Nuh

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

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! Surely I am a plain warner to you:

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

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

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

4 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!

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: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by 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 my call has only made them flee the more:

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

7 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:

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 Then surely I called to them aloud:

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

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

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

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

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

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

11 'He will send rain to you in abundance,

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

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

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

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 And indeed He has created you through various grades:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

20 That you may go along therein in wide paths.

20 That you may go about therein in broad roads.

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

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 planned a very great plan.

22 "And they have plotted a mighty plot.

23 And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq 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 indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but 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 wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides 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 Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:

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

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

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 enters my house believing, and the believing men and the believing women; and do not increase the unjust in aught but destruction!

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!"