Chapter 71, 28 verses
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
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!
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
But my call has only made them flee the more:
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
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:
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
Then surely I called to them aloud:
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
And they have planned a very great plan.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
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!
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran