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

Yusuf Ali

1 We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."

Shakir

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

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Yusuf Ali

2 He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:

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

Yusuf Ali

3 "That ye should worship Allah, fear 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

Yusuf Ali

4 "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."

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

Yusuf Ali

5 He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:

Shakir

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

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

Yusuf Ali

6 "But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).

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

Yusuf Ali

7 "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.

Shakir

8 Then surely I called to them aloud:

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Yusuf Ali

8 "So I have called to them 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

Yusuf Ali

9 "Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly 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

Yusuf Ali

10 "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for 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

Yusuf Ali

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

Yusuf Ali

12 "'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).

Shakir

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

Transliteration

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

Yusuf Ali

13 "'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -

Shakir

14 And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

Yusuf Ali

14 "'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?

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

Yusuf Ali

15 "'See ye 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

Yusuf Ali

16 "'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

Yusuf Ali

17 "'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),

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

Yusuf Ali

18 "'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?

Shakir

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

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Yusuf Ali

19 "'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),

Shakir

20 That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

Yusuf Ali

20 "'That ye may go about therein, in spacious 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

Yusuf Ali

21 Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.

Shakir

22 And they have planned a very great plan.

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Yusuf Ali

22 "And they have devised a tremendous 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

Yusuf Ali

23 "And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -

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

Yusuf Ali

24 "They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."

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

Yusuf Ali

25 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.

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

Yusuf Ali

26 And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on 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

Yusuf Ali

27 "For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.

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

Yusuf Ali

28 "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!"