Nuh

Transliteration

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Shakir

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

Transliteration

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

Shakir

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

Transliteration

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

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!

Transliteration

5 Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

Shakir

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

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

Shakir

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

Transliteration

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

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:

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Shakir

8 Then surely I called to them aloud:

Transliteration

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

Shakir

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

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Shakir

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

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

Shakir

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

Transliteration

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

Shakir

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

Transliteration

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

Shakir

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

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

Shakir

14 And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Transliteration

15 Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

Shakir

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

Transliteration

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

Shakir

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

Transliteration

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

Shakir

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

Transliteration

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

Shakir

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

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Shakir

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

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

Shakir

20 That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Transliteration

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

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.

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Shakir

22 And they have planned a very great plan.

Transliteration

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

24 Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

Shakir

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

Transliteration

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

Shakir

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

Transliteration

26 Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

Shakir

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

Transliteration

27 Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

Shakir

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

Transliteration

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

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!