Kitab

Nuh

Chapter 71, 28 verses

  • Hilali & Muhsin Khan
  • Shakir
  • Yusuf Ali
  • Word by word
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."

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."

Word by word

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:

Word by word

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:

Word by word

أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

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."

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!

Yusuf Ali

"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."

Word by word

يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

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),

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:

Word by word

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

But my call has only made them flee the more:

Yusuf Ali

"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).

Word by word

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا

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.

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:

Yusuf Ali

"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.

Word by word

وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

Then surely I called to them aloud:

Yusuf Ali

"So I have called to them aloud;

Word by word

ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,

Word by word

ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;

Word by word

فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

'He will send rain to you in abundance,

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"'He will send rain to you in abundance;

Word by word

يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).

Word by word

وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا

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).

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -

Word by word

مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا

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)].

Shakir

And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Yusuf Ali

"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?

Word by word

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

Word by word

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

And has 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?

Yusuf Ali

"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

Word by word

وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),

Word by word

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?

Word by word

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),

Word by word

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

That you may go about therein in broad roads.

Shakir

That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Yusuf Ali

"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"

Word by word

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

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.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.

Word by word

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

"And they have plotted a mighty plot.

Shakir

And they have planned a very great plan.

Yusuf Ali

"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

Word by word

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

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).

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -

Word by word

وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا

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.'"

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."

Word by word

وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا

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.

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

Word by word

مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!

Word by word

وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Shakir

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

Yusuf Ali

"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.

Word by word

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا

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!"

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!

Yusuf Ali

"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!"

Word by word

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا

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