Nuh

Shakir

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

Transliteration

1 Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 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

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

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

4 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!

Transliteration

4 Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 "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

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

Transliteration

5 Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 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

6 But my call has only made them flee the more:

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

7 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:

Transliteration

7 Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 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

8 Then surely I called to them aloud:

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 'He will send rain to you in abundance,

Shakir

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

Transliteration

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 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

14 And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

15 Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

20 That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 That you may go about therein in broad roads.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

21 Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

22 And they have planned a very great plan.

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 "And they have plotted a mighty plot.

Shakir

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

Transliteration

23 Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 "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

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

Transliteration

24 Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

25 Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 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

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

Transliteration

26 Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

27 Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

28 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!

Transliteration

28 Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 "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!"