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
Arabic, with marks
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
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,
Arabic, with marks
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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.
"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
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;
Arabic, with marks
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
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.
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,
Arabic, with marks
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
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.
"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.
"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.
"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!"