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71. Surah Nuh

Noah · Makki · 28 Ayahs

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

إِنَّآ Indeed, We أَرْسَلْنَا [We] sent نُوحًا Nuh إِلَىٰ to قَوْمِهِۦٓ his people أَنْ that أَنذِرْ Warn قَوْمَكَ your people مِن from قَبْلِ before أَن [that] يَأْتِيَهُمْ comes to them عَذَابٌ a punishment أَلِيمٌۭ painful ١

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

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قَالَ He said يَـٰقَوْمِ O my people إِنِّى Indeed, I am لَكُمْ to you نَذِيرٌۭ a warner مُّبِينٌ clear ٢

He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner -

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أَنِ That ٱعْبُدُوا۟ Worship ٱللَّهَ Allah وَٱتَّقُوهُ and fear Him وَأَطِيعُونِ and obey me ٣

To worship Allāh, fear Him and obey me.

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يَغْفِرْ He will forgive لَكُم for you مِّن [of] ذُنُوبِكُمْ your sins وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ and give you respite إِلَىٰٓ for أَجَلٍۢ a term مُّسَمًّى ۚ specified إِنَّ Indeed أَجَلَ (the) term ٱللَّهِ (of) Allah إِذَا when جَآءَ it comes لَا not يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ is delayed لَوْ if كُنتُمْ you تَعْلَمُونَ know ٤

He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allāh, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew."

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قَالَ He said رَبِّ My Lord إِنِّى Indeed, I دَعَوْتُ invited قَوْمِى my people لَيْلًۭا night وَنَهَارًۭا and day ٥

He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.

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فَلَمْ But not يَزِدْهُمْ increased them دُعَآءِىٓ my invitation إِلَّا except فِرَارًۭا (in) flight ٦

But my invitation increased them not except in flight [i.e., aversion].

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وَإِنِّى And indeed, I كُلَّمَا every time دَعَوْتُهُمْ I invited them لِتَغْفِرَ that You may forgive لَهُمْ them جَعَلُوٓا۟ they put أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ their fingers فِىٓ in ءَاذَانِهِمْ their ears وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ and covered themselves ثِيَابَهُمْ (with) their garments وَأَصَرُّوا۟ and persisted وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ and were arrogant ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭا (with) pride ٧

And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.

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ثُمَّ Then إِنِّى indeed, I دَعَوْتُهُمْ invited them جِهَارًۭا publicly ٨

Then I invited them publicly.

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ثُمَّ Then إِنِّىٓ indeed, I أَعْلَنتُ announced لَهُمْ to them وَأَسْرَرْتُ and I confided لَهُمْ to them إِسْرَارًۭا secretly ٩

Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

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فَقُلْتُ Then I said ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ Ask forgiveness رَبَّكُمْ (from) your Lord إِنَّهُۥ Indeed, He كَانَ is غَفَّارًۭا Oft-Forgiving ١٠

And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

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يُرْسِلِ He will send down ٱلسَّمَآءَ (rain from) the sky عَلَيْكُم upon you مِّدْرَارًۭا (in) abundance ١١

He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

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وَيُمْدِدْكُم And provide you بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ with wealth وَبَنِينَ and children وَيَجْعَل and make لَّكُمْ for you جَنَّـٰتٍۢ gardens وَيَجْعَل and make لَّكُمْ for you أَنْهَـٰرًۭا rivers ١٢

And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

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مَّا What لَكُمْ (is) for you لَا not تَرْجُونَ you attribute لِلَّهِ to Allah وَقَارًۭا grandeur ١٣

What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allāh [due] grandeur

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وَقَدْ And indeed خَلَقَكُمْ He created you أَطْوَارًا (in) stages ١٤

While He has created you in stages?

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أَلَمْ Do not تَرَوْا۟ you see كَيْفَ how خَلَقَ did create ٱللَّهُ Allah سَبْعَ (the) seven سَمَـٰوَٰتٍۢ heavens طِبَاقًۭا (in) layers ١٥

Do you not consider how Allāh has created seven heavens in layers

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وَجَعَلَ And made ٱلْقَمَرَ the moon فِيهِنَّ therein نُورًۭا a light وَجَعَلَ and made ٱلشَّمْسَ the sun سِرَاجًۭا a lamp ١٦

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

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وَٱللَّهُ And Allah أَنۢبَتَكُم has caused you to grow مِّنَ from ٱلْأَرْضِ the earth نَبَاتًۭا (as) a growth ١٧

And Allāh has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

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ثُمَّ Then يُعِيدُكُمْ He will return you فِيهَا into it وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ and bring you forth إِخْرَاجًۭا (a new) bringing forth ١٨

Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

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وَٱللَّهُ And Allah جَعَلَ made لَكُمُ for you ٱلْأَرْضَ the earth بِسَاطًۭا an expanse ١٩

And Allāh has made for you the earth an expanse

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لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ That you may go along مِنْهَا therein سُبُلًۭا (in) paths فِجَاجًۭا wide ٢٠

That you may follow therein roads of passage.'"

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