Chapter 71, 28 verses
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
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!
That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.
"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."
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
But my call has only made them flee the more:
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
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 lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in 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.
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
Then surely I called to them aloud:
And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
"So I have called to them aloud;
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
When He created you by (divers) stages ?
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp ?
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
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: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they have planned a very great plan.
And they have plotted a mighty plot,
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq 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'; -
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save error.
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
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, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of 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.
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
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!
My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong - doers in aught save ruin.
"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!"