Surah 71: Noah (Nuh)

إِنّا أَرسَلنا نوحًا إِلىٰ قَومِهِ أَن أَنذِر قَومَكَ مِن قَبلِ أَن يَأتِيَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌ

We sent Noah to his people: "You shall warn your people before a painful retribution afflicts them."

قالَ يٰقَومِ إِنّى لَكُم نَذيرٌ مُبينٌ

He said, "O my people, I am a manifest warner to you.

أَنِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقوهُ وَأَطيعونِ

"To alert you that you shall worship God, reverence Him, and obey me.

يَغفِر لَكُم مِن ذُنوبِكُم وَيُؤَخِّركُم إِلىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذا جاءَ لا يُؤَخَّرُ لَو كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ

"He will then forgive you your sins and respite you for a predetermined period. Most assuredly, God's appointment can never be delayed, once it is due, if you only knew."

قالَ رَبِّ إِنّى دَعَوتُ قَومى لَيلًا وَنَهارًا

He said, "My Lord, I have invited my people night and day.

فَلَم يَزِدهُم دُعاءى إِلّا فِرارًا

"But my invitation only increased their aversion.

وَإِنّى كُلَّما دَعَوتُهُم لِتَغفِرَ لَهُم جَعَلوا أَصٰبِعَهُم فى ءاذانِهِم وَاستَغشَوا ثِيابَهُم وَأَصَرّوا وَاستَكبَرُوا استِكبارًا

"Whenever I invited them to be forgiven by You, they placed their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their clothes, insisted, and turned arrogant.

ثُمَّ إِنّى دَعَوتُهُم جِهارًا

"Then I invited them publicly.

ثُمَّ إِنّى أَعلَنتُ لَهُم وَأَسرَرتُ لَهُم إِسرارًا

"Then I proclaimed to them loudly, and I spoke to them privately.

فَقُلتُ استَغفِروا رَبَّكُم إِنَّهُ كانَ غَفّارًا

"I said, `Implore your Lord for forgiveness; He is Forgiving.

يُرسِلِ السَّماءَ عَلَيكُم مِدرارًا

"`He will then shower you generously with rain.

وَيُمدِدكُم بِأَموٰلٍ وَبَنينَ وَيَجعَل لَكُم جَنّٰتٍ وَيَجعَل لَكُم أَنهٰرًا

"`And provide you with money and children, and orchards, and streams.' "

ما لَكُم لا تَرجونَ لِلَّهِ وَقارًا

Why should you not strive to reverence God?

وَقَد خَلَقَكُم أَطوارًا

He is the One who created you in stages.

أَلَم تَرَوا كَيفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِباقًا

Do you not realize that God created seven universes in layers?

وَجَعَلَ القَمَرَ فيهِنَّ نورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمسَ سِراجًا

He designed the moon therein to be a light, and placed the sun to be a lamp.

وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِنَ الأَرضِ نَباتًا

And God germinated you from the earth like plants.

ثُمَّ يُعيدُكُم فيها وَيُخرِجُكُم إِخراجًا

Then He returns you into it, and He will surely bring you out.

وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرضَ بِساطًا

God made the earth habitable for you.

لِتَسلُكوا مِنها سُبُلًا فِجاجًا

That you may build roads therein.

قالَ نوحٌ رَبِّ إِنَّهُم عَصَونى وَاتَّبَعوا مَن لَم يَزِدهُ مالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلّا خَسارًا

Noah said, "My Lord, they disobeyed me, and followed those who were even more corrupted when blessed with money and children.

وَمَكَروا مَكرًا كُبّارًا

"They schemed terrible schemes.

وَقالوا لا تَذَرُنَّ ءالِهَتَكُم وَلا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلا سُواعًا وَلا يَغوثَ وَيَعوقَ وَنَسرًا

"They said, `Do not abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd, Suwaa`, Yaghouth, Ya`ooq, and Nasr.'

وَقَد أَضَلّوا كَثيرًا وَلا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمينَ إِلّا ضَلٰلًا

"They misled many. Therefore, let the wicked plunge deeper into loss."

مِمّا خَطيـٰٔتِهِم أُغرِقوا فَأُدخِلوا نارًا فَلَم يَجِدوا لَهُم مِن دونِ اللَّهِ أَنصارًا

Because of their sins they were drowned and assigned to the hellfire. They found no helpers to protect them from God.

وَقالَ نوحٌ رَبِّ لا تَذَر عَلَى الأَرضِ مِنَ الكٰفِرينَ دَيّارًا

Noah also said, "My Lord, do not leave a single disbeliever on earth.

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرهُم يُضِلّوا عِبادَكَ وَلا يَلِدوا إِلّا فاجِرًا كَفّارًا

"For if you let them, they will only mislead your servants and give birth to nothing but wicked disbelievers.

رَبِّ اغفِر لى وَلِوٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيتِىَ مُؤمِنًا وَلِلمُؤمِنينَ وَالمُؤمِنٰتِ وَلا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمينَ إِلّا تَبارًا

"My Lord, forgive me and my parents, and anyone who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. But do not give the disbelievers anything but annihilation."