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
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
"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
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran
"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
"So I have called to them aloud;
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
"'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
"'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
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
"'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 Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
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
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
"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
"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
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
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
"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
"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