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.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
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.
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذَا جَاءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
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!
He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
But my call has only made them flee the more:
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.
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
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! I have called unto them aloud,
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
Then surely I called to them aloud:
And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
When He created you by (divers) stages ?
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp ?
وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,
وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.
لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
And they have plotted a mighty plot,
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they have planned a very great plan.
And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save error.
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَالًا
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.
مِّمَّا خَطِيئَاتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
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.
رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
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!