Kitab

Nuh

Chapter 71, 28 verses

  • Shakir
  • Pickthall
  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
Shakir

Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.

Pickthall

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Verily, We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people (saying): "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful torment."

Shakir

He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:

Pickthall

He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,

Shakir

That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:

Pickthall

(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"That you should worship Allah (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,

Shakir

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!

Pickthall

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"He (Allah) will forgive you of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Verily, the term of Allah when it comes, cannot be delayed, if you but knew."

Shakir

He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!

Pickthall

He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

He said: "O my Lord! Verily, I have called to my people night and day (i.e. secretly and openly to accept the doctrine of Islamic Monotheism),

Shakir

But my call has only made them flee the more:

Pickthall

But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).

Shakir

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:

Pickthall

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And verily, every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, and persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride.

Shakir

Then surely I called to them aloud:

Pickthall

And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).

Shakir

Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:

Pickthall

And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.

Shakir

Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:

Pickthall

And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;

Shakir

He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:

Pickthall

He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

'He will send rain to you in abundance,

Shakir

And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.

Pickthall

And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.'"

Shakir

What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?

Pickthall

What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

What is the matter with you, that [you fear not Allah (His punishment), and] you hope not for reward (from Allah or you believe not in His Oneness).

Shakir

And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Pickthall

When He created you by (divers) stages ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (V.23:13,14)].

Shakir

Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,

Pickthall

See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?

Shakir

And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?

Pickthall

And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp ?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?

Shakir

And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:

Pickthall

And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)

Shakir

Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:

Pickthall

And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?

Shakir

And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,

Pickthall

And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse.

Shakir

That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Pickthall

That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

That you may go about therein in broad roads.

Shakir

Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.

Pickthall

Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.

Shakir

And they have planned a very great plan.

Pickthall

And they have plotted a mighty plot,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And they have plotted a mighty plot.

Shakir

And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.

Pickthall

And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And they have said: 'You shall not leave your gods: nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth, nor Ya'uq nor Nasr' (these are the names of their idols).

Shakir

And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.

Pickthall

And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save error.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allah): 'Grant no increase to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) save error.'"

Shakir

Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.

Pickthall

Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire. And they found none to help them instead of Allah.

Shakir

And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:

Pickthall

And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!

Shakir

For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)

Pickthall

If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.

Shakir

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!

Pickthall

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) grant You no increase but destruction!"

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