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Nuh
Chapter 71, 28 verses
Yusuf Ali
Pickthall
Shakir
Yusuf Ali
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
Pickthall
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.
Shakir
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
Yusuf Ali
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
Pickthall
He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
Shakir
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
Yusuf Ali
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
Pickthall
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,
Shakir
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
Yusuf Ali
"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."
Pickthall
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.
Shakir
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!
Yusuf Ali
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
Pickthall
He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
Shakir
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
Yusuf Ali
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
Pickthall
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;
Shakir
But my call has only made them flee the more:
Yusuf Ali
"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.
Pickthall
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.
Shakir
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:
Yusuf Ali
"So I have called to them aloud;
Pickthall
And lo! I have called unto them aloud,
Shakir
Then surely I called to them aloud:
Yusuf Ali
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
Pickthall
And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.
Shakir
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
Yusuf Ali
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
Pickthall
And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.
Shakir
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
Yusuf Ali
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
Pickthall
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,
Shakir
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
Yusuf Ali
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
Pickthall
And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.
Shakir
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
Yusuf Ali
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
Pickthall
What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
Shakir
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
Yusuf Ali
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
Pickthall
When He created you by (divers) stages ?
Shakir
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
Yusuf Ali
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
Pickthall
See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,
Shakir
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
Yusuf Ali
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
Pickthall
And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp ?
Shakir
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
Yusuf Ali
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
Pickthall
And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,
Shakir
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
Yusuf Ali
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
Pickthall
And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.
Shakir
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
Yusuf Ali
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
Pickthall
And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
Shakir
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
Yusuf Ali
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
Pickthall
That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.
Shakir
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
Yusuf Ali
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
Pickthall
Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;
Shakir
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
Yusuf Ali
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
Pickthall
And they have plotted a mighty plot,
Shakir
And they have planned a very great plan.
Yusuf Ali
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -
Pickthall
And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
Shakir
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
Yusuf Ali
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
Pickthall
And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong - doers in naught save error.
Shakir
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
Yusuf Ali
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.
Pickthall
Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.
Shakir
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
Yusuf Ali
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
Pickthall
And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.
Shakir
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
Yusuf Ali
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
Pickthall
If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.
Shakir
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
Yusuf Ali
"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!"
Pickthall
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.
Shakir
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!