Surah 71 - Noah (Nuh)

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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌۭ

Indeed، We sent Noah to his people saying to him، "Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them"

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قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ

Noah proclaimed، "O my people I am truly sent to you with a clear warning:

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أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

worship Allah alone، fear Him، and obey me

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يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

He will forgive your sins، and delay your end until the appointed time Indeed، when the time set by Allah comes، it cannot be delayed، if only you knew"

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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًۭا وَنَهَارًۭا

He cried، "My Lord I have surely called my people day and night،

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فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًۭا

but my calls only made them run farther away

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وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭا

And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You، they press their fingers into their ears، cover themselves with their clothes، persist in denial، and act very arrogantly

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ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًۭا

Then I certainly called them openly،

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ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًۭا

then I surely preached to them publicly and privately،

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فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًۭا

saying، \'Seek your Lord\'s forgiveness، for He is truly Most Forgiving

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يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًۭا

He will shower you with abundant rain،

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وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍۢ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًۭا

supply you with wealth and children، and give you gardens as well as rivers

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مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًۭا

What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah،

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وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

when He truly created you in stages of development?

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أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍۢ طِبَاقًۭا

Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens، one above the other،

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وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًۭا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًۭا

placing the moon within them as a reflected light، and the sun as a radiant lamp?

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وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًۭا

Allah alone caused you to grow from the earth like a plant

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ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًۭا

Then He will return you to it، and then simply bring you forth again

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وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًۭا

And Allah alone spread out the earth for you

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لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًۭا فِجَاجًۭا

to walk along its spacious pathways\'"

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قَالَ نُوحٌۭ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًۭا

Eventually، Noah cried، "My Lord They have certainly persisted in disobeying me، and followed instead those elite whose abundant wealth and children only increase them in loss،

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وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًۭا كُبَّارًۭا

and who have devised a tremendous plot،

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وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّۭا وَلَا سُوَاعًۭا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًۭا

urging their followers، \'Do not abandon your idolsespecially Wadd، Suwa\'، Yaghûth، Ya\'ûq، and Nasr\'

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وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًۭا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًۭا

Those elite have already led many astray So O Lord، only allow the wrongdoers to stray farther away"

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مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًۭا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًۭا

So because of their sins، they were drowned، then admitted into the Fire And they found none to help them against Allah

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وَقَالَ نُوحٌۭ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

Noah had prayed، "My Lord Do not leave a single disbeliever on earth

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إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًۭا كَفَّارًۭا

For if You spare any of them، they will certainly mislead Your servants، and give birth only to wicked sinners، staunch disbelievers

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رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًۭا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا

My Lord Forgive me، my parents، and whoever enters my house in faith، and all believing men and women And increase the wrongdoers only in destruction"

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