Chapter 71, 28 verses
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إنا أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه أن أنذر قومك من قبل أن يأتيهم عذاب أليم
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
قال يا قوم إني لكم نذير مبين
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
أن اعبدوا الله واتقوه وأطيعون
[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.
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!
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذَا جَاءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
يغفر لكم من ذنوبكم ويؤخركم إلى أجل مسمى ۚ إن أجل الله إذا جاء لا يؤخر ۖ لو كنتم تعلمون
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.' "
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
قال رب إني دعوت قومي ليلا ونهارا
He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
But my call has only made them flee the more:
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
فلم يزدهم دعائي إلا فرارا
But my invitation increased them not except in flight.
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:
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا
وإني كلما دعوتهم لتغفر لهم جعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم واستغشوا ثيابهم وأصروا واستكبروا استكبارا
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.
Then surely I called to them aloud:
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
ثم إني دعوتهم جهارا
Then I invited them publicly.
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
ثم إني أعلنت لهم وأسررت لهم إسرارا
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
فقلت استغفروا ربكم إنه كان غفارا
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
يرسل السماء عليكم مدرارا
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
ويمددكم بأموال وبنين ويجعل لكم جنات ويجعل لكم أنهارا
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
ما لكم لا ترجون لله وقارا
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
وقد خلقكم أطوارا
While He has created you in stages?
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
ألم تروا كيف خلق الله سبع سماوات طباقا
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
وجعل القمر فيهن نورا وجعل الشمس سراجا
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
والله أنبتكم من الأرض نباتا
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
ثم يعيدكم فيها ويخرجكم إخراجا
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
والله جعل لكم الأرض بساطا
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
لتسلكوا منها سبلا فجاجا
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
قال نوح رب إنهم عصوني واتبعوا من لم يزده ماله وولده إلا خسارا
Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
And they have planned a very great plan.
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
ومكروا مكرا كبارا
And they conspired an immense conspiracy.
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
وقالوا لا تذرن آلهتكم ولا تذرن ودا ولا سواعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسرا
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَالًا
وقد أضلوا كثيرا ۖ ولا تزد الظالمين إلا ضلالا
And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
مِّمَّا خَطِيئَاتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
مما خطيئاتهم أغرقوا فأدخلوا نارا فلم يجدوا لهم من دون الله أنصارا
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
وقال نوح رب لا تذر على الأرض من الكافرين ديارا
And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
إنك إن تذرهم يضلوا عبادك ولا يلدوا إلا فاجرا كفارا
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .
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!
رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
رب اغفر لي ولوالدي ولمن دخل بيتي مؤمنا وللمؤمنين والمؤمنات ولا تزد الظالمين إلا تبارا
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."