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English - Chapter 71 - Nuh
Translation by Abdel Haleem — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Nuh 71:1
We sent Noah to his people: ‘Warn your people, before a painful punishment comes to them.’
Verse 2 — Surah Nuh 71:2
And so he said, ‘My people, I am here to warn you plainly
Verse 3 — Surah Nuh 71:3
Serve God, be mindful of Him and obey me
Verse 4 — Surah Nuh 71:4
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 — Surah Nuh 71:5
He said, ‘My Lord, I have called my people night and day
Verse 6 — Surah Nuh 71:6
but the more I call them, the further they run away
Verse 7 — Surah Nuh 71:7
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 — Surah Nuh 71:8
I have tried calling them openly
Verse 9 — Surah Nuh 71:9
I have tried preaching to them in public and speaking to them in private
Verse 10 — Surah Nuh 71:10
I said, “Ask forgiveness of your Lord: He is ever forgiving
Verse 11 — Surah Nuh 71:11
He will send down abundant rain from the sky for you
Verse 12 — Surah Nuh 71:12
He will give you wealth and sons; He will provide you with gardens and rivers
Verse 13 — Surah Nuh 71:13
What is the matter with you? Why will you not fear God’s majesty
Verse 14 — Surah Nuh 71:14
when He has created you stage by stage
Verse 15 — Surah Nuh 71:15
Have you ever wondered how God created seven heavens, one above the other
Verse 16 — Surah Nuh 71:16
placed the moon as a light in them and the sun as a lamp
Verse 17 — Surah Nuh 71:17
how God made you spring forth from the earth like a plant
Verse 18 — Surah Nuh 71:18
how He will return you into it and then bring you out again
Verse 19 — Surah Nuh 71:19
and how He has spread the Earth out for you
Verse 20 — Surah Nuh 71:20
to walk along its spacious paths?” ’
Verse 21 — Surah Nuh 71:21
Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin
Verse 22 — Surah Nuh 71:22
who have made a grand plan
Verse 23 — Surah Nuh 71:23
saying, “Do not renounce your gods
Verse 24 — Surah Nuh 71:24
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 — Surah Nuh 71:25
They were drowned and sent to Hell for their evildoings: they found no one to help them against God
Verse 26 — Surah Nuh 71:26
And Noah said, ‘Lord, do not leave any of the disbelievers on the earth
Verse 27 — Surah Nuh 71:27
if you leave them they will lead Your servants astray and beget only sinners and disbelievers
Verse 28 — Surah Nuh 71:28
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!’