71: Nooh نوح

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بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

BISMIL LAAHIR RAHMAANIR RAHEEM

In the Name of Allah, the All-merciful, the All-compassionate

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوْحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِهٖۤ اَنْ اَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَّاْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ‏(1)

We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): “Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty.”

قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اِنِّىْ لَكُمْ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ‏(2)

He said: “O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:

اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَاتَّقُوْهُ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِۙ‏(3)

“That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:

يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِّنْ ذُنُوْبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّىؕ اِنَّ اَجَلَ اللّٰهِ اِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُۘ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(4)

“So He may forgive you your sins and give you respite for a stated Term: for when the Term given by Allah is accomplished, it cannot be put forward: if ye only knew.”

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّىْ دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِىْ لَيْلًا وَّنَهَارًا ۙ‏(5)

He said: “O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىْۤ اِلَّا فِرَارًا‏(6)

“But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).

وَاِنِّىْ كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوْۤا اَصَابِعَهُمْ فِىْۤ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَاَصَرُّوْا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا ۚ‏(7)

“And every time I have called to them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they have (only) thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments, grown obstinate, and given themselves up to arrogance.

ثُمَّ اِنِّىْ دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا ۙ‏(8)

“So I have called to them aloud;

ثُمَّ اِنِّىْۤ اَعْلَنْتُ لَهُمْ وَاَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ اِسْرَارًا ۙ‏(9)

“Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّكُمْؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ غَفَّارًا ۙ‏(10)

FA-QULTUS STAGHFEROO RABBAKUM, INNAHU KAANA GHAFFAARAANY.

“Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;

يُّرْسِلِ السَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّدْرَارًا ۙ‏(11)

YURSELIS SAMAA-A A’LAYKUM MIDRAARAANW.

“'He will send rain to you in abundance;

وَّيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَّبَنِيْنَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ اَنْهٰرًا ؕ‏(12)

WA YUMDIDKUM BE-AMWAALINW WA BANEENA WA YAJ-A’L LAKUM JANNAATINW WA YAJ-A’L LAKUM ANHAARAA.

“'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُوْنَ لِلّٰهِ وَقَارًا ۚ‏(13)

“'What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long-suffering in Allah,

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ اَطْوَارًا‏(14)

“'Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?

اَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِبَاقًا ۙ‏(15)

“'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

وَّجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيْهِنَّ نُوْرًا ۙ وَّجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا‏(16)

“'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

وَاللّٰهُ اَنْۢبَتَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ نَبَاتًا ۙ‏(17)

“'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),

ثُمَّ يُعِيْدُكُمْ فِيْهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ اِخْرَاجًا‏(18)

“'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?

وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ بِسَاطًا ۙ‏(19)

“'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),

لِّتَسْلُكُوْا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا‏(20)

“'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'“

قَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ اِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِىْ وَاتَّبَعُوْا مَنْ لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهٗ وَوَلَدُهٗۤ اِلَّا خَسَارًا ۚ‏(21)

Noah said: “O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.

وَمَكَرُوْا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا ۚ‏(22)

“And they have devised a tremendous Plot.

وَ قَالُوْا لَا تَذَرُنَّ اٰلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَّلَا سُوَاعًا ۙ وَّ لَا يَغُوْثَ وَيَعُوْقَ وَنَسْرًا ۚ‏(23)

“And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr';-

وَقَدْ اَضَلُّوْا كَثِيْرًا ۚ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ اِلَّا ضَلٰلًا‏(24)

“They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong-doers but in straying (from their mark).”

مِّمَّا خَطِٓيْئٰتِهِمْ اُغْرِقُوْا فَاُدْخِلُوْا نَارًا ۙ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوْا لَهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَنْصَارًا‏(25)

Because of their sins they were drowned (in the flood), and were made to enter the Fire (of Punishment): and they found- in lieu of Allah- none to help them.

وَ قَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ دَيَّارًا‏(26)

And Noah, said: “O my Lord! Leave not of the Unbelievers, a single one on earth!

اِنَّكَ اِنْ تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوْا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوْۤا اِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا‏(27)

“For, if Thou dost leave (any of) them, they will but mislead Thy devotees, and they will breed none but wicked ungrateful ones.

رَبِّ اغْفِرْلِىْ وَلِوَالِدَىَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَّلِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنٰتِؕ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ اِلَّا تَبَارًا‏(28)

“O my Lord! Forgive me, my parents, all who enter my house in Faith, and (all) believing men and believing women: and to the wrong-doers grant Thou no increase but in perdition!”