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."
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.
He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner,
قَالَ يَا قَوْمِ إِنِّي لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:
"That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me.
أَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:
"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."
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 إِلَىٰ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذَا جَاءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
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!
He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِي لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!
"But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
But my invitation increased them not except in flight.
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَائِي إِلَّا فِرَارًا
But my call has only made them flee the more:
"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.
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.
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوا أَصَابِعَهُمْ فِي آذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا
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:
"So I have called to them aloud;
Then I invited them publicly.
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Then surely I called to them aloud:
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
ثُمَّ إِنِّي أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:
"Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft - Forgiving;
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوا رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:
"'He will send rain to you in abundance;
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:
"'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.
"'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long - suffering in Allah, -
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?
"'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?
While He has created you in stages?
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
And indeed He has created you through various grades:
"'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَاوَاتٍ طِبَاقًا
Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,
"'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
وَجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?
"'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِّنَ الْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:
"'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse
وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "
لِّتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
That you may go along therein in wide paths.
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
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 عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
And they conspired an immense conspiracy.
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
And they have planned a very great plan.
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr'; -
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong - doers but in straying (from their mark)."
And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَالًا
And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.
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.
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.
مِّمَّا خَطِيئَاتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا فَأُدْخِلُوا نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا لَهُم مِّن دُونِ اللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.
And Noah, said: "O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!
And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْأَرْضِ مِنَ الْكَافِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:
"For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] .
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوا إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)
"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!"
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 اغْفِرْ لِي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًا
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!