Nuh

Saheeh International

1 Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

1 Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun

Saheeh International

2 He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Saheeh International

3 [Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

Saheeh International

4 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.' "

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

4 Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona

Saheeh International

5 He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

5 Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

Saheeh International

6 But my invitation increased them not except in flight.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

Saheeh International

7 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.

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

7 Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran

Saheeh International

8 Then I invited them publicly.

Pickthall

8 And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Saheeh International

9 Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

Saheeh International

10 And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Saheeh International

11 He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

Saheeh International

12 And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

Saheeh International

13 What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

Saheeh International

14 While He has created you in stages?

Pickthall

14 When He created you by (divers) stages ?

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

Saheeh International

15 Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

15 Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

Saheeh International

16 And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

Saheeh International

17 And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

Saheeh International

18 Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

Saheeh International

19 And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Saheeh International

20 That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "

Pickthall

20 That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

Saheeh International

21 Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

21 Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

Saheeh International

22 And they conspired an immense conspiracy.

Pickthall

22 And they have plotted a mighty plot,

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Saheeh International

23 And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

23 Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran

Saheeh International

24 And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

24 Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

Saheeh International

25 Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

25 Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran

Saheeh International

26 And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

26 Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

27 Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

Saheeh International

28 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."

Pickthall

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.

Transliteration

28 Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran