بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ إِنّا أَرسَلنا نوحًا إِلىٰ قَومِهِ أَن أَنذِر قَومَكَ مِن قَبلِ أَن يَأتِيَهُم عَذابٌ أَليمٌ

We sent Noah to his people: “Warn your people, before a severe punishment comes to them.”

قالَ يا قَومِ إِنّي لَكُم نَذيرٌ مُبينٌ

He said, “O my people, I am a clear warner to you.

أَنِ اعبُدُوا اللَّهَ وَاتَّقوهُ وَأَطيعونِ

Worship God, fear Him, and obey me.

يَغفِر لَكُم مِن ذُنوبِكُم وَيُؤَخِّركُم إِلىٰ أَجَلٍ مُسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ اللَّهِ إِذا جاءَ لا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَو كُنتُم تَعلَمونَ

He will forgive your sins and delay you to a specified term. When God’s appointed time arrives, it can’t be deferred—if only you could understand.”

قالَ رَبِّ إِنّي دَعَوتُ قَومي لَيلًا وَنَهارًا

He implored, “My Lord, I called out to my people night and day.

فَلَم يَزِدهُم دُعائي إِلّا فِرارًا

But my call only increased their flight away.

وَإِنّي كُلَّما دَعَوتُهُم لِتَغفِرَ لَهُم جَعَلوا أَصابِعَهُم في آذانِهِم وَاستَغشَوا ثِيابَهُم وَأَصَرّوا وَاستَكبَرُوا استِكبارًا

Whenever I urged them to seek Your forgiveness, they would stick their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, persist in their stubbornness, and grow increasingly arrogant.

ثُمَّ إِنّي دَعَوتُهُم جِهارًا

I called out to them openly.

ثُمَّ إِنّي أَعلَنتُ لَهُم وَأَسرَرتُ لَهُم إِسرارًا

And I appealed to them publicly, and I spoke with them privately.

فَقُلتُ استَغفِروا رَبَّكُم إِنَّهُ كانَ غَفّارًا

I said, ‘Seek forgiveness from your Lord, for He is Ever-Forgiving.

يُرسِلِ السَّماءَ عَلَيكُم مِدرارًا

He will send down abundant rain upon you.

وَيُمدِدكُم بِأَموالٍ وَبَنينَ وَيَجعَل لَكُم جَنّاتٍ وَيَجعَل لَكُم أَنهارًا

And provide you with wealth and children, and bless you with gardens, and grant you rivers.

ما لَكُم لا تَرجونَ لِلَّهِ وَقارًا

What’s the matter with you, that you don’t attribute to God due grandeur.

وَقَد خَلَقَكُم أَطوارًا

When He created you in stages.

أَلَم تَرَوا كَيفَ خَلَقَ اللَّهُ سَبعَ سَماواتٍ طِباقًا

Don’t you see how God created seven heavens in perfect harmony?

وَجَعَلَ القَمَرَ فيهِنَّ نورًا وَجَعَلَ الشَّمسَ سِراجًا

And He made the moon a luminary in them, and He made the sun a glowing lamp.

وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِنَ الأَرضِ نَباتًا

And God germinated you from the earth like plants.

ثُمَّ يُعيدُكُم فيها وَيُخرِجُكُم إِخراجًا

Then He will return you to it, and He will extract you once again.

وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرضَ بِساطًا

And God made the earth a spread for you.

لِتَسلُكوا مِنها سُبُلًا فِجاجًا

So you may move along its wide roads.’”

قالَ نوحٌ رَبِّ إِنَّهُم عَصَوني وَاتَّبَعوا مَن لَم يَزِدهُ مالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلّا خَسارًا

Noah said, “My Lord, they defied me, and they followed those whose wealth and children only amplify their loss.”

وَمَكَروا مَكرًا كُبّارًا

They devised a formidable plan.

وَقالوا لا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُم وَلا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلا سُواعًا وَلا يَغوثَ وَيَعوقَ وَنَسرًا

They said, “Never abandon your gods. Never abandon Wadd, nor Suwa, nor Yaghoos, nor Yaooq, nor Nassr.

وَقَد أَضَلّوا كَثيرًا ۖ وَلا تَزِدِ الظّالِمينَ إِلّا ضَلالًا

They misled many. So, increase the wrongdoers in nothing but straying.”

مِمّا خَطيئَاتِهِم أُغرِقوا فَأُدخِلوا نارًا فَلَم يَجِدوا لَهُم مِن دونِ اللَّهِ أَنصارًا

Because of their sins, they were drowned and entered into fire, finding no allies to defend them against God.

وَقالَ نوحٌ رَبِّ لا تَذَر عَلَى الأَرضِ مِنَ الكافِرينَ دَيّارًا

Noah prayed, “O my Lord, don’t leave a single disbeliever on earth.

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرهُم يُضِلّوا عِبادَكَ وَلا يَلِدوا إِلّا فاجِرًا كَفّارًا

If You allow them to remain, they will mislead Your devotees, and they will give birth to nothing but sinful unbelievers.

رَبِّ اغفِر لي وَلِوالِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيتِيَ مُؤمِنًا وَلِلمُؤمِنينَ وَالمُؤمِناتِ وَلا تَزِدِ الظّالِمينَ إِلّا تَبارًا

My Lord, forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my home as a believer, and all believing men and women, but increase the wrongdoers in nothing but ruin.”