Chapter 71, 28 verses
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم إنا أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه أن أنذر قومك من قبل أن يأتيهم عذاب أليم
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
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
قال يا قوم إني لكم نذير مبين
He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.
أن اعبدوا الله واتقوه وأطيعون
"That you should worship Allah (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,
أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Allah will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allah, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew.' "
يغفر لكم من ذنوبكم ويؤخركم إلى أجل مسمى ۚ إن أجل الله إذا جاء لا يؤخر ۖ لو كنتم تعلمون
"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
He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
قال رب إني دعوت قومي ليلا ونهارا
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
But my invitation increased them not except in flight.
فلم يزدهم دعائي إلا فرارا
"But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.
وإني كلما دعوتهم لتغفر لهم جعلوا أصابعهم في آذانهم واستغشوا ثيابهم وأصروا واستكبروا استكبارا
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
Then I invited them publicly.
ثم إني دعوتهم جهارا
"Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
ثم إني أعلنت لهم وأسررت لهم إسرارا
"Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
فقلت استغفروا ربكم إنه كان غفارا
"I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
يرسل السماء عليكم مدرارا
'He will send rain to you in abundance,
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
ويمددكم بأموال وبنين ويجعل لكم جنات ويجعل لكم أنهارا
'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
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
ما لكم لا ترجون لله وقارا
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
While He has created you in stages?
وقد خلقكم أطوارا
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
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
ألم تروا كيف خلق الله سبع سماوات طباقا
See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
وجعل القمر فيهن نورا وجعل الشمس سراجا
And has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
والله أنبتكم من الأرض نباتا
And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
ثم يعيدكم فيها ويخرجكم إخراجا
Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
والله جعل لكم الأرض بساطا
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse.
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "
لتسلكوا منها سبلا فجاجا
That you may go about therein in broad roads.
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
قال نوح رب إنهم عصوني واتبعوا من لم يزده ماله وولده إلا خسارا
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
And they conspired an immense conspiracy.
ومكروا مكرا كبارا
"And they have plotted a mighty plot.
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
وقالوا لا تذرن آلهتكم ولا تذرن ودا ولا سواعا ولا يغوث ويعوق ونسرا
"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
And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
وقد أضلوا كثيرا ۖ ولا تزد الظالمين إلا ضلالا
"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
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.
مما خطيئاتهم أغرقوا فأدخلوا نارا فلم يجدوا لهم من دون الله أنصارا
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
And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
وقال نوح رب لا تذر على الأرض من الكافرين ديارا
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
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .
إنك إن تذرهم يضلوا عبادك ولا يلدوا إلا فاجرا كفارا
"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
My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."
رب اغفر لي ولوالدي ولمن دخل بيتي مؤمنا وللمؤمنين والمؤمنات ولا تزد الظالمين إلا تبارا
"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