Surah “Noah”

as rendered by M. M. Pickthall — 28 verses

71:1
Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them
71:2
He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto yo
71:3
(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me
71:4
That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew
71:5
He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and da
71:6
But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance
71:7
And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride
71:8
And lo! I have called unto them aloud
71:9
And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private
71:10
And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving
71:11
He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain
71:12
And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers
71:13
What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
71:14
When He created you by (divers) stages
71:15
See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony
71:16
And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp
71:17
And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth
71:18
And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing
71:19
And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for yo
71:20
That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof
71:21
Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin
71:22
And they have plotted a mighty plot
71:23
And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr
71:24
And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong-doers in naught save error
71:25
Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah
71:26
And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land
71:27
If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates
71:28
My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin