فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطيعونِ

So Fear God, and obey me.”

قالوا أَنُؤمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الأَرذَلونَ

They responded, “Should we believe in you, when the lowest class follows you?”

قالَ وَما عِلمي بِما كانوا يَعمَلونَ

He replied, “I have no knowledge of what they’ve been doing.

إِن حِسابُهُم إِلّا عَلىٰ رَبّي ۖ لَو تَشعُرونَ

Their account is only with my Lord, if you could perceive.

وَما أَنا بِطارِدِ المُؤمِنينَ

And I am not going to drive away the believers.

قالوا لَئِن لَم تَنتَهِ يا نوحُ لَتَكونَنَّ مِنَ المَرجومينَ

They warned, “Noah, if you don’t stop, you will be stoned.”

قالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَومي كَذَّبونِ

He pleaded, “My Lord, my people have rejected me.

فَافتَح بَيني وَبَينَهُم فَتحًا وَنَجِّني وَمَن مَعِيَ مِنَ المُؤمِنينَ

Judge decisively between me and them, and rescue me and the believers with me.”

فَأَنجَيناهُ وَمَن مَعَهُ فِي الفُلكِ المَشحونِ

So We saved him and those with him in the laden Ark.

ثُمَّ أَغرَقنا بَعدُ الباقينَ

Then, We drowned the others.