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English - Chapter 71 - Nuh
Translation by Edward Henry Palmer — Permalink
Verse 1 — Surah Nuh 71:1
Verily, we sent Noah to his people, 'Warn thy people before there come to them a grievous torment
Verse 2 — Surah Nuh 71:2
Said he, 'O my people! verily, I am to you an obvious warner
Verse 3 — Surah Nuh 71:3
that ye serve God and fear Him and obey me
Verse 4 — Surah Nuh 71:4
He will pardon you your sins, and will defer you unto an appointed time; verily, God's appointed time when it comes will not be deferred, did ye but know
Verse 5 — Surah Nuh 71:5
Said he, 'My Lord! verily, I have called my people by night and day
Verse 6 — Surah Nuh 71:6
and my call did but increase them in flight
Verse 7 — Surah Nuh 71:7
and, verily, every time I called them, that Thou mightest pardon them, they placed their fingers in their ears and tried to cover themselves with their garments and persisted, and were very big with pride
Verse 8 — Surah Nuh 71:8
Then I called them openly
Verse 9 — Surah Nuh 71:9
then I published to them and I spoke to them in secret
Verse 10 — Surah Nuh 71:10
and I said, "Ask forgiveness of your Lord, verily, He is very forgiving
Verse 11 — Surah Nuh 71:11
He will send the rain upon you in torrents
Verse 12 — Surah Nuh 71:12
and will extend to you wealth and children, and will make for you gardens, and will make for you rivers
Verse 13 — Surah Nuh 71:13
What ails you that ye hope not for something serious from God
Verse 14 — Surah Nuh 71:14
when He has created you by steps
Verse 15 — Surah Nuh 71:15
Do ye not see how God has created the seven heavens in stories
Verse 16 — Surah Nuh 71:16
and has set the moon therein for a light, and set the sun for a lamp
Verse 17 — Surah Nuh 71:17
and God has made you grow out of the earth
Verse 18 — Surah Nuh 71:18
and then He will make you return thereto, and will make you come forth therefrom
Verse 19 — Surah Nuh 71:19
and God has made for you the earth a carpet
Verse 20 — Surah Nuh 71:20
that ye may walk therein in broad paths
Verse 21 — Surah Nuh 71:21
Said Noah, 'My Lord! verily, they have rebelled against me, and followed him whose wealth and children have but added to his loss
Verse 22 — Surah Nuh 71:22
and they have plotted a great plot
Verse 23 — Surah Nuh 71:23
and said, "Ye shall surely not leave your gods: ye shall surely neither leave Wadd, nor Suwah, nor Yaghuth, nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr
Verse 24 — Surah Nuh 71:24
and they led astray many."' And thou (Mohammed) wilt only increase the unjust in their error
Verse 25 — Surah Nuh 71:25
because of their sins they were drowned and made to enter into the fire, and they found no helpers against God
Verse 26 — Surah Nuh 71:26
And Noah said, 'My Lord! leave not upon the earth one dweller of the misbelievers
Verse 27 — Surah Nuh 71:27
Verily, Thou, if Thou shouldst leave them, they will lead astray Thy servants, and they will only bear for children sinners and misbelievers
Verse 28 — Surah Nuh 71:28
My Lord! pardon me and my two parents, and whomsoever enters my house believing, and (pardon) the believers men and women - but Thou shalt only increase the unjust in loss