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    English - Chapter 71

    Translation by Abdel Haleem

    Verse 1

    We sent Noah to his people: ‘Warn your people, before a painful punishment comes to them.’

    Verse 2

    And so he said, ‘My people, I am here to warn you plainly

    Verse 3

    Serve God, be mindful of Him and obey me

    Verse 4

    He will forgive you your sins and spare you until your appointed time––when God’s appointed time arrives it cannot be postponed. If only you understood!’

    Verse 5

    He said, ‘My Lord, I have called my people night and day

    Verse 6

    but the more I call them, the further they run away

    Verse 7

    every time I call them, so that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, cover their heads with their garments, persist in their rejection, and grow more insolent and arrogant

    Verse 8

    I have tried calling them openly

    Verse 9

    I have tried preaching to them in public and speaking to them in private

    Verse 10

    I said, “Ask forgiveness of your Lord: He is ever forgiving

    Verse 11

    He will send down abundant rain from the sky for you

    Verse 12

    He will give you wealth and sons; He will provide you with gardens and rivers

    Verse 13

    What is the matter with you? Why will you not fear God’s majesty

    Verse 14

    when He has created you stage by stage

    Verse 15

    Have you ever wondered how God created seven heavens, one above the other

    Verse 16

    placed the moon as a light in them and the sun as a lamp

    Verse 17

    how God made you spring forth from the earth like a plant

    Verse 18

    how He will return you into it and then bring you out again

    Verse 19

    and how He has spread the Earth out for you

    Verse 20

    to walk along its spacious paths?” ’

    Verse 21

    Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin

    Verse 22

    who have made a grand plan

    Verse 23

    saying, “Do not renounce your gods

    Verse 24

    Do not renounce Wadd, Suwa, Yaghuth, Yauq, or Nasr!” They have led many astray. Lord, bring nothing but destruction down on the evildoers!’

    Verse 25

    They were drowned and sent to Hell for their evildoings: they found no one to help them against God

    Verse 26

    And Noah said, ‘Lord, do not leave any of the disbelievers on the earth

    Verse 27

    if you leave them they will lead Your servants astray and beget only sinners and disbelievers

    Verse 28

    Lord, forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house as a believer. Forgive believing men and women but bring nothing but ruin down on the evildoers!’