Nooh

Innaaa arsalnaa Noohan ilaa qawmihee an anzir qawmaka min qabli any yaatiyahum 'azaabun aleem

BEHOLD. We sent Noah unto his people. [saying:] "Warn thy people ere grievous suffering befall them!

Qaala yaa qawmi innee lakum nazeerum mubeen

[And Noah] said: "O my people! I am but a plain warner to you, [sent to tell you]

Ani'udul laaha watta qoohu wa atee'oon

that you should worship God [alone] and be conscious of Him. "Now do pay heed unto me,

Yaghfir lakum min zunoobikum wa yu'akhkhirkum ilaaa ajalim musammaa; innaa ajalal laahi izaa jaaa'a laa yu'akhkhar; law kuntum ta'lamoon

so that He may forgive you some of your sins, and grant you respite until a term known [to Him alone]: but, behold, when the term appointed by God does come, it can never be put back - if you but knew it!"

Qaala rabbi innee da'awtu qawmee lailanw wa naharaa

[And after a time, Noah] said: "O my Sustainer! Verily, I have been calling unto my people night and day

Falam yazid hum du'aaa 'eee illaa firaaraa

but my call has only caused them to flee farther and farther away [from Thee].

Wa inee kullamaa da'awtuhum litaghfira lahum ja'alooo asaabi'ahum fee aazaanihim wastaghshaw siyaabahum wa asaarroo wastakbarus tikbaaraa

And behold, whenever I called unto them with a view to Thy granting them forgiveness, they put their fingers into their ears, and wrapped themselves up in their garments [of sin]; and grew obstinate, and became [yet more] arrogant in their false pride.

Summa innee da'aw tuhum jihaara

"And behold I called unto them openly;

Summaa inneee a'lantu lahum wa asrartu lahum israaraa

and, behold I preached to them in public; and I spoke to them secretly, in private;

Faqultus taghfiroo Rabakam innahoo kaana Ghaffaaraa

and I said: "'Ask your Sustainer to forgive you your sins - for, verily, He is all-forgiving!

Yursilis samaaa'a 'alaikum midraaraa

He will shower upon you heavenly blessings abundant,

Wa yumdidkum bi am waalinw wa baneena wa yaj'al lakum Jannaatinw wa yaj'al lakum anhaaraa

and will aid you with worldly goods and children, and will bestow upon you gardens, and bestow upon you running waters.

Maa lakum laa tarjoona lillaahi waqaaraa

"'What is amiss with you that you cannot look forward to God's majesty,

Wa qad khalaqakum at waaraa

seeing that He has created [every one of] you in successive stages?

Alam taraw kaifa khalaqal laahu sab'a samaawaatin tibaaqaa

"'Do you not see how God has created seven heavens in full harmony with one another,

Wa ja'alal qamara feehinna nooranw wa ja'alash shamsa siraajaa

and has set up within them the moon as a light [reflected] and set up the sun as a [radiant] lamp?

Wallaahu ambatakum minal ardi nabaataa

"'And God has caused you to grow out of the earth in [gradual] growth; and thereafter He will return you to it [in death]:

Summa yu'eedukum feehaa wa ukhrijukum ikhraajaa

and [then] He will bring you forth [from It] in resurrection.

Wallaahu ja'ala lakumul arda bisaataa

"'And God has made the earth a wide expanse for you,

Litaslukoo minhaa subulan fijaajaa

so that you might walk thereon on spacious paths.’"

Qaala Noohur Robbi innahum 'asawnee wattaba'oo mal lam yazid hu maaluhoo wa waladuhooo illaa khasaara

[And] Noah continued: "O my Sustainer! Behold, they have opposed me [throughout], for they follow people whose wealth and children lead them increasingly into ruin,

Wa makaroo makran kubbaaraa

and who have devised a most awesome blasphemy [against Thee],

Wa qaaloo laa tazarunna aalihatakum wa laa tazarunna Waddanw wa laa Suwaa'anw wa laa Yaghoosa wa Ya'ooqa wa Nasraa

inasmuch as they said [to their followers], 'Do not ever abandon your gods: abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', and neither Yaghuth nor Ya’uq nor Nasr!'

Wa qad adalloo kasee ranw wa laa tazidiz zaalimeena illaa dalaalaa

"And so they have led many a one astray: hence, ordain Thou that these evildoers stray but farther and farther away [from all that they may desire]!"

Mimmaa khateee' aatihim ughriqoo fa udkhiloo Naaran falam yajidoo lahum min doonil laahi ansaaraa

And so, because of their sins, they were drowned [in the great flood], and were doomed to suffer the fire [of the hereafter]; and they found none who could succour them against God.

Wa qaala Noohur Rabbi laa tazar 'alal ardi minal kaafireena daiyaaraa

And Noah prayed: "O my Sustainer! Leave not on earth any of those who deny the truth:

Innaka in tazarhum yudil loo 'ibaadaka wa laa yalidooo illaa faajiran kaffaaraa

for, behold, If Thou dost leave them, they will [always try to] lead astray those who worship Thee, and will give birth to nothing but wickedness and stubborn ingratitude.

Rabbigh fir lee wa liwaa lidaiya wa liman dakhala baitiya mu'minanw wa lil mu'mineena wal mu'minaati wa laa tazidiz zaalimeena illaa tabaaraa

"O my Sustainer! Grant Thy forgiveness unto me and unto my parents, and unto everyone who enters my house as a believer, and unto all believing men and believing women [of later times]; and grant Thou that the doers of evil shall increasingly meet with destruction!"'