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.
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إنا أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه أن أنذر قومك من قبل أن يأتيهم عذاب أليم
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! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
قال يا قوم إني لكم نذير مبين
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
أن اعبدوا الله واتقوه وأطيعون
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.
"So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stated Term: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it cannot be put forward: if ye only knew."
يغفر لكم من ذنوبكم ويؤخركم إلى أجل مسمى ۚ إن أجل الله إذا جاء لا يؤخر ۖ لو كنتم تعلمون
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: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
قال رب إني دعوت قومي ليلا ونهارا
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
فلم يزدهم دعائي إلا فرارا
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 every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance.
وإني كلما دعوتهم لتغفر لهم جعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم واستغشوا ثيابهم وأصروا واستكبروا استكبارا
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
"So I have called to them aloud;
ثم إني دعوتهم جهارا
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
ثم إني أعلنت لهم وأسررت لهم إسرارا
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
فقلت استغفروا ربكم إنه كان غفارا
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
يرسل السماء عليكم مدرارا
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
ويمددكم بأموال وبنين ويجعل لكم جنات ويجعل لكم أنهارا
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 ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
ما لكم لا ترجون لله وقارا
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
When He created you by (divers) stages ?
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
وقد خلقكم أطوارا
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
ألم تروا كيف خلق الله سبع سماوات طباقا
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 a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
وجعل القمر فيهن نورا وجعل الشمس سراجا
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
والله أنبتكم من الأرض نباتا
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
ثم يعيدكم فيها ويخرجكم إخراجا
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
والله جعل لكم الأرض بساطا
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
لتسلكوا منها سبلا فجاجا
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: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
قال نوح رب إنهم عصوني واتبعوا من لم يزده ماله وولده إلا خسارا
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
And they have plotted a mighty plot,
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
ومكروا مكرا كبارا
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -
وقالوا لا تذرن آلهتكم ولا تذرن ودا ولا سواعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسرا
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.
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
وقد أضلوا كثيرا ۖ ولا تزد الظالمين إلا ضلالا
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 (in the flood), and were made to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found - in lieu of Allah - none to help them.
مما خطيئاتهم أغرقوا فأدخلوا نارا فلم يجدوا لهم من دون الله أنصارا
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: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
وقال نوح رب لا تذر على الأرض من الكافرين ديارا
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.
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
إنك إن تذرهم يضلوا عبادك ولا يلدوا إلا فاجرا كفارا
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.
"O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong - doers grant Thou no increase but in perdition!"
رب اغفر لي ولوالدي ولمن دخل بيتي مؤمنا وللمؤمنين والمؤمنات ولا تزد الظالمين إلا تبارا
رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا