Indeed We sent Noah to his people, [saying,] ‘Warn your people before a painful punishment overtakes them.’
He said, ‘O my people! Indeed I am a manifest warner to you
Worship Allah and be wary of Him, and obey me
that He may forgive you some of your sins and respite you until a specified time. Indeed when Allah’s [appointed] time comes, it cannot be deferred, should you know.’
He said, ‘My Lord! Indeed I have summoned my people night and da
but my summons only increases their evasion
Indeed whenever I have summoned them, so that You might forgive them, they would put their fingers into their ears and draw their cloaks over their heads, and they were persistent [in their unfaith], and disdainful in [their] arrogance
Again I summoned them aloud
and again appealed to them publicly and confided with them privately
telling [them]: ‘‘Plead to your Lord for forgiveness. Indeed He is all-forgiver
He will send for you abundant rains from the sky
and aid you with wealth and sons, and provide you with gardens and provide you with streams
What is the matter with you that you do not look upon Allah with veneration
though He has created you in [various] stages
Have you not seen how Allah has created seven heavens in layers
and has made therein the moon for a light, and the sun for a lamp
Allah made you grow from the earth, with a [vegetable] growth
Then He makes you return to it, and He will bring you forth [without fail]
Allah has made the earth a vast expanse for yo
so that you may travel over its spacious ways.’’ ’
Noah said, ‘My Lord! They have disobeyed me, following someone whose wealth and children only add to his loss
and they have devised an outrageous plot
They say, ‘‘Do not abandon your gods. Do not abandon Wadd, nor Suwa, nor Yaghuth, Ya‘uq and Nasr,’’
and already they have led many astray. Do not increase the wrongdoers in anything but error.’
They were drowned because of their iniquities, then made to enter a Fire, and they did not find for themselves any helpers besides Allah
And Noah said, ‘My Lord! ‘Do not leave on the earth any inhabitant from among the faithless
If You leave them, they will lead astray Your servants and will not beget except vicious ingrates
My Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and whoever enters my house in faith, and the faithful men and women, and do not increase the wrongdoers in anything except ruin.’