Chapter 71, 28 verses
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
"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."
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
"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.
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
"So I have called to them aloud;
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for 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
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
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.
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
"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!"