Nuh

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."

Shakir

1 Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 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."

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

2 He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

3 That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 "That you should worship Allah (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,

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."

Shakir

4 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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 "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."

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

5 He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 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),

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

6 But my call has only made them flee the more:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 "But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).

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.

Shakir

7 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:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 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.

Yusuf Ali

8 "So I have called to them aloud;

Shakir

8 Then surely I called to them aloud:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 "Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

9 Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 "Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

10 Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 "I said (to them): 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

11 He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 'He will send rain to you in abundance,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

12 And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 'And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.'"

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

13 What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

14 And indeed He has created you through various grades:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (V.23:13,14)].

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

15 Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 See you not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

17 And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 And Allah has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabari)

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

18 Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

19 And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

20 That you may go along therein in wide paths.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 That you may go about therein in broad roads.

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.

Shakir

21 Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.

Yusuf Ali

22 "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

Shakir

22 And they have planned a very great plan.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 "And they have plotted a mighty plot.

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'; -

Shakir

23 And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 "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).

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

24 And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 "And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allah): 'Grant no increase to the Zalimun (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) save error.'"

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.

Shakir

25 Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire. And they found none to help them instead of Allah.

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

26 And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 And Nuh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!

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.

Shakir

27 For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 "If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.

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!"

Shakir

28 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!

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 "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!"