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71. Nooh — Noah

Qur'an · Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · Revealed at Mecca · 28 sections

1. 71:1

   إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرۡ قَوۡمَكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ‏

   Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun

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

2. 71:2

   قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينٌ

   Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

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

3. 71:3

   أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

   Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

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

4. 71:4

   يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُؤَخِّرۡكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمًّىۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُۚ لَوۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ

   Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona

   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

5. 71:5

   قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُ قَوۡمِي لَيۡلࣰ ا وَنَهَارࣰ ا

   Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

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

6. 71:6

   فَلَمۡ يَزِدۡهُمۡ دُعَآءِيٓ إِلَّا فِرَارࣰ ا

   Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

   But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance

7. 71:7

   وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ لِتَغۡفِرَ لَهُمۡ جَعَلُوٓاْ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ ثِيَابَهُمۡ وَأَصَرُّواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ ٱسۡتِكۡبَارࣰ ا

   Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran

   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

8. 71:8

   ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارࣰ ا

   Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

   And lo! I have called unto them aloud

9. 71:9

   ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارࣰ ا

   Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

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

10. 71:10

    فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارࣰ ا

    Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

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

11. 71:11

    يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارࣰ ا

    Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

    He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain

12. 71:12

    وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلࣲ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّٰتࣲ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرࣰ ا

    Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

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

13. 71:13

    مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارࣰ ا

    Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

    What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

14. 71:14

    وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا

    Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

    When He created you by (divers) stages

15. 71:15

    أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتࣲ طِبَاقࣰ ا

    Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

    See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony

16. 71:16

    وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورࣰ ا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجࣰ ا

    WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

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

17. 71:17

    وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتࣰ ا

    WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

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

18. 71:18

    ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيهَا وَيُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجࣰ ا

    Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

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

19. 71:19

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطࣰ ا

    WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

    And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

20. 71:20

    لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا سُبُلࣰ ا فِجَاجࣰ ا

    Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

    That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof

21. 71:21

    قَالَ نُوحࣱ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارࣰ ا

    Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

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

22. 71:22

    وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرࣰ ا كُبَّارࣰ ا

    Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

    And they have plotted a mighty plot

23. 71:23

    وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدࣰّ ا وَلَا سُوَاعࣰ ا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرࣰ ا

    Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran

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

24. 71:24

    وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرࣰ اۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلࣰ ا

    Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

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

25. 71:25

    مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُواْ فَأُدۡخِلُواْ نَارࣰ ا فَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارࣰ ا

    Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran

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

26. 71:26

    وَقَالَ نُوحࣱ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

    Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

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

27. 71:27

    إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرۡهُمۡ يُضِلُّواْ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓاْ إِلَّا فَاجِرࣰ ا كَفَّارࣰ ا

    Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

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

28. 71:28

    رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيۡتِيَ مُؤۡمِنࣰ ا وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارَۢا

    Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran

    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

Qur'an text and translations via fawazahmed0/quran-api; Arabic Uthmani Hafs from the King Fahd Glorious Qur'an Printing Complex, transliteration from Tanzil.net. Licence: Public domain. Source.