Chapter 71, 28 verses
We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.
أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
"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."
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
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 إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
But my invitation increased them not except in flight.
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
"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.
Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
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.
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
"So I have called to them aloud;
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
Then I invited them publicly.
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
While He has created you in stages?
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
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 عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they conspired an immense conspiracy.
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا
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.
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.
مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
"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!"
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
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 ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا