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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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

Yusuf Ali

2 He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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."

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

Yusuf Ali

5 He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:

Saheeh International

6 But my invitation increased them not except in flight.

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

6 "But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).

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.

Yusuf Ali

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.

Saheeh International

8 Then I invited them publicly.

Pickthall

8 And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

Yusuf Ali

8 "So I have called to them aloud;

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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

Yusuf Ali

13 "'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -

Saheeh International

14 While He has created you in stages?

Pickthall

14 When He created you by (divers) stages ?

Yusuf Ali

14 "'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?

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,

Yusuf Ali

15 "'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

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 ?

Yusuf Ali

16 "'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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

Yusuf Ali

19 "'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),

Saheeh International

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

Pickthall

20 That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

Yusuf Ali

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

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;

Yusuf Ali

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.

Saheeh International

22 And they conspired an immense conspiracy.

Pickthall

22 And they have plotted a mighty plot,

Yusuf Ali

22 "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

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.

Yusuf Ali

23 "And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -

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.

Yusuf Ali

24 "They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."

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.

Yusuf Ali

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.

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

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.

Yusuf Ali

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!"