Surah 71 · Makki

Nuh

Noah · 28 ayat

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71:1

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرۡ قَوۡمَكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ﴿1﴾

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

71:2

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ﴿2﴾

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

71:3

أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ﴿3﴾

[Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me

71:4

يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُؤَخِّرۡكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُۚ لَوۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿4﴾

Allah will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allah, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew

71:5

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُ قَوۡمِي لَيۡلٗا وَنَهَارٗا﴿5﴾

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

71:6

فَلَمۡ يَزِدۡهُمۡ دُعَآءِيٓ إِلَّا فِرَارٗا﴿6﴾

But my invitation increased them not except in flight

71:7

وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ لِتَغۡفِرَ لَهُمۡ جَعَلُوٓاْ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ ثِيَابَهُمۡ وَأَصَرُّواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا﴿7﴾

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

71:8

ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارٗا﴿8﴾

Then I invited them publicly

71:9

ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارٗا﴿9﴾

Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

71:10

فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارٗا﴿10﴾

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

71:11

يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا﴿11﴾

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

71:12

وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٖ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرٗا﴿12﴾

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

71:13

مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارٗا﴿13﴾

What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allah [due] grandeur

71:14

وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا﴿14﴾

While He has created you in stages

71:15

أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗا﴿15﴾

Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

71:16

وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجٗا﴿16﴾

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

71:17

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتٗا﴿17﴾

And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth

71:18

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيهَا وَيُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجٗا﴿18﴾

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

71:19

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطٗا﴿19﴾

And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

71:20

لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا سُبُلٗا فِجَاجٗا﴿20﴾

That you may follow therein roads of passage

71:21

قَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا﴿21﴾

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

71:22

وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا كُبَّارٗا﴿22﴾

And they conspired an immense conspiracy

71:23

وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدّٗا وَلَا سُوَاعٗا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرٗا﴿23﴾

And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr

71:24

وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗاۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلٗا﴿24﴾

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

71:25

مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُواْ فَأُدۡخِلُواْ نَارٗا فَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارٗا﴿25﴾

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

71:26

وَقَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا﴿26﴾

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

71:27

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرۡهُمۡ يُضِلُّواْ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓاْ إِلَّا فَاجِرٗا كَفَّارٗا﴿27﴾

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

71:28

رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيۡتِيَ مُؤۡمِنٗا وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارَۢا﴿28﴾

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

Translation

Saheeh International by Umm Muhammad. Arabic text sourced from The Noble Qur'an Encyclopedia. Dataset Quran JSON v3.1.2, CC-BY-SA-4.0.