Nuh

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

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! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:

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

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

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

4 "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."

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! I have called to 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 my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).

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

7 "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.

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 "So I have called to them aloud;

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

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

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

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

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

11 "'He will send rain to you in abundance;

11 'He will send rain to you in abundance,

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

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 ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in 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 "'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse 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 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 a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

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

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

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

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

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 the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),

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

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

20 That you may go about therein in broad roads.

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

22 "And they have plotted a mighty plot.

23 "And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor 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 "They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."

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 (in the flood), and were made to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found - in lieu of Allah - none to help them.

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

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

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

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

28 "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!"

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!"