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 Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Verily, We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people (saying): "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful torment."
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
"That you should worship Allah (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,
أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
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!
"He (Allah) will forgive you of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Verily, the term of Allah when it comes, cannot be delayed, if you but knew."
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
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: "O my Lord! Verily, I have called to my people night and day (i.e. secretly and openly to accept the doctrine of Islamic Monotheism),
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
But my call has only made them flee the more:
"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
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 verily, every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, and persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride.
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
Then surely I called to them aloud:
"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
'He will send rain to you in abundance,
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
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 give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.'"
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
What is the matter with you, that [you fear not Allah (His punishment), and] you hope not for reward (from Allah or you believe not in His Oneness).
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (V.23:13,14)].
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse.
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
That you may go about therein in broad roads.
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
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.
Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they have planned a very great plan.
"And they have plotted a mighty plot.
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
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: 'You shall not leave your gods: nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth, nor Ya'uq nor Nasr' (these are the names of their idols).
وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
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 indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allah): 'Grant no increase to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) save error.'"
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا
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 were made to enter the Fire. And they found none to help them instead of Allah.
مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
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 Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
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 You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
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 enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) grant You no increase but destruction!"
رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا