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."
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said: "O my people! Verily, 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,
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."
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),
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).
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.
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
'He will send rain to you in abundance,
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.'"
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).
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)].
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
See you not 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?
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse.
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may go about therein in broad roads.
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.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
"And they have plotted a mighty plot.
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).
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.'"
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.
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!
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.
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!"