Nuh

Shakir

1 Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.

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."

Transliteration

1 Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Shakir

3 That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:

Yusuf Ali

3 "That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:

Transliteration

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

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!

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."

Transliteration

4 Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona

Shakir

5 He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

5 Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

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:

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.

Transliteration

7 Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran

Shakir

8 Then surely I called to them aloud:

Yusuf Ali

8 "So I have called to them aloud;

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Shakir

9 Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

Shakir

10 Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:

Yusuf Ali

10 "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Shakir

11 He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:

Yusuf Ali

11 "'He will send rain to you in abundance;

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

Shakir

12 And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

Shakir

14 And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

Shakir

15 Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,

Yusuf Ali

15 "'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

Transliteration

15 Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

Shakir

16 And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

Shakir

18 Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Shakir

20 That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

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.

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.

Transliteration

21 Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

Shakir

22 And they have planned a very great plan.

Yusuf Ali

22 "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Shakir

23 And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.

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'; -

Transliteration

23 Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran

Shakir

24 And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

24 Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

Shakir

25 Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.

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.

Transliteration

25 Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran

Shakir

26 And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

26 Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

Shakir

27 For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)

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.

Transliteration

27 Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

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!

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!"

Transliteration

28 Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran