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."
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
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,
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
"That you should worship Allah (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
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."
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!
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
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),
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).
But my call has only made them flee the more:
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
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.
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:
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).
Then surely I called to them aloud:
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
'He will send rain to you in abundance,
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.'"
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
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).
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
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)].
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا
And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse.
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
That you may go about therein in broad roads.
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
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.
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
"And they have plotted a mighty plot.
And they have planned a very great plan.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
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).
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
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.'"
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
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.
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
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!
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
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.
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
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!"
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!
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا