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
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
"That ye should 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
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
"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."
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
But my call has only made them flee the more:
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
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
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
"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.
Then surely I called to them aloud:
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
"So I have called to them aloud;
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
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
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
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
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
And they have planned a very great plan.
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
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
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor 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
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
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
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
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.
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
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
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
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
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
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
"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!"