Noah

Surah
Nuh

إِنَّآ
أَرۡسَلۡنَا
نُوحًا
إِلَىٰ
قَوۡمِهِۦٓ
أَنۡ
أَنذِرۡ
قَوۡمَكَ
مِن
قَبۡلِ
أَن
يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٞ
١

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people ˹saying to him˺, “Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them.”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

71:2

قَالَ

يَٰقَوۡمِ

إِنِّي

لَكُمۡ

نَذِيرٞ

مُّبِينٌ

Noah proclaimed, “O my people! I am truly sent to you with a clear warning:

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

71:3

أَنِ

ٱعۡبُدُواْ

ٱللَّهَ

وَٱتَّقُوهُ

وَأَطِيعُونِ

worship Allah ˹alone˺, fear Him, and obey me.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

71:4

يَغۡفِرۡ

لَكُم

مِّن

ذُنُوبِكُمۡ

وَيُؤَخِّرۡكُمۡ

إِلَىٰٓ

أَجَلٖ

مُّسَمًّىۚ

إِنَّ

أَجَلَ

ٱللَّهِ

إِذَا

جَآءَ

لَا

يُؤَخَّرُۚ

لَوۡ

كُنتُمۡ

تَعۡلَمُونَ

He will forgive your sins, and delay your end until the appointed time.¹ Indeed, when the time set by Allah comes, it cannot be delayed, if only you knew!”

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

71:5

قَالَ

رَبِّ

إِنِّي

دَعَوۡتُ

قَوۡمِي

لَيۡلٗا

وَنَهَارٗا

He cried, “My Lord! I have surely called my people day and night,

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

71:6

فَلَمۡ

يَزِدۡهُمۡ

دُعَآءِيٓ

إِلَّا

فِرَارٗا

but my calls only made them run farther away.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

71:7

وَإِنِّي

كُلَّمَا

دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ

لِتَغۡفِرَ

لَهُمۡ

جَعَلُوٓاْ

أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ

فِيٓ

ءَاذَانِهِمۡ

وَٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ

ثِيَابَهُمۡ

وَأَصَرُّواْ

وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ

ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا

And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly.

— Dr. Mustafa Khattab, The Clear Quran

71:8