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
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
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, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear 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
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.' "
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, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
But my invitation increased them not except in flight.
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 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.
And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
Then I invited them publicly.
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 I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
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
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
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 give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide 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 do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
When He created you by (divers) stages ?
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
While He has created you in stages?
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 consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
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 [reflected] light and made the sun a burning 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 caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] 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 will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
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 an expanse
That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.
لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "
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
Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
And they have plotted a mighty plot,
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they conspired an immense conspiracy.
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 said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq 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 already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in 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 sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.
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 Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
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
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .
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 whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."