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.
Arabic
قال يا قوم إني لكم نذير مبين
Shakir
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
Arabic, with marks
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Pickthall
He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
Arabic
أن اعبدوا الله واتقوه وأطيعون
Shakir
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
Arabic, with marks
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Pickthall
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
Arabic
يغفر لكم من ذنوبكم ويؤخركم إلى أجل مسمى ۚ إن أجل الله إذا جاء لا يؤخر ۖ لو كنتم تعلمون
Shakir
He will forgive you some of your faults and grant you a delay to an appointed term; surely the term of Allah when it comes is not postponed; did you but know!
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.
Arabic
قال رب إني دعوت قومي ليلا ونهارا
Shakir
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
Arabic
فلم يزدهم دعائي إلا فرارا
Shakir
But my call has only made them flee the more:
Arabic, with marks
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Pickthall
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
Arabic
وإني كلما دعوتهم لتغفر لهم جعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم واستغشوا ثيابهم وأصروا واستكبروا استكبارا
Shakir
And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are puffed up with pride:
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.
Arabic
ثم إني دعوتهم جهارا
Shakir
Then surely I called to them aloud:
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Pickthall
And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
Arabic
ثم إني أعلنت لهم وأسررت لهم إسرارا
Shakir
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.
Arabic
رب اغفر لي ولوالدي ولمن دخل بيتي مؤمنا وللمؤمنين والمؤمنات ولا تزد الظالمين إلا تبارا
Shakir
My Lord! forgive me and my parents and him who enters my house believing, and the believing men and the believing women; and do not increase the unjust in aught but destruction!
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.