Kitab

Nuh

Chapter 71, 28 verses

  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Pickthall
  • Shakir
Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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."

Pickthall

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.

Shakir

Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you

Shakir

He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,

Shakir

That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"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."

Pickthall

That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.

Shakir

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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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),

Pickthall

He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day

Shakir

He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

Shakir

But my call has only made them flee the more:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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.

Pickthall

And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.

Shakir

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:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

Shakir

Then surely I called to them aloud:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.

Shakir

Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.

Shakir

Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

'He will send rain to you in abundance,

Pickthall

He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,

Shakir

He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.

Shakir

And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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).

Pickthall

What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

Shakir

What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

When He created you by (divers) stages ?

Shakir

And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

Shakir

Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

Shakir

And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.

Shakir

Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

Shakir

And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

That you may go about therein in broad roads.

Pickthall

That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

Shakir

That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;

Shakir

Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And they have plotted a mighty plot.

Pickthall

And they have plotted a mighty plot,

Shakir

And they have planned a very great plan.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"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).

Pickthall

And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

Shakir

And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save error.

Shakir

And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.

Shakir

Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.

Shakir

And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.

Shakir

For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"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!"

Pickthall

My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong - doers in aught save ruin.

Shakir

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!

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