Kitab

Nuh

Chapter 71, 28 verses

  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Pickthall
  • Transliteration
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.

Transliteration

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

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

Transliteration

Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

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,

Transliteration

Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

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.

Transliteration

Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona

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

Transliteration

Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

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;

Transliteration

Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

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.

Transliteration

Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Pickthall

And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

Transliteration

Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

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.

Transliteration

Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

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.

Transliteration

Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

'He will send rain to you in abundance,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

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.

Transliteration

Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

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

Transliteration

Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

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 ?

Transliteration

Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

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,

Transliteration

Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

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 ?

Transliteration

WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

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,

Transliteration

WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

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.

Transliteration

Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

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

Transliteration

WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

That you may go about therein in broad roads.

Pickthall

That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

Transliteration

Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

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;

Transliteration

Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And they have plotted a mighty plot.

Pickthall

And they have plotted a mighty plot,

Transliteration

Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

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.

Transliteration

Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran

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.

Transliteration

Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

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.

Transliteration

Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran

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.

Transliteration

Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

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.

Transliteration

Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

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.

Transliteration

Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran

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