SURAH 71 · 28 AYAHS · MECCAN

Nooh

Noah

نوح
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71:1Page 570 · Juz 29

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ ۝١

Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them.

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71:2Page 570 · Juz 29

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ ۝٢

He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you

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71:3Page 570 · Juz 29

أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ ۝٣

(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me,

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71:4Page 570 · Juz 29

يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤

That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew.

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71:5Page 570 · Juz 29

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا ۝٥

He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day

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71:6Page 570 · Juz 29

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا ۝٦

But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance;

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71:7Page 570 · Juz 29

وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا ۝٧

And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride.

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71:8Page 570 · Juz 29

ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا ۝٨

And lo! I have called unto them aloud,

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71:9Page 570 · Juz 29

ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا ۝٩

And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private.

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71:10Page 570 · Juz 29

فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا ۝١٠

And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving.

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71:11Page 571 · Juz 29

يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا ۝١١

He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain,

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71:12Page 571 · Juz 29

وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَـٰرًا ۝١٢

And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers.

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71:13Page 571 · Juz 29

مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا ۝١٣

What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

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71:14Page 571 · Juz 29

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا ۝١٤

When He created you by (divers) stages?

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71:15Page 571 · Juz 29

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا ۝١٥

See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony,

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71:16Page 571 · Juz 29

وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا ۝١٦

And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?

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71:17Page 571 · Juz 29

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا ۝١٧

And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth,

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71:18Page 571 · Juz 29

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا ۝١٨

And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing.

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71:19Page 571 · Juz 29

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا ۝١٩

And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

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71:20Page 571 · Juz 29

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا ۝٢٠

That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof.

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71:21Page 571 · Juz 29

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا ۝٢١

Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin;

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71:22Page 571 · Juz 29

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا ۝٢٢

And they have plotted a mighty plot,

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71:23Page 571 · Juz 29

وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا ۝٢٣

And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

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71:24Page 571 · Juz 29

وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَـٰلًا ۝٢٤

And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong-doers in naught save error.

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71:25Page 571 · Juz 29

مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا ۝٢٥

Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah.

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71:26Page 571 · Juz 29

وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا ۝٢٦

And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land.

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71:27Page 571 · Juz 29

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا ۝٢٧

If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates.

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71:28Page 571 · Juz 29

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا ۝٢٨

My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin.

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