نوح

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.

1 Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun

1 Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

2 He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

2 He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,

3 (Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

3 [Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.

4 That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.

4 Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona

4 Allah will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allah, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew.' "

5 He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day

5 Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

5 He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.

6 But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

6 But my invitation increased them not except in flight.

7 And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.

7 Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran

7 And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.

8 And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

8 Then I invited them publicly.

9 And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

9 Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

10 And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

10 And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

11 He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

11 He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

12 And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

12 And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

13 What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

13 What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur

14 When He created you by (divers) stages ?

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

14 While He has created you in stages?

15 See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

15 Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

15 Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

16 And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp ?

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

16 And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

17 And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

17 And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

18 And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

18 Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

19 And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

19 And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

20 That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

20 That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "

21 Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;

21 Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

21 Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

22 And they have plotted a mighty plot,

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

22 And they conspired an immense conspiracy.

23 And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

23 Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran

23 And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

24 And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save error.

24 Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

24 And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

25 Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.

25 Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran

25 Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.

26 And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.

26 Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

26 And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

27 If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.

27 Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

27 Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.

28 My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong - doers in aught save ruin.

28 Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran

28 My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."