Chapter 71, 28 verses
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.
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
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.
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
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.
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
When He created you by (divers) stages ?
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp ?
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
And they have plotted a mighty plot,
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save error.
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
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.
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran