done.

The flood ends at one command

The end of the flood
earth, swallowyour water
sky, withholdyour rain
then
rest on Judithe ship settles
away with wrongdoersfar from mercy
How it ended
slowly, by chancestorms just pass
by His wordthe matter was decided

When the deniers had drowned, Allah commanded the earth to swallow its water and the sky to stop. The water sank, the matter was settled, and the ship came to rest on Mount Judi. Mujahid said the other mountains rose proud that day but Judi humbled itself. It was said: away with the wrongdoing people.

You are in the middle of your own flood: the divorce paperwork, the layoff, the long diagnosis. It feels endless. The One who started it can end it with a word. Storms obey Him.

This hard season will go on forever.

Every flood ends when Allah says so, and He can settle my matter in a moment.

Try this

Write one hard thing you are going through on paper and make dua that Allah settles it with ease.

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

And it was said: "O earth! Swallow up your water, and O sky! Withhold (your rain)." And the water was made to subside and the decree was fulfilled. And it rested on (Mount) Judi, and it was said: "Away with the people who are wrongdoing! (44)

The End of the Flood

Allah, the Exalted, informs that when the people of the earth were all drowned, except for the people on the ship, He commanded the earth to swallow its water, which had sprang from it and gathered upon it. Then He commanded the sky to cease raining.

وَغِيضَ الْمَاءُ 

(And the water was made to subside) This means that it (the water) began to decrease.

وَقُضِيَ الْأَمْرُ

(and the decree was fulfilled.) This means that all of those who disbelieved in Allah were removed from the people of the earth. Not a single one of them remained upon the earth.

وَاسْتَوَتْ 

(And it (the ship) rested) This is referring to the ship and those who were in it.

عَلَى الْجُودِيِّ

(on (Mount) Judi.) Mujahid said, "Judi is a mountain in Al-Jazirah (Northwest Mesopotamia) where the mountains sought to tower above each other on the day of the drowning. On that day of destruction, all the mountains sought to be higher (to avoid being overcome by the water). However, this mountain (Judi) humbled itself for Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, and therefore it was not drowned. This is why Nuh's ship anchored upon it." Qatadah said, "The ship rested upon it (Mount Judi) for a month before they (the people) came down from it. " Qatadah also said, "Allah made Nuh's ship remain on Mount Judi in the land of Al-Jazirah, as a lesson and a sign." Even the early generations of this Ummah saw it. How many ships are there that have come after it and have been destroyed and became dust?

وَقِيلَ بُعْدًا لِّلْقَوْمِ الظَّالِمِينَ

(and it was said: "Away with the people who are wrongdoing!") means destruction and loss for them. The term "away with" here implies being far away from the mercy of Allah. For verily, they were destroyed to the last of them, and none of them survived.