إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦ
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people ˹saying to him˺,
أَنۡ أَنذِرۡ قَوۡمَكَ
“Warn your people
مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ ١
before a painful punishment comes to them.”
إِنِّي لَكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ ٢
I am truly sent to you with a clear warning:
أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ
worship Allah ˹alone˺,
وَأَطِيعُونِ ٣
and obey me.
يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ
He will forgive your sins,
وَيُؤَخِّرۡكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۚ
and delay your end until the appointed time.
إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُۚ
Indeed, when the time set by Allah comes, it cannot be delayed,
لَوۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ ٤
if only you knew!”
قَالَ رَبِّ
He cried, “My Lord!
إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُ قَوۡمِي
I have surely called my people
لَيۡلٗا وَنَهَارٗا ٥
day and night,
فَلَمۡ يَزِدۡهُمۡ دُعَآءِيٓ إِلَّا فِرَارٗا ٦
but my calls only made them run farther away.
وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ لِتَغۡفِرَ لَهُمۡ
And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You,
جَعَلُوٓاْ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ
they press their fingers into their ears,
وَٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ ثِيَابَهُمۡ
cover themselves with their clothes,
وَأَصَرُّواْ
persist ˹in denial˺,
وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا ٧
and act very arrogantly.
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارٗا ٨
Then I certainly called them openly,
ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ
then I surely preached to them publicly
وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارٗا ٩
and privately,
فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ
saying, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness,
إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارٗا ١٠
˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.
يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا ١١
He will shower you with abundant rain,
وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ
supply you with wealth and children,
وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّٰتٖ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرٗا ١٢
and give you gardens as well as rivers.
مَّا لَكُمۡ
What is the matter with you
لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارٗا ١٣
that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah,
وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا ١٤
when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺?
أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ
Do you not see how Allah created
سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗا ١٥
seven heavens, one above the other,
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا
placing the moon within them as a ˹reflected˺ light,
وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا ١٦
and the sun as a ˹radiant˺ lamp?
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتٗا ١٧
Allah ˹alone˺ caused you to grow from the earth like a plant.
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيهَا
Then He will return you to it,
وَيُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجٗا ١٨
and then simply bring you forth ˹again˺.
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطٗا ١٩
And Allah ˹alone˺ spread out the earth for you
لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا
to walk along
سُبُلٗا فِجَاجٗا ٢٠
its spacious pathways.’”
قَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ
˹Eventually,˺ Noah cried, “My Lord!
إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي
They have certainly persisted in disobeying me,
وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا ٢١
and followed ˹instead˺ those ˹elite˺ whose ˹abundant˺ wealth and children only increase them in loss,
وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا كُبَّارٗا ٢٢
and who have devised a tremendous plot,
وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ
urging ˹their followers˺, ‘Do not abandon your idols—
وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدّٗا وَلَا سُوَاعٗا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرٗا ٢٣
especially Wadd, Suwâ’, Yaghûth, Ya’ûq, and Nasr.’
وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗاۖ
Those ˹elite˺ have already led many astray.
وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلٗا ٢٤
So ˹O Lord˺, only allow the wrongdoers to stray farther away.”
مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُواْ
So because of their sins, they were drowned,
فَأُدۡخِلُواْ نَارٗا
then admitted into the Fire.
فَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارٗا ٢٥
And they found none to help them against Allah.
وَقَالَ نُوحٞ
Noah had prayed,
رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا ٢٦
“My Lord! Do not leave a single disbeliever on earth.
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرۡهُمۡ
For if You spare ˹any of˺ them,
يُضِلُّواْ عِبَادَكَ
they will certainly mislead Your servants,
وَلَا يَلِدُوٓاْ إِلَّا فَاجِرٗا كَفَّارٗا ٢٧
and give birth only to ˹wicked˺ sinners, staunch disbelievers.
رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي
My Lord! Forgive me,
وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ
my parents,
وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيۡتِيَ مُؤۡمِنٗا
and whoever enters my house in faith,
وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۖ
and ˹all˺ believing men and women.
وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارَۢا ٢٨
And increase the wrongdoers only in destruction.”