Chapter 71, 28 verses
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Wir sandten ja Nuh zu seinem Volk: "Warne dein Volk, bevor schmerzhafte Strafe über sie kommt."
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Er sagte: "O mein Volk, ich bin euch ja ein deutlicher Warner,
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
(euch zu mahnen:) Dient Allah und fürchtet Ihn, und gehorcht mir,
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!
"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."
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذَا جَاءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
so wird Er euch (etwas) von euren Sünden vergeben und euch auf eine festgesetzte Frist zurückstellen. Gewiß, Allahs Frist, wenn sie kommt, kann nicht zurückgestellt werden, wenn ihr nur wüßtet!"
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Er sagte: "Mein Herr, ich habe mein Volk bei Nacht und bei Tag aufgerufen.
But my call has only made them flee the more:
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Aber mein Rufen hat sie nur in ihrer Flucht bestärkt.
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:
"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.
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا
Gewiß, jedesmal, wenn ich sie aufrief, damit Du ihnen vergibst, steckten sie ihre Finger in ihre Ohren, überdeckten sich mit ihren Gewändern, verharrten (im Irrtum) und verhielten sich sehr hochmütig.
Then surely I called to them aloud:
"So I have called to them aloud;
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Hierauf richtete ich an sie den Ruf dann öffentlich.
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Hierauf sprach ich zu ihnen offen und ganz im geheimen.
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Ich sagte: .Bittet euren Herrn um Vergebung - Er ist ja Allvergebend -,
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
so wird Er den Regen auf euch ergiebig (herab)senden
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
und euch mit Besitz und Söhnen unterstützen und für euch Gärten machen und für euch Bäche machen.
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
Was ist mit euch, daß ihr nicht glaubt, von Allah würdevoll behandelt zu werden,
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
wo Er euch doch in Entwicklungsabschnitten erschaffen hat?
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
Seht ihr nicht, wie Allah sieben Himmel in Schichten (übereinander) erschaffen hat,
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
den Mond darin zu einem Licht gemacht und die Sonne zu einem Leuchtkörper gemacht hat?
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
Und Allah hat euch aus der Erde heranwachsen lassen.
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Hierauf wird Er euch in sie zurückbringen und gewiß (wieder aus ihr) hervorbringen.
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
Und Allah hat euch die Erde zu einer ausgebreiteten Unterlage gemacht,
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
damit ihr auf ihr dahinziehen könnt - auf Wegen als breiten Durchgängen'."
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Nuh sagte: "Mein Herr, sie haben sich mir widersetzt und sind jemandem gefolgt, dem sein Besitz und seine Kinder nur den Verlust mehren.
And they have planned a very great plan.
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Und sie haben ungeheure Ränke geschmiedet.
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
Und sie haben gesagt: .Verlaßt doch nicht eure Götter; verlaßt doch nicht Wadd, noch Suwa", noch Yagut,Ya'uq und Nasr.'
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَالًا
Sie haben ja viele in die Irre geführt. So lasse die Ungerechten nur noch tiefer in die Irre gehen."
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
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.
مِّمَّا خَطِيئَاتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
Wegen ihrer Verfehlungen wurden sie ertränkt und dann in ein (Höllen)feuer hineingebracht. Und da fanden sie für sich außer Allah keine Helfer.
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
Und Nuh sagte: "Mein Herr, lasse auf der Erde von den Ungläubigen nicht einen einzigen Bewohner.
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
Denn, gewiß, wenn Du sie (leben) läßt, führen sie Deine Diener in die Irre und zeugen nur Sittenlose und sehr beharrliche Ungläubige.
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!
"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!"
رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
Mein Herr, vergib mir und meinen Eltern und demjenigen, der als Gläubiger mein Haus betritt, und den gläubigen Männern und den gläubigen Frauen. Und stürze die Ungerechten nur noch tiefer ins Verderben."