Kitab

Nuh

Chapter 71, 28 verses

  • Shakir
  • Pickthall
  • Saheeh International
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.

Saheeh International

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

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

Saheeh International

He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,

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,

Saheeh International

[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear 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.

Saheeh International

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.' "

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

Saheeh International

He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.

Shakir

But my call has only made them flee the more:

Pickthall

But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

Saheeh International

But my invitation increased them not except in flight.

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.

Saheeh International

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.

Shakir

Then surely I called to them aloud:

Pickthall

And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

Saheeh International

Then I invited them publicly.

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.

Saheeh International

Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

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.

Saheeh International

And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

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,

Saheeh International

He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

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.

Saheeh International

And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for 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

Saheeh International

What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur

Shakir

And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Pickthall

When He created you by (divers) stages ?

Saheeh International

While He has created you in stages?

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,

Saheeh International

Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

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 ?

Saheeh International

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning 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,

Saheeh International

And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

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.

Saheeh International

Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

Shakir

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

Pickthall

And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

Saheeh International

And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

Shakir

That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Pickthall

That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

Saheeh International

That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "

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;

Saheeh International

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

Shakir

And they have planned a very great plan.

Pickthall

And they have plotted a mighty plot,

Saheeh International

And they conspired an immense conspiracy.

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.

Saheeh International

And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

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.

Saheeh International

And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in 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.

Saheeh International

Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.

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.

Saheeh International

And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

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.

Saheeh International

Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .

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.

Saheeh International

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."

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