Quran Universe
11:89

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ لَا يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ شِقَاقِيٓ أَن يُصِيبَكُم مِّثۡلُ مَآ أَصَابَ قَوۡمَ نُوحٍ أَوۡ قَوۡمَ هُودٍ أَوۡ قَوۡمَ صَٰلِحٖۚ وَمَا قَوۡمُ لُوطٖ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٖ

Waya qawmi la yajrimannakum shiqaqee an yuseebakum mithlu ma asaba qawma noohin aw qawma hoodin aw qawma salihin wama qawmu lootin minkum bibaAAeedin

And O my people, let not [your] dissension from me cause you to be struck by that similar to what struck the people of Noah or the people of Hud or the people of Salih. And the people of Lot are not from you far away.

Word by word
  1. وَيَٰقَوۡمِAnd O my people
  2. لَا(Let) not cause you to sin
  3. يَجۡرِمَنَّكُمۡ(Let) not cause you to sin
  4. شِقَاقِيٓmy dissension
  5. أَنlest
  6. يُصِيبَكُمbefalls you
  7. مِّثۡلُsimilar
  8. مَآ(to) what
  9. أَصَابَbefell
  10. قَوۡمَ(the) people of Nuh
  11. نُوحٍ(the) people of Nuh
  12. أَوۡor
  13. قَوۡمَ(the) people of Hud
  14. هُودٍ(the) people of Hud
  15. أَوۡor
  16. قَوۡمَpeople of Salih
  17. صَٰلِحٖۚpeople of Salih
  18. وَمَاAnd not
  19. قَوۡمُ(are the) people of Lut
  20. لُوطٖ(are the) people of Lut
  21. مِّنكُمfrom you
  22. بِبَعِيدٖfar off
Hud · 11:89Makkah

Do not let your dislike of me ruin you.

Spite against the messenger as a trap

Shu'ayb's warning
your enmity to mekeeps you stubborn
could bring
what struck othersNuh's, Hud's, Salih's people
Lut's peoplenot far from you
What drives the refusal
the argumentI just disagree
the grudgeI will not let him be right

Shu'ayb warned his people: do not let your hatred of me push you to persist in corruption. Otherwise you may meet what struck the peoples of Nuh, Hud and Salih. And Lut's people were not far off. Qatadah said they had only been destroyed yesterday, as it were.

Your sister gives you good advice about your marriage, but because it is her, you do the opposite. Your coworker is right about the plan, but you dislike him. Spite can make you reject what helps you.

I cannot take advice from someone I do not like.

My dislike of a person should never push me away from a truth they carry.

Try this

Think of advice you dismissed because of who said it. Take one honest look at it today.

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

"And O my people! Let not my Shiqaq cause you to suffer the fate similar to that of the people of Nuh or of Hud or of Salih, and the people of Lut are not far off from you! (89)"And ask forgiveness of your Lord and turn unto Him in repentance. Verily, my Lord is Most Merciful, Most Loving. (90)

He (Shu'ayb) said to them,

وَيَا قَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِي

(And O my people! Let not my Shiqaq cause you) This means, "Do not let your hatred and enmity of me cause you to persist in your corruption and disbelief. If you continue this way, you will suffer the same vengeance and torment that overcame Nuh's people, Hud's people, Salih's people and Lut's people." Qatadah said,

وَيَا قَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاقِي

(And O my people! Let not my Shiqaq cause you) "He is saying, 'Do not be influenced by your differing with me." As-Suddi said, "This means your enmity of me should not lead you to continue in misguidance and disbelief, or else you will be afflicted by what afflicted them." Concerning His statement,

وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِّنكُم بِبَعِيدٍ

(and the people of Lut are not far off from you!) It has been said that this refers to the period of time. Qatadah said, "This means that they were only destroyed before you yesterday." It has also been said that it refers to place. Actually, the verse carries both meanings.

وَاسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ

(And ask forgiveness of your Lord) from the previous sins.

ثُمَّ تُوبُوا إِلَيْهِ

(and turn unto Him in repentance.) In whatever evil actions you may encounter in the future. Concerning his statement,

إِنَّ رَبِّي رَحِيمٌ وَدُودٌ

(Verily, my Lord is Most Merciful, Most Loving.) to those who repent.