Nuh

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

5 Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

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

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

8 And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

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

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

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

Transliteration

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

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14 When He created you by (divers) stages ?

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

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

Transliteration

15 Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

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

Transliteration

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

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

Transliteration

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

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

Transliteration

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

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

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

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20 That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

22 And they have plotted a mighty plot,

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

24 Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

26 Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

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

Transliteration

27 Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

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