نوح Nuh

71:1

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ ۝١

Inna arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an ya/tiyahum AAathabunaleem

We indeed sent Nūḥ to his people, saying: “Warn your people against idolatry and sinful behaviour before a painful chastisement comes to them.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed We sent Noah to his people, [saying,] ‘Warn your people before a painful punishment overtakes them.’Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:2

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ ۝٢

Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerunmubeen

Nūḥ said to his people: “O my people! I am surely a plain warner to you.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘O my people! Indeed, I am a manifest warner to you.Ali Quli Qarai

He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner -Saheeh International

71:3

أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝٣

Ani oAAbudoo Allaha wattaqoohuwaateeAAoon

So worship Allāh alone, and fear displeasing Him by following His commandments, and obey me.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Worship Allah and be wary of Him, and obey me,Ali Quli Qarai

To worship Allāh, fear Him and obey me.Saheeh International

71:4

يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤

Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikumwayu-akhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahiitha jaa la yu-akhkharu law kuntumtaAAlamoon

If you do so, He will forgive for you your past sins and grant you respite to the specified term of life. But be warned that when Allāh’s appointed time for you comes, it cannot be deferred. Had you but known!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

that He may forgive you some of your sins and respite you until a specified time. Indeed when Allah’s [appointed] time comes, it cannot be deferred, if you know.’Ali Quli Qarai

He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allāh, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew."Saheeh International

71:5

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًۭا وَنَهَارًۭا ۝٥

Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmeelaylan wanahara

Nūḥ then said to His Lord: “O my Lord! I indeed called my people to Your message night and dayS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed, I have summoned my people night and dayAli Quli Qarai

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

71:6

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًۭا ۝٦

Falam yazidhum duAAa-ee illafirara

but my call only made them fly away from me more!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

but my summons only increases their evasion.Ali Quli Qarai

But my invitation increased them not except in flight [i.e., aversion].Saheeh International

71:7

وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭا ۝٧

Wa-innee kullama daAAawtuhumlitaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihimwastaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo wastakbarooistikbara

My Lord! Whenever I have called them to believe in You so that You may forgive them, lo behold, they would put their fingers in their ears, cover their garments over their heads, persisting in their sins and displaying extreme arrogance.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed whenever I have summoned them, so that You might forgive them, they would put their fingers into their ears and draw their cloaks over their heads, and they were persistent [in their unfaith], and disdainful in [their] arrogance.Ali Quli Qarai

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.Saheeh International

71:8

ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًۭا ۝٨

Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jihara

O my Lord! I conveyed the message in different ways: I indeed called them loudly,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Again I summoned them aloud,Ali Quli Qarai

Then I invited them publicly.Saheeh International

71:9

ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًۭا ۝٩

Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahumisrara

then I called them publicly and also confided to them privately.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and again appealed to them publicly and confided with them privately,Ali Quli Qarai

Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretlySaheeh International

71:10

فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًۭا ۝١٠

Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kanaghaffara

"So I told them: ‘Ask your Lord for forgiveness for your sins as He is indeed Most Forgiving,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

telling [them]: ‘‘Plead to your Lord for forgiveness. Indeed, He is all-forgiving.Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:11

يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًۭا ۝١١

Yursili assamaa AAalaykummidrara

He will send rain clouds over you copiously,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

He will send for you abundant rains from the sky,Ali Quli Qarai

He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showersSaheeh International

71:12

وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًۭا ۝١٢

Wayumdidkum bi-amwalin wabaneenawayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anhara

help you with wealth and sons, grant for you gardens, and appoint for you rivers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and aid you with wealth and sons, and provide you with gardens and provide you with streams.Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:13

مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًۭا ۝١٣

Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahiwaqara

'What is the matter with you that you do not accord the reverence due to God?!S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

What is the matter with you that you do not look upon Allah with veneration,Ali Quli Qarai

What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allāh [due] grandeurSaheeh International

71:14

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا ۝١٤

Waqad khalaqakum atwara

‘Look at yourselves: After all, He created you in different forms with a variety of features.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

though He has created you in [various] stages?Ali Quli Qarai

While He has created you in stages?Saheeh International

71:15

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ طِبَاقًۭا ۝١٥

Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa AllahusabAAa samawatin tibaqa

‘Look above yourselves: Do not you know that Allāh has created seven heavens in layers,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Have you not seen how Allah has created the seven heavens in layers,Ali Quli Qarai

Do you not consider how Allāh has created seven heavens in layersSaheeh International

71:16

وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًۭا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًۭا ۝١٦

WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAalaashshamsa siraja

and has made therein the moon as a reflective light and the sun as a lamp source?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and has made therein the moon for a light and the sun for a lamp?Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:17

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًۭا ۝١٧

Wallahu anbatakum mina al-ardinabata

‘Look at the earth and yourselves: Allāh made you grow out of the earth like the growth of vegetation! Your origin is from the clay, and you survive by eating the food grown from the earth.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Allah made you grow from the earth, with a [vegetable] growth.Ali Quli Qarai

And Allāh has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.Saheeh International

71:18

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًۭا ۝١٨

Thumma yuAAeedukum feehawayukhrijukum ikhraja

Then, upon your death, He will return you into it, and upon resurrection, He will really bring you forth from it.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then He makes you return to it, and He will bring you forth [without fail].Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:19

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًۭا ۝١٩

Wallahu jaAAala lakumu al-ardabisata

Also, remember that Allāh has made the earth a vast expanse for youS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Allah has made the earth a vast expanse for youAli Quli Qarai

And Allāh has made for you the earth an expanseSaheeh International

71:20

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًۭا فِجَاجًۭا ۝٢٠

Litaslukoo minha subulan fijaja

so that you may travel on its paths and valleys.’”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

so that you may travel over its spacious ways.’’ ’Ali Quli Qarai

That you may follow therein roads of passage.'"Saheeh International

71:21

قَالَ نُوحٌۭ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًۭا ۝٢١

Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawneewattabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illakhasara

Nūḥ continued his complaint and said: “My Lord! They have indeed disobeyed me and followed the person whose wealth and children only increase him in real loss.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Noah said, ‘My Lord! They have disobeyed me, following someone whose wealth and children only add to his loss,Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:22

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًۭا كُبَّارًۭا ۝٢٢

Wamakaroo makran kubbara

And their leaders plotted a great plan against meS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and they have devised an outrageous plot.Ali Quli Qarai

And they conspired an immense conspiracySaheeh International

71:23

وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّۭا وَلَا سُوَاعًۭا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًۭا ۝٢٣

Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakumwala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAanwala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasra

and said to their followers: ‘Do not abandon your gods; do not abandon Wadd, Suwā‘, Yaghūth, Ya‘ūq, and Nasr.’S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They say, ‘‘Do not abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd, nor Suwa, nor Yaghuth, Ya‘uq and Nasr,’’Ali Quli Qarai

And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'Saheeh International

71:24

وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًۭا ۝٢٤

Waqad adalloo katheeran walatazidi aththalimeena illa dalala

O My Lord, they have led many people astray, and do not increase the transgressors except in further abandonment.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and already they have led many astray. Do not increase the wrongdoers in anything but error.’Ali Quli Qarai

And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."Saheeh International

71:25

مِّمَّا خَطِيَٰٓٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًۭا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًۭا ۝٢٥

Mimma khatee-atihimoghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooniAllahi ansara

They were drowned because of their wrongdoings and were then pushed into the Fire; and indeed, besides Allāh, they did not find any helpers for themselves.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They were drowned because of their iniquities, then made to enter a Fire, and they did not find any helpers for themselves besides Allah.Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:26

وَقَالَ نُوحٌۭ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا ۝٢٦

Waqala noohun rabbi latathar AAala al-ardi mina alkafireenadayyara

Nūḥ continued his plea to Allāh and said, “My Lord! Do not leave upon the earth any dweller from the unbelievers.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And Noah said, ‘My Lord! ‘Do not leave on the earth any inhabitant from among the faithless.Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:27

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًۭا كَفَّارًۭا ۝٢٧

Innaka in tatharhum yudillooAAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajirankaffara

If You leave them, they will lead Your servants astray, and they will not bring forth anything except sinful and ungrateful offspring.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

If You leave them, they will lead astray Your servants, and will beget none except vicious ingrates.Ali Quli Qarai

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

71:28

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًۭا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا ۝٢٨

Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayyawaliman dakhala baytiya mu/minan walilmu/mineena walmu/minatiwala tazidi aththalimeena illatabaran

“My Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house as a believer, and the believing men and women; and do not increase the transgressors in anything but destruction!”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

My Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and whoever enters my house in faith, and the faithful men and women, and do not increase the wrongdoers in anything but ruin.’Ali Quli Qarai

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."Saheeh International