نوح

1 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.

1 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."

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

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

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

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

4 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.

4 "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."

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

5 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),

6 But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

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

7 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.

7 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.

8 And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 'He will send rain to you in abundance,

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

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

13 What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

13 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).

14 When He created you by (divers) stages ?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

19 And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

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

20 That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

20 That you may go about therein in broad roads.

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

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

22 And they have plotted a mighty plot,

22 "And they have plotted a mighty plot.

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

23 "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).

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

28 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.

28 "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!"