Nuh

Transliteration

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

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

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

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

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

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

Yusuf Ali

8 "So I have called to them aloud;

Transliteration

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

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

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

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

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

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

Yusuf Ali

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

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19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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!"