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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 1

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

   Innaaa arsalnaa Noohan ilaa qawmihee an anzir qawmaka min qabli any yaatiyahum 'azaabun aleem

   Verily, We sent Nûh (Noah) to his people (saying): "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful torment."

2. 2

   قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ

   Qaala yaa qawmi innee lakum nazeerum mubeen

   He said: "O my people! Verily, I am a plain warner to you,

3. 3

   أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

   Ani'udul laaha watta qoohu wa atee'oon

   "That you should worship Allâh (Alone), fear (be dutiful to) Him, and obey me,

4. 4

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

   Yaghfir lakum min zunoobikum wa yu'akhkhirkum ilaaa ajalim musammaa; innaa ajalal laahi izaa jaaa'a laa yu'akhkhar; law kuntum ta'lamoon

   "He (Allâh) will forgive you of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Verily, the term of Allâh when it comes, cannot be delayed, if you but knew."

5. 5

   قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًۭا وَنَهَارًۭا

   Qaala rabbi innee da'awtu qawmee lailanw wa naharaa

   He said: "O my Lord! Verily, I have called to my people night and day (i.e. secretly and openly to accept the doctrine of Islâmic Monotheism),[2]

   (V.71:5) See the footnote of (V.2:143).

6. 6

   فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًۭا

   Falam yazid hum du'aaa 'eee illaa firaaraa

   "But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight (from the truth).

7. 7

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

   Wa inee kullamaa da'awtuhum litaghfira lahum ja'alooo asaabi'ahum fee aazaanihim wastaghshaw siyaabahum wa asaarroo wastakbarus tikbaaraa

   And verily, every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, and persisted (in their refusal), and magnified themselves in pride.

8. 8

   ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًۭا

   Summa innee da'aw tuhum jihaara

   "Then verily, I called to them openly (aloud).

9. 9

   ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًۭا

   Summaa inneee a'lantu lahum wa asrartu lahum israaraa

   "Then verily, I proclaimed to them in public, and I have appealed to them in private.

10. 10

    فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًۭا

    Faqultus taghfiroo Rabakam innahoo kaana Ghaffaaraa

    "I said (to them): ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord, verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;

11. 11

    يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًۭا

    Yursilis samaaa'a 'alaikum midraaraa

    ‘He will send rain to you in abundance,

12. 12

    وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًۭا

    Wa yumdidkum bi am waalinw wa baneena wa yaj'al lakum Jannaatinw wa yaj'al lakum anhaaraa

    ‘And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.’"

13. 13

    مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًۭا

    Maa lakum laa tarjoona lillaahi waqaaraa

    What is the matter with you, that [you fear not Allâh (His punishment), and] you hope not for reward (from Allâh or you believe not in His Oneness).

14. 14

    وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

    Wa qad khalaqakum at waaraa

    While He has created you in (different) stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then ‘Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (V.23:13,14)].

15. 15

    أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ طِبَاقًۭا

    Alam taraw kaifa khalaqal laahu sab'a samaawaatin tibaaqaa

    See you not how Allâh has created the seven heavens one above another?

16. 16

    وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًۭا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًۭا

    Wa ja'alal qamara feehinna nooranw wa ja'alash shamsa siraajaa

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

17. 17

    وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًۭا

    Wallaahu ambatakum minal ardi nabaataa

    And Allâh has brought you forth from the (dust of) earth? (Tafsir At-Tabarî)

18. 18

    ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًۭا

    Summa yu'eedukum feehaa wa ukhrijukum ikhraajaa

    Afterwards He will return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of Resurrection)?

19. 19

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًۭا

    Wallaahu ja'ala lakumul arda bisaataa

    And Allâh has made for you the earth a wide expanse.

20. 20

    لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًۭا فِجَاجًۭا

    Litaslukoo minhaa subulan fijaajaa

    That you may go about therein in broad roads.

21. 21

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

    Qaala Noohur Robbi innahum 'asawnee wattaba'oo mal lam yazid hu maaluhoo wa waladuhooo illaa khasaara

    Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase but loss.

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    وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًۭا كُبَّارًۭا

    Wa makaroo makran kubbaaraa

    "And they have plotted a mighty plot.

23. 23

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

    Wa qaaloo laa tazarunna aalihatakum wa laa tazarunna Waddanw wa laa Suwaa'anw wa laa Yaghoosa wa Ya'ooqa wa Nasraa

    "And they have said: ‘You shall not leave your gods: nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwâ‘, nor Yaghûth, nor Ya‘ûq nor Nasr’ (these are the names of their idols).

24. 24

    وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًۭا

    Wa qad adalloo kasee ranw wa laa tazidiz zaalimeena illaa dalaalaa

    "And indeed they have led many astray. And (O Allâh): ‘Grant no increase to the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) save error.’"

25. 25

    مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًۭا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًۭا

    Mimmaa khateee' aatihim ughriqoo fa udkhiloo Naaran falam yajidoo lahum min doonil laahi ansaaraa

    Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter the Fire. And they found none to help them instead of Allâh.

26. 26

    وَقَالَ نُوحٌۭ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

    Wa qaala Noohur Rabbi laa tazar 'alal ardi minal kaafireena daiyaaraa

    And Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth!

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    إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًۭا كَفَّارًۭا

    Innaka in tazarhum yudil loo 'ibaadaka wa laa yalidooo illaa faajiran kaffaaraa

    "If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will beget none but wicked disbelievers.

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

    Rabbigh fir lee wa liwaa lidaiya wa liman dakhala baitiya mu'minanw wa lil mu'mineena wal mu'minaati wa laa tazidiz zaalimeena illaa tabaaraa

    "My Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women. And to the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) grant You no increase but destruction!"