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.

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:

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:

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!

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!

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:

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:

Yusuf Ali

8 "So I have called to them aloud;

Shakir

8 Then surely I called to them 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:

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:

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:

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.

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?

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:

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,

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?

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:

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:

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,

Yusuf Ali

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

Shakir

20 That you may go along therein in wide paths.

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.

Yusuf Ali

22 "And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

Shakir

22 And they have planned a very great plan.

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.

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.

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.

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:

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)

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!