Chapter 71, 28 verses
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.
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
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:
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
"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:
أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
"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!
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
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!
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
"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:
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
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:
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).
ثم إني دعوتهم جهارا
Then surely I called to them aloud:
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
"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:
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
"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:
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
'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:
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
'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.
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا
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?
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
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:
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
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,
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا
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?
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
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:
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
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:
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
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,
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
That you may go about therein in broad roads.
لتسلكوا منها سبلا فجاجا
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
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.
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
"And they have plotted a mighty plot.
ومكروا مكرا كبارا
And they have planned a very great plan.
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
"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.
وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
"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.
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا
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.
مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
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:
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
"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)
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
"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!
رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا