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.”

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.