Truly We sent Noah to his people, “Warn thy people before a painful punishment comes upon them.
He said, “O my people! I am a clear warner unto you
that you may worship God, reverence Him, and obey me
that He may forgive you some of your sins and grant you reprieve until a term appointed. Truly when the term of God comes, it will not be delayed, if you but knew.
He said, “My Lord, I have called my people day and night
Yet my calling has not increased them in aught but flight
Truly whenever I call them, that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, persist, and wax most arrogant
Then I called them openly
Then I proclaimed to them and confided to them in secret
I said, ‘Seek forgiveness of your Lord! Truly He is Forgiving
He will send the sky upon you with abundant rains
support you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens and rivers
What ails you that you do not hope for God with dignity
seeing that He has created you in stages
Have you not considered how God created the seven heavens one upon another
and made the moon a light therein and made the sun a lamp
And God made you grow forth from the earth like plants
Then He will cause you to return to it and bring you forth again
And God made the earth an open expanse for you
that you may travel spacious paths therein.’
Noah said, “My Lord they disobeyed me and followed those whose wealth and children increase them in naught but loss.
And they devised a mighty plot
saying, “Do not leave your gods; do not leave Wadd or Suwa?, or Yaguth, Ya?uq, or Nasr.
Many indeed have they led astray; and it increases the wrongdoers in naught but error
Because of their iniquities they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And then they found no helpers for themselves apart from God
Noah said, “My Lord, leave not a single disbeliever to dwell upon the earth
Truly if you leave them, they will mislead Thy servants and will beget naught but disbelieving profligates
My Lord, forgive me and my parents, whosoever enters my house as a believer, and the believing men and the believing women, and do not increase the wrongdoers in aught but ruin.