Chapter 71, 28 verses
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
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.' "
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذَا جَاءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
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!
He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
But my invitation increased them not except in flight.
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
But my call has only made them flee the more:
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.
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
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:
Then I invited them publicly.
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
Then surely I called to them aloud:
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
While He has created you in stages?
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "
لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
And they conspired an immense conspiracy.
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they have planned a very great plan.
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَالًا
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.
مِّمَّا خَطِيئَاتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
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."
رَّبِّ اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
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!