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."

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."

Saheeh International

1 Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

2 He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

3 [Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear 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."

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."

Saheeh International

4 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.' "

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

5 He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

6 But my invitation increased them not except in flight.

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.

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.

Saheeh International

7 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.

Yusuf Ali

8 "So I have called to them aloud;

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

8 Then I invited them publicly.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

9 Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

10 And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 'He will send rain to you in abundance,

Saheeh International

11 He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

12 And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

Yusuf Ali

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

Saheeh International

13 What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur

Yusuf Ali

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

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)].

Saheeh International

14 While He has created you in stages?

Yusuf Ali

15 "'See ye not 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?

Saheeh International

15 Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

16 And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

17 And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

18 Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

19 And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 That you may go about therein in broad roads.

Saheeh International

20 That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "

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.

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.

Saheeh International

21 Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

Yusuf Ali

22 "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 "And they have plotted a mighty plot.

Saheeh International

22 And they conspired an immense conspiracy.

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'; -

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).

Saheeh International

23 And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or 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)."

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.'"

Saheeh International

24 And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in 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.

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.

Saheeh International

25 Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.

Yusuf Ali

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

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

26 And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

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.

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

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

Saheeh International

27 Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.

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!"

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!"

Saheeh International

28 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."