English - Chapter 71 - Nuh

We did indeed send Noah to his people: "Warn your people before a painful punishment afflicts them

He said, "O my people! I am indeed sent to give you a plain warning

That you should worship Allah, and fear Him, and obey me

HE will forgive you some of your sins, and give you respite till an appointed time. When the Allah appointed time comes, it cannot be deferred, if only you knew

[Noah later] said, "My Lord! I have indeed preached to my people night and day

My preaching however has only drove them farther away

And, indeed, whenever I preached to them [to come to the Right Path] so that You might forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up in their garments, grew obstinate, and became arrogant with false pride

And I did indeed preach to them loud and clear

And then I spoke to them in public; and I confided to them privately

And I said, `Ask your Lord to forgive you. He is indeed most forgiving

He will make the sky pour rain on you in abundance

And He will help you with wealth and children, and will make gardens for you, and will generate rivers for you

What is the matter with you that you do not attribute Grandeur to Allah

And He has surely created you [mankind] of diverse sorts and conditions

Do you not see how Allah has created seven heavens one over another

And He has made within these, the moon a light [reflected], and the sun, a [radiant] lamp

And Allah has grown you from the earth like a plant

Thereafter He will restore you to it [when you die]. And He will bring you out in resurrection

And Allah has made the earth spread out for you

So that you might thread thereon a network of spacious paths

And they plotted a great plot

And they told [their followers], "Abandon not your gods: abandon not Wadd, Suwa', Yaghuth, Ya'uq or Nasr

And they have verily led many astray. And [O Allah] increase nothing but their delusion for these wicked people

They [those wicked persons] were drowned because of their sins, and are doomed to enter the Fire [in the Hereafter]. And they found none to help them against Allah

And Noah prayed, "My Lord! Leave not any of those who suppress the Truth to inhabit on the earth

If You do indeed leave them, they will lead those who worship You astray, and will give birth to none but wicked and ingrate progeny

My Lord! Grant forgiveness to me, to my parents, to everyone who enters my house as a believer, and to all believing men and women. And grant increase in nothing buttheir destruction for the wicked people