71. Surah Nooh

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوْحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِهٖۤ اَنْ اَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ یَّاْتِیَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ ﴿١﴾Open ayah 71:1 in the Quran reader

We sent Nulh to his people saying (to him), "Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them."

قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اِنِّیْ لَكُمْ نَذِیْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌۙ ﴿٢﴾Open ayah 71:2 in the Quran reader

He said, "0 my people, I am a plain warner for you

اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اتَّقُوْهُ وَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۙ ﴿٣﴾Open ayah 71:3 in the Quran reader

to say that you must worship Allah, and fear Him, and obey me,

یَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِّنْ ذُنُوْبِكُمْ وَ یُؤَخِّرْكُمْ اِلٰۤى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى١ؕ اِنَّ اَجَلَ اللّٰهِ اِذَا جَآءَ لَا یُؤَخَّرُ١ۘ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ ﴿٤﴾Open ayah 71:4 in the Quran reader

and Allah will forgive you your sins, and will defer you to an appointed term. Indeed when Allah's term comes, it is not deferred, if you only know!"

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّیْ دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِیْ لَیْلًا وَّ نَهَارًاۙ ﴿٥﴾Open ayah 71:5 in the Quran reader

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

فَلَمْ یَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِیْۤ اِلَّا فِرَارًا ﴿٦﴾Open ayah 71:6 in the Quran reader

but my call added only to their flight (from the truth) .

وَ اِنِّیْ كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوْۤا اَصَابِعَهُمْ فِیْۤ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَ اسْتَغْشَوْا ثِیَابَهُمْ وَ اَصَرُّوْا وَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًاۚ ﴿٧﴾Open ayah 71:7 in the Quran reader

Whenever I called them, so that You might forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, and wrapped their clothes around themselves, and grew obstinate, and waxed proud in extreme arrogance.

ثُمَّ اِنِّیْ دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًاۙ ﴿٨﴾Open ayah 71:8 in the Quran reader

Then I called them loudly,

ثُمَّ اِنِّیْۤ اَعْلَنْتُ لَهُمْ وَ اَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ اِسْرَارًاۙ ﴿٩﴾Open ayah 71:9 in the Quran reader

and then I spoke to them in public and spoke to them in private.

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّكُمْ١ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ غَفَّارًاۙ ﴿١٠﴾Open ayah 71:10 in the Quran reader

So I said, _Pray to your Lord for your forgiveness,__ Indeed He is Very-Forgiving, __

یُّرْسِلِ السَّمَآءَ عَلَیْكُمْ مِّدْرَارًاۙ ﴿١١﴾Open ayah 71:11 in the Quran reader

and He will cause the heavens to rain upon you in abundance,

وَّ یُمْدِدْكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَّ بَنِیْنَ وَ یَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّ یَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ اَنْهٰرًاؕ ﴿١٢﴾Open ayah 71:12 in the Quran reader

and will help you with riches and sons, and will cause gardens to grow for you, and cause rivers to flow for you.

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُوْنَ لِلّٰهِ وَقَارًاۚ ﴿١٣﴾Open ayah 71:13 in the Quran reader

What has happened to you that you do not appreciate the Majesty of Allah,

وَ قَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ اَطْوَارًا ﴿١٤﴾Open ayah 71:14 in the Quran reader

while He has created you in different phases?

اَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَیْفَ خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِبَاقًاۙ ﴿١٥﴾Open ayah 71:15 in the Quran reader

Allah has created seven heavens one upon another,

وَّ جَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِیْهِنَّ نُوْرًا وَّ جَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا ﴿١٦﴾Open ayah 71:16 in the Quran reader

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

وَ اللّٰهُ اَنْۢبَتَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ نَبَاتًاۙ ﴿١٧﴾Open ayah 71:17 in the Quran reader

And Allah has caused you to grow out of the earth a perfect growth,

ثُمَّ یُعِیْدُكُمْ فِیْهَا وَ یُخْرِجُكُمْ اِخْرَاجًا ﴿١٨﴾Open ayah 71:18 in the Quran reader

then He will send you back into it, and will bring you forth once again.

وَ اللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ بِسَاطًاۙ ﴿١٩﴾Open ayah 71:19 in the Quran reader

And Allah has made the earth a spread for you,

لِّتَسْلُكُوْا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا۠ ﴿٢٠﴾Open ayah 71:20 in the Quran reader

so that you may go about its broad ways."

قَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ اِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِیْ وَ اتَّبَعُوْا مَنْ لَّمْ یَزِدْهُ مَالُهٗ وَ وَلَدُهٗۤ اِلَّا خَسَارًاۚ ﴿٢١﴾Open ayah 71:21 in the Quran reader

And said Nuh, "My Lord, they disobeyed me, and followed him whose wealth and children added nothing to him but loss,

وَ مَكَرُوْا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًاۚ ﴿٢٢﴾Open ayah 71:22 in the Quran reader

] and they devised an enormous plan,

وَ قَالُوْا لَا تَذَرُنَّ اٰلِهَتَكُمْ وَ لَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَّ لَا سُوَاعًا١ۙ۬ وَّ لَا یَغُوْثَ وَ یَعُوْقَ وَ نَسْرًاۚ ﴿٢٣﴾Open ayah 71:23 in the Quran reader

and said, "Never forsake your gods, and never forsake Wadd, nor Sawa', nor yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

وَ قَدْ اَضَلُّوْا كَثِیْرًا١ۚ۬ وَ لَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ اِلَّا ضَلٰلًا ﴿٢٤﴾Open ayah 71:24 in the Quran reader

And they have led many astray. And (0 my Lord,) let not the wrongdoers progress in anything but deviation from the right path."

مِمَّا خَطِیْٓئٰتِهِمْ اُغْرِقُوْا فَاُدْخِلُوْا نَارًا١ۙ۬ فَلَمْ یَجِدُوْا لَهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَنْصَارًا ﴿٢٥﴾Open ayah 71:25 in the Quran reader

Because of their sins, they were drowned, and then admitted into the Fire. So they found no helpers for them besides Allah.

وَ قَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِیْنَ دَیَّارًا ﴿٢٦﴾Open ayah 71:26 in the Quran reader

And said Nuh, "My Lord, do not leave on earth even a single inhabitant from the disbelievers (surviving).

اِنَّكَ اِنْ تَذَرْهُمْ یُضِلُّوْا عِبَادَكَ وَ لَا یَلِدُوْۤا اِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا ﴿٢٧﴾Open ayah 71:27 in the Quran reader

If You leave them (surviving), they will lead Your slaves astray, and will beget none but a sinful disbeliever.

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِیْ وَ لِوَالِدَیَّ وَ لِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَیْتِیَ مُؤْمِنًا وَّ لِلْمُؤْمِنِیْنَ وَ الْمُؤْمِنٰتِ١ؕ وَ لَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِیْنَ اِلَّا تَبَارًا۠ ﴿٢٨﴾Open ayah 71:28 in the Quran reader

My Lord, grant pardon to me, and to my parents, and to everyone who enters my home as a believer, and to all the believing men and believing women, and do not increase the wrongdoers but in ruin.