Chapter 71, 28 verses
Wir sandten ja Nuh zu seinem Volk: "Warne dein Volk, bevor schmerzhafte Strafe über sie kommt."
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
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."
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Er sagte: "O mein Volk, ich bin euch ja ein deutlicher Warner,
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
(euch zu mahnen:) Dient Allah und fürchtet Ihn, und gehorcht mir,
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
"That you should worship Allah (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,
أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
so wird Er euch (etwas) von euren Sünden vergeben und euch auf eine festgesetzte Frist zurückstellen. Gewiß, Allahs Frist, wenn sie kommt, kann nicht zurückgestellt werden, wenn ihr nur wüßtet!"
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!
"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."
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Er sagte: "Mein Herr, ich habe mein Volk bei Nacht und bei Tag aufgerufen.
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
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),
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Aber mein Rufen hat sie nur in ihrer Flucht bestärkt.
But my call has only made them flee the more:
"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Gewiß, jedesmal, wenn ich sie aufrief, damit Du ihnen vergibst, steckten sie ihre Finger in ihre Ohren, überdeckten sich mit ihren Gewändern, verharrten (im Irrtum) und verhielten sich sehr hochmütig.
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:
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.
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
Hierauf richtete ich an sie den Ruf dann öffentlich.
Then surely I called to them aloud:
"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Hierauf sprach ich zu ihnen offen und ganz im geheimen.
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Ich sagte: .Bittet euren Herrn um Vergebung - Er ist ja Allvergebend -,
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
so wird Er den Regen auf euch ergiebig (herab)senden
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
'He will send rain to you in abundance,
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
und euch mit Besitz und Söhnen unterstützen und für euch Gärten machen und für euch Bäche machen.
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.'"
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا
Was ist mit euch, daß ihr nicht glaubt, von Allah würdevoll behandelt zu werden,
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
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).
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
wo Er euch doch in Entwicklungsabschnitten erschaffen hat?
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (V.23:13,14)].
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
Seht ihr nicht, wie Allah sieben Himmel in Schichten (übereinander) erschaffen hat,
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا
den Mond darin zu einem Licht gemacht und die Sonne zu einem Leuchtkörper gemacht hat?
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
Und Allah hat euch aus der Erde heranwachsen lassen.
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
Hierauf wird Er euch in sie zurückbringen und gewiß (wieder aus ihr) hervorbringen.
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Und Allah hat euch die Erde zu einer ausgebreiteten Unterlage gemacht,
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse.
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
damit ihr auf ihr dahinziehen könnt - auf Wegen als breiten Durchgängen'."
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
That you may go about therein in broad roads.
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Nuh sagte: "Mein Herr, sie haben sich mir widersetzt und sind jemandem gefolgt, dem sein Besitz und seine Kinder nur den Verlust mehren.
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Und sie haben ungeheure Ränke geschmiedet.
And they have planned a very great plan.
"And they have plotted a mighty plot.
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Und sie haben gesagt: .Verlaßt doch nicht eure Götter; verlaßt doch nicht Wadd, noch Suwa", noch Yagut,Ya'uq und Nasr.'
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
"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).
وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
Sie haben ja viele in die Irre geführt. So lasse die Ungerechten nur noch tiefer in die Irre gehen."
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
"And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allah): 'Grant no increase to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) save error.'"
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا
Wegen ihrer Verfehlungen wurden sie ertränkt und dann in ein (Höllen)feuer hineingebracht. Und da fanden sie für sich außer Allah keine Helfer.
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire. And they found none to help them instead of Allah.
مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
Und Nuh sagte: "Mein Herr, lasse auf der Erde von den Ungläubigen nicht einen einzigen Bewohner.
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
And Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
Denn, gewiß, wenn Du sie (leben) läßt, führen sie Deine Diener in die Irre und zeugen nur Sittenlose und sehr beharrliche Ungläubige.
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
"If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
Mein Herr, vergib mir und meinen Eltern und demjenigen, der als Gläubiger mein Haus betritt, und den gläubigen Männern und den gläubigen Frauen. Und stürze die Ungerechten nur noch tiefer ins Verderben."
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!
"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!"
رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا