Noah pleaded, “My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You about what I have no knowledge of, and unless You forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be one of the losers.”
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My Lord, I seek refuge in You from asking You about what I have no knowledge of, and unless You forgive me and have mercy on me, I will be one of the losers.' (Hud:: 47)
Linguistic Meanings:
Al-'Awdh' (العَوذ)
Seeking refuge and protection in someone else. When we seek Allah’s protection we refer to this as 'Isti’adhah' (seeking refuge) which means: To flee from something one fears to someone who can protect them from it.
'Do not ask me about what you have no knowledge of'. This is so humane of Noah. People ask, people do not understand. Allah advised him to not ask what he couldn’t understand, Allah didn’t punish him for asking or grieving. Noah is obviously trying to be patient but it seems to be a bit hard for him, totally humane. Noah was 'seeking refuge' from this kind of questions, yes it needs some sort of refuge to just surrender to Allah’s plans.
اے میرے رب! میں تیری پناہ چاہتا ہوں اس بات سے کہ تجھ سے اس چیز کا سوال کروں جس کا مجھے علم نہ ہو، اور اگر تُو نے مجھے معاف نہ فرمایا اور مجھ پر رحم نہ فرمایا تو میں خسارہ پانے والوں میں سے ہو جاؤں گا۔' (سورۃ ہود: 47)
لسانی معنی:
العوذ (پناہ مانگنا) کسی کی حفاظت اور پناہ میں آنا۔ اللہ تعالیٰ کی پناہ مانگنے کو 'استعاذہ' کہا جاتا ہے، جس کے معنی ہیں: ایسی چیز سے بھاگ کر محفوظ ہستی کی پناہ میں آنا جس کا خوف ہو۔