Nuh

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 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."

Yusuf Ali

1 We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,

Yusuf Ali

2 He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:

Transliteration

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 "That you should worship Allah (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,

Yusuf Ali

3 "That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 "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."

Yusuf Ali

4 "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."

Transliteration

5 Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 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),

Yusuf Ali

5 He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 "But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).

Yusuf Ali

6 "But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 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.

Yusuf Ali

7 "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.

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 "Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).

Yusuf Ali

8 "So I have called to them aloud;

Transliteration

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 "Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.

Yusuf Ali

9 "Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 "I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;

Yusuf Ali

10 "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 'He will send rain to you in abundance,

Yusuf Ali

11 "'He will send rain to you in abundance;

Transliteration

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.'"

Yusuf Ali

12 "'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).

Transliteration

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 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).

Yusuf Ali

13 "'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (V.23:13,14)].

Yusuf Ali

14 "'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?

Transliteration

15 Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?

Yusuf Ali

15 "'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

Transliteration

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

16 "'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

Transliteration

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)

Yusuf Ali

17 "'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),

Transliteration

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?

Yusuf Ali

18 "'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

19 "'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 That you may go about therein in broad roads.

Yusuf Ali

20 "'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.

Yusuf Ali

21 Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 "And they have plotted a mighty plot.

Yusuf Ali

22 "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 "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).

Yusuf Ali

23 "And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -

Transliteration

24 Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 "And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allah): 'Grant no increase to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) save error.'"

Yusuf Ali

24 "They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire. And they found none to help them instead of Allah.

Yusuf Ali

25 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.

Transliteration

26 Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 And Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!

Yusuf Ali

26 And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!

Transliteration

27 Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 "If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.

Yusuf Ali

27 "For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.

Transliteration

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 "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!"

Yusuf Ali

28 "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!"