Surah “Noah”

as rendered by Wahiduddin Khan — 28 verses

71:1
We sent Noah forth to his people, saying, Warn your people before there comes upon them a grievous punishment
71:2
[Noah] said, My people! I am but a plain warner to you
71:3
that you should worship God [alone] and be conscious of Him. Pay heed to me
71:4
He will forgive your sins and will grant you respite till an appointed time. When the time appointed by God arrives, it cannot be postponed, if you only knew
71:5
He said, My Lord! I have called my people night and da
71:6
but my pleas have only increased their aversion
71:7
Every time I have called to them, so that You might 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
71:8
Then I called them openly
71:9
and spoke to them in public and in private
71:10
Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Surely He is the most forgiving
71:11
He will send down abundant rain from the sky for you
71:12
increase your wealth and sons; and grant you gardens and waterways
71:13
What is the matter with you that you deny the greatness of God
71:14
when He has created you through different stages of existence
71:15
Do you not see how God has created the seven heavens one above another
71:16
and made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp
71:17
how God has produced you from the earth and caused you to grow
71:18
how He will then return you to it and bring you forth again
71:19
how God has spread the earth out for yo
71:20
so that you may walk along its spacious paths
71:21
Noah supplicated, Lord, they have disobeyed me, and followed those whose wealth and children have only added to their ruin
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and they have hatched a mighty plot
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and they said [to their followers], Do not ever abandon your deities: abandon neither Wadd, nor Suwa, and neither Yaghuth, nor Yauq nor Nasr
71:24
They have led many astray; so lead the wrongdoers to further error
71:25
They were drowned and sent to Hell for their misdeeds; they found no one to help them against God
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Noah prayed, O my Lord! Do not leave on earth a single one of those who deny the truth
71:27
if You leave any, they will misguide Your servants, and they will beget none but sinners and deniers of truth
71:28
Lord! Forgive me and my parents and every true believer who enters my house, forgive all the believing men and believing upon the wrongdoers except in women; and bestow no increase ruin