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.
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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.
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.' "
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
But my invitation increased them not except in flight.
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
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.
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.
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
Then I invited them publicly.
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا
What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
When He created you by (divers) stages ?
While He has created you in stages?
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا
And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp ?
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;
Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
And they have plotted a mighty plot,
And they conspired an immense conspiracy.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save error.
And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا
Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.
And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
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.
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."
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا