71. Sūrat Nuh · Noah

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people ˹saying to him˺, “Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them.”

Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.

BEHOLD. We sent Noah unto his people. [saying:] "Warn thy people ere grievous suffering befall them!

Undoubtedly, We sent Nuh towards his people saying warn them before a painful torment comes to them.

Surely, We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people: ‘Warn your people before a painful torment comes upon them.

Noah proclaimed, “O my people! I am truly sent to you with a clear warning:

He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you

[And Noah] said: "O my people! I am but a plain warner to you, [sent to tell you]

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

He said: ‘O my people! Indeed, I am a clear Warner to you

worship Allah ˹alone˺, fear Him, and obey me.

(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,

that you should worship God [alone] and be conscious of Him. "Now do pay heed unto me,

That worship Allah, and fear Him, and obey Me.

That you must worship Allah and fear Him and obey me

He will forgive your sins, and delay your end until the appointed time. Indeed, when the time set by Allah comes, it cannot be delayed, if only you knew!”

That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.

so that He may forgive you some of your sins, and grant you respite until a term known [to Him alone]: but, behold, when the term appointed by God does come, it can never be put back - if you but knew it!"

He will forgive some of your sins and grant you respite till an appointed time. Undoubtedly, the promise of Allah cannot be deferred when it comes. Any how you would have known.

He will forgive your sins and will give you respite till an appointed term. Surely, when (the appointed) time of Allah comes, then respite is not given if only you knew.

He cried, “My Lord! I have surely called my people day and night,

He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day

[And after a time, Noah] said: "O my Sustainer! Verily, I have been calling unto my people night and day

He submitted, O my Lord, I have called my people night and day.

Nuh (Noah) submitted: ‘O my Lord! Indeed, I kept calling my people night and day

but my calls only made them run farther away.

But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

but my call has only caused them to flee farther and farther away [from Thee].

But my calling has only increased them in fleeing away.

But my calling did no good except making them flee away

And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly.

And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.

And behold, whenever I called unto them with a view to Thy granting them forgiveness, they put their fingers into their ears, and wrapped themselves up in their garments [of sin]; and grew obstinate, and became [yet more] arrogant in their false pride.

And every time I called them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, covered themselves with their garments, and persisted and waxed great proud

And every time I called them (towards faith) so that You might forgive them, they only thrust their fingers into their ears and wrapped their clothes over themselves and stuck obstinately (to disbelief) and behaved most arrogantly

Then I certainly called them openly,

And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

"And behold I called unto them openly;

Then I called them openly.

Then I called them aloud

then I surely preached to them publicly and privately,

And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.

and, behold I preached to them in public; and I spoke to them secretly, in private;

Then I spoke to them publicly and spoke to them in secret too.

Then I advised them publicly and privately and secretly (as well)

saying, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.

And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.

and I said: "'Ask your Sustainer to forgive you your sins - for, verily, He is all-forgiving!

And I said, 'beg forgiveness of your Lord, He is Most Forgiving.

Then I said: ‘Seek forgiveness from your Lord. Surely, He is Most Forgiving

He will shower you with abundant rain,

He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,

He will shower upon you heavenly blessings abundant,

He will send down upon you rain in torrents.

He will send down on you torrents of rain

supply you with wealth and children, and give you gardens as well as rivers.

And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.

and will aid you with worldly goods and children, and will bestow upon you gardens, and bestow upon you running waters.

And He will help you with wealth and children and will make for you gardens and will make for you streams.

And will help you with wealth and sons and will grow for you gardens and will make streams flow for you

What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah,

What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

"'What is amiss with you that you cannot look forward to God's majesty,

What happened to you? that you hope not to achieve honour from Allah.

What is the matter with you that you do not have faith in, or the gnosis of, Allah’s Majesty

when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺?

When He created you by (divers) stages?

seeing that He has created [every one of] you in successive stages?

While He has made you in diverse stages.

Whereas He has created you through diverse conditions

Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,

See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

"'Do you not see how God has created seven heavens in full harmony with one another,

Do you not see that Allah has made seven heavens one upon another?

Have you not seen how Allah has created seven (or many) heavenly spheres corresponding to one another (layer upon layer)

placing the moon within them as a ˹reflected˺ light, and the sun as a ˹radiant˺ lamp?

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

and has set up within them the moon as a light [reflected] and set up the sun as a [radiant] lamp?

And He illuminated therein the moon and has made the sun as a lamp.

And He brightened in them the moon and made the sun a radiant lamp (i.e., the source of light and heat)

Allah ˹alone˺ caused you to grow from the earth like a plant.

And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

"'And God has caused you to grow out of the earth in [gradual] growth; and thereafter He will return you to it [in death]:

And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth like vegetation.

And Allah has caused you to grow like vegetation from the earth.

Then He will return you to it, and then simply bring you forth ˹again˺.

And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.

and [then] He will bring you forth [from It] in resurrection.

Then He will cause you to return there to and will bring you forth for the next time.

Then He will return you into the same (earth) and will then bring you forth (from the same again)

And Allah ˹alone˺ spread out the earth for you

And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

"'And God has made the earth a wide expanse for you,

And Allah has made the earth for you as a bed spreading.

And Allah has made the earth a vast expanse for you

to walk along its spacious pathways.’”

That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.

so that you might walk thereon on spacious paths.’"

That you may walk through its wide ways.

So that you may move around through its broad ways.

˹Eventually,˺ Noah cried, “My Lord! They have certainly persisted in disobeying me, and followed ˹instead˺ those ˹elite˺ whose ˹abundant˺ wealth and children only increase them in loss,

Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;

[And] Noah continued: "O my Sustainer! Behold, they have opposed me [throughout], for they follow people whose wealth and children lead them increasingly into ruin,

Nuh said, 'O my Lord! they disobeyed me and followed such one whose wealth and children have only added to his losses.

Nuh (Noah) submitted: ‘O my Lord! They have disobeyed me and kept following that (class of the rebellious rich) whose wealth and children have not increased for them anything but loss

and who have devised a tremendous plot,

And they have plotted a mighty plot,

and who have devised a most awesome blasphemy [against Thee],

And they have plotted a tremendous plot.

And they kept perpetrating huge frauds (to keep the common man in error)

urging ˹their followers˺, ‘Do not abandon your idols—especially Wadd, Suwâ’, Yaghûth, Ya’ûq, and Nasr.’

And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

inasmuch as they said [to their followers], 'Do not ever abandon your gods: abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', and neither Yaghuth nor Ya’uq nor Nasr!'

And they said, 'never leave your gods and leave not Wadd nor Suwa nor Yaghuth and Yauq and Nasr'. (idols of pagan Arabs)

And they kept saying: Do not turn away from your gods and never abandon (the idols named as) Wadd, Suwa‘, Yaghuth, Ya‘uq and Nasr (as well)

Those ˹elite˺ have already led many astray. So ˹O Lord˺, only allow the wrongdoers to stray farther away.”

And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong-doers in naught save error.

"And so they have led many a one astray: hence, ordain Thou that these evildoers stray but farther and farther away [from all that they may desire]!"

And undoubtedly, they have led many astray; so increase You not the unjust but in error.

And truly, they have misled many people. So, (O my Lord,) do not increase these wrongdoers (in anything) except misguidance.

So because of their sins, they were drowned, then admitted into the Fire. And they found none to help them against Allah.

Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.

And so, because of their sins, they were drowned [in the great flood], and were doomed to suffer the fire [of the hereafter]; and they found none who could succour them against God.

And because of their wrong doings, they were drowned, then made to enter the Fire. Then they found not for themselves any helpers against Allah.

(In the end) they were drowned due to their sins and then flung into Fire. So they could not find any helper for themselves against Allah

Noah had prayed, “My Lord! Do not leave a single disbeliever on earth.

And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.

And Noah prayed: "O my Sustainer! Leave not on earth any of those who deny the truth:

And Nuh submitted, 'O my Lord leave not of the infidels any inhabitant upon the earth'.

And Nuh (Noah) submitted: ‘O my Lord! Do not leave even a single disbeliever living on earth

For if You spare ˹any of˺ them, they will certainly mislead Your servants, and give birth only to ˹wicked˺ sinners, staunch disbelievers.

If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.

for, behold, If Thou dost leave them, they will [always try to] lead astray those who worship Thee, and will give birth to nothing but wickedness and stubborn ingratitude.

Undoubtedly, if You would allow them to live, they will lead astray Your bondmen and they will beget none but an evil doer, an ungrateful.

Surely, if You leave them (alive), they will keep leading your servants astray and will beget none but the most wicked and extremely disbelieving children

My Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house in faith, and ˹all˺ believing men and women. And increase the wrongdoers only in destruction.”

My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin.

"O my Sustainer! Grant Thy forgiveness unto me and unto my parents, and unto everyone who enters my house as a believer, and unto all believing men and believing women [of later times]; and grant Thou that the doers of evil shall increasingly meet with destruction!"'

'O my Lord! forgive me and my parents and him who is in my house as a believer and all believing men and all believing women'

O my Lord! Forgive me and my parents and everyone who enters my home as a believer and (all) the believing men and the believing women, and do not increase anything for the wrongdoers except destruction.