نوح

Surah Nuh

“Noah” · 28 verses · Meccan · Revelation order: 71

Recitation (al-Afasy)

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Inna arsalna noohan ilaqawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an ya'tiyahum AAathabunaleem

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

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2

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerunmubeen

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

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3

أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Ani oAAbudoo Allaha wattaqoohuwaateeAAoon

To worship Allāh, fear Him and obey me.

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4

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

Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikumwayu-akhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahiitha jaa la yu-akhkharu law kuntumtaAAlamoon

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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5

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmeelaylan wanahara

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

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6

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا

Falam yazidhum duAAa-ee illafirara

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

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7

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

Wa-innee kullama daAAawtuhumlitaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihimwastaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo wastakbarooistikbara

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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8

ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا

Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jihara

Then I invited them publicly.

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9

ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا

Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahumisrara

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

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10

فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا

Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kanaghaffara

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

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11

يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا

Yursili assamaa AAalaykummidrara

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

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12

وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَـٰرًا

Wayumdidkum bi-amwalin wabaneenawayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anhara

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

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13

مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا

Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahiwaqara

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

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14

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

Waqad khalaqakum atwara

While He has created you in stages?

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15

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa AllahusabAAa samawatin tibaqa

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

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16

وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAalaashshamsa siraja

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

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17

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا

Wallahu anbatakum mina al-ardinabata

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

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18

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا

Thumma yuAAeedukum feehawayukhrijukum ikhraja

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

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19

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

Wallahu jaAAala lakumu al-ardabisata

And Allāh has made for you the earth an expanse

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20

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

Litaslukoo minha subulan fijaja

That you may follow therein roads of passage.'"

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21

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

Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawneewattabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illakhasara

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

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22

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

Wamakaroo makran kubbara

And they conspired an immense conspiracy

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23

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

Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakumwala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAanwala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasra

And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'

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24

وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَـٰلًا

Waqad adalloo katheeran walatazidi aththalimeena illa dalala

And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

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25

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

Mimma khatee-atihimoghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooniAllahi ansara

Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allāh [any] helpers.

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26

وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

Waqala noohun rabbi latathar AAala al-ardi mina alkafireenadayyara

And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

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27

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا

Innaka in tatharhum yudillooAAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajirankaffara

Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.

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28

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

Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayyawaliman dakhala baytiya mu'minan walilmu'mineena walmu'minatiwala tazidi aththalimeena illatabaran

My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."

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