Surah Nooh

إِنَّآأَرْسَلْنَانُوحًاإِلَىٰقَوْمِهِۦٓأَنْأَنذِرْقَوْمَكَمِنقَبْلِأَنيَأْتِيَهُمْعَذَابٌأَلِيمٌۭ

BEHOLD. We sent Noah unto his people. [saying:] "Warn thy people ere grievous suffering befall them!

قَالَيَٰقَوْمِإِنِّىلَكُمْنَذِيرٌۭمُّبِينٌ

[And Noah] said: "O my people! I am but a plain warner to you, [sent to tell you]

أَنِٱعْبُدُوا۟ٱللَّهَوَٱتَّقُوهُوَأَطِيعُونِ

that you should worship God [alone] and be conscious of Him. "Now do pay heed unto me,

يَغْفِرْلَكُممِّنذُنُوبِكُمْوَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْإِلَىٰٓأَجَلٍۢمُّسَمًّىإِنَّأَجَلَٱللَّهِإِذَاجَآءَلَايُؤَخَّرُلَوْكُنتُمْتَعْلَمُونَ

so that He may forgive you some of your sins, and grant you respite until a term known [to Him alone]: but, behold, when the term appointed by God does come, it can never be put back - if you but knew it!"

قَالَرَبِّإِنِّىدَعَوْتُقَوْمِىلَيْلًۭاوَنَهَارًۭا

[And after a time, Noah] said: "O my Sustainer! Verily, I have been calling unto my people night and day

فَلَمْيَزِدْهُمْدُعَآءِىٓإِلَّافِرَارًۭا

but my call has only caused them to flee farther and farther away [from Thee].

وَإِنِّىكُلَّمَادَعَوْتُهُمْلِتَغْفِرَلَهُمْجَعَلُوٓا۟أَصَٰبِعَهُمْفِىٓءَاذَانِهِمْوَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ثِيَابَهُمْوَأَصَرُّوا۟وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭا

And behold, whenever I called unto them with a view to Thy granting them forgiveness, they put their fingers into their ears, and wrapped themselves up in their garments [of sin]; and grew obstinate, and became [yet more] arrogant in their false pride.

ثُمَّإِنِّىدَعَوْتُهُمْجِهَارًۭا

"And behold I called unto them openly;

ثُمَّإِنِّىٓأَعْلَنتُلَهُمْوَأَسْرَرْتُلَهُمْإِسْرَارًۭا

and, behold I preached to them in public; and I spoke to them secretly, in private;

فَقُلْتُٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟رَبَّكُمْإِنَّهُۥكَانَغَفَّارًۭا

and I said: "'Ask your Sustainer to forgive you your sins - for, verily, He is all-forgiving!

يُرْسِلِٱلسَّمَآءَعَلَيْكُممِّدْرَارًۭا

He will shower upon you heavenly blessings abundant,

وَيُمْدِدْكُمبِأَمْوَٰلٍۢوَبَنِينَوَيَجْعَللَّكُمْجَنَّٰتٍۢوَيَجْعَللَّكُمْأَنْهَٰرًۭا

and will aid you with worldly goods and children, and will bestow upon you gardens, and bestow upon you running waters.

مَّالَكُمْلَاتَرْجُونَلِلَّهِوَقَارًۭا

"'What is amiss with you that you cannot look forward to God's majesty,

وَقَدْخَلَقَكُمْأَطْوَارًا

seeing that He has created [every one of] you in successive stages?

أَلَمْتَرَوْا۟كَيْفَخَلَقَٱللَّهُسَبْعَسَمَٰوَٰتٍۢطِبَاقًۭا

"'Do you not see how God has created seven heavens in full harmony with one another,

وَجَعَلَٱلْقَمَرَفِيهِنَّنُورًۭاوَجَعَلَٱلشَّمْسَسِرَاجًۭا

and has set up within them the moon as a light [reflected] and set up the sun as a [radiant] lamp?

وَٱللَّهُأَنۢبَتَكُممِّنَٱلْأَرْضِنَبَاتًۭا

"'And God has caused you to grow out of the earth in [gradual] growth; and thereafter He will return you to it [in death]:

ثُمَّيُعِيدُكُمْفِيهَاوَيُخْرِجُكُمْإِخْرَاجًۭا

and [then] He will bring you forth [from It] in resurrection.

وَٱللَّهُجَعَلَلَكُمُٱلْأَرْضَبِسَاطًۭا

"'And God has made the earth a wide expanse for you,

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟مِنْهَاسُبُلًۭافِجَاجًۭا

so that you might walk thereon on spacious paths.’"