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.

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.”