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.

Pickthall

1 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.

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Shakir

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

Pickthall

2 He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto 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:

Pickthall

3 (Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto 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!

Pickthall

4 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.

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!

Pickthall

5 He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

Shakir

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

Pickthall

6 But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

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:

Pickthall

7 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.

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Shakir

8 Then surely I called to them aloud:

Pickthall

8 And lo! I have called unto 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:

Pickthall

9 And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Shakir

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

Pickthall

10 And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

Shakir

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

Pickthall

11 He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous 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.

Pickthall

12 And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto 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?

Pickthall

13 What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

Shakir

14 And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Pickthall

14 When He created you by (divers) stages ?

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,

Pickthall

15 See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

Transliteration

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

16 And hath made the moon a light therein, 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:

Pickthall

17 And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

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:

Pickthall

18 And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Shakir

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

Pickthall

19 And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

Shakir

20 That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Pickthall

20 That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

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.

Pickthall

21 Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Shakir

22 And they have planned a very great plan.

Pickthall

22 And they have plotted a mighty plot,

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.

Pickthall

23 And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq 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.

Pickthall

24 And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save 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.

Pickthall

25 Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of 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:

Pickthall

26 And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.

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)

Pickthall

27 If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.

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!

Pickthall

28 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.