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."

Transliteration

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

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

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

Transliteration

2 Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

3 Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

Pickthall

3 (Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto 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."

Transliteration

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

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

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

Transliteration

5 Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

6 Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

Pickthall

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

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.

Transliteration

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

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

8 "So I have called to them aloud;

Transliteration

8 Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

Pickthall

8 And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

9 Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

10 Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

11 Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

12 Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

13 Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

14 Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

Pickthall

14 When He created you by (divers) stages ?

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

15 Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

16 WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

Pickthall

16 And hath 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),

Transliteration

17 WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

18 Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

19 WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

20 Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

Pickthall

20 That ye may thread the valley - ways thereof.

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.

Transliteration

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

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

22 "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

Transliteration

22 Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

Pickthall

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'; -

Transliteration

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

Pickthall

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Transliteration

24 Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

Pickthall

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

Transliteration

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

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

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

Transliteration

26 Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

Pickthall

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

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.

Transliteration

27 Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

Pickthall

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

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!"

Transliteration

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

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.