Hûd
IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF GRACE[11:48]
[Thereupon] the word was spoken: "O Noah! Disembark in peace from Us, and with [Our] blessings upon thee as well as upon the people [who are with thee, and the righteous ones that will spring from thee and] from those who are with thee. But [as for the unrighteous] folk [that will spring from you] – We shall allow them to enjoy life [for a little while], and then there will befall them grievous suffering from Us."

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* v.48 : The term salām – here translated as “peace” – comprises the notions of both external and internal security from all that is evil. For a fuller explanation of the term, see sūrah 5, note 29.
* The above interpolation is based on the consensus of most of the classical commentators. The phrase “the people [or “generations”] from those who are with thee” points to generations as yet unborn; but since God’s blessing extends to all believers, it eo ipso comprises the believers of Noah’s generation as well; and since “those who deny the truth” (al-kāfirūn) are excluded from God’s blessing, only the righteous from among the offspring of these early believers are promised a share in His grace (cf. a similar allusion, relating to Abraham’s descendants, in 2:124): hence my interpolation of the words “as for the unrighteous that will spring from you” in the next sentence.