Chapter 71, 28 verses
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
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."
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إنا أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه أن أنذر قومك من قبل أن يأتيهم عذاب أليم
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,
قال يا قوم إني لكم نذير مبين
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
"That you should worship Allah (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,
أن اعبدوا الله واتقوه وأطيعون
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
"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."
يغفر لكم من ذنوبكم ويؤخركم إلى أجل مسمى ۚ إن أجل الله إذا جاء لا يؤخر ۖ لو كنتم تعلمون
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!
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
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),
قال رب إني دعوت قومي ليلا ونهارا
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).
فلم يزدهم دعائي إلا فرارا
But my call has only made them flee the more:
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
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.
وإني كلما دعوتهم لتغفر لهم جعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم واستغشوا ثيابهم وأصروا واستكبروا استكبارا
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:
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).
ثم إني دعوتهم جهارا
Then surely I called to them aloud:
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.
ثم إني أعلنت لهم وأسررت لهم إسرارا
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;
فقلت استغفروا ربكم إنه كان غفارا
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
'He will send rain to you in abundance,
يرسل السماء عليكم مدرارا
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.'"
ويمددكم بأموال وبنين ويجعل لكم جنات ويجعل لكم أنهارا
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
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).
ما لكم لا ترجون لله وقارا
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (V.23:13,14)].
وقد خلقكم أطوارا
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?
ألم تروا كيف خلق الله سبع سماوات طباقا
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
وجعل القمر فيهن نورا وجعل الشمس سراجا
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)
والله أنبتكم من الأرض نباتا
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?
ثم يعيدكم فيها ويخرجكم إخراجا
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse.
والله جعل لكم الأرض بساطا
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may go about therein in broad roads.
لتسلكوا منها سبلا فجاجا
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.
قال نوح رب إنهم عصوني واتبعوا من لم يزده ماله وولده إلا خسارا
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
"And they have plotted a mighty plot.
ومكروا مكرا كبارا
And they have planned a very great plan.
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
"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).
وقالوا لا تذرن آلهتكم ولا تذرن ودا ولا سواعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسرا
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
"And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allah): 'Grant no increase to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) save error.'"
وقد أضلوا كثيرا ۖ ولا تزد الظالمين إلا ضلالا
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire. And they found none to help them instead of Allah.
مما خطيئاتهم أغرقوا فأدخلوا نارا فلم يجدوا لهم من دون الله أنصارا
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
And Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!
وقال نوح رب لا تذر على الأرض من الكافرين ديارا
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
"If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.
إنك إن تذرهم يضلوا عبادك ولا يلدوا إلا فاجرا كفارا
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
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 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!"
رب اغفر لي ولوالدي ولمن دخل بيتي مؤمنا وللمؤمنين والمؤمنات ولا تزد الظالمين إلا تبارا
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!