| | Edward Henry Palmer rendition of Surah Noah(Nuh)
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| 71:1 | | Verily, we sent Noah to his people, 'Warn thy people before there come to them a grievous torment! |
| 71:2 | | Said he, 'O my people! verily, I am to you an obvious warner |
| 71:3 | | that ye serve God and fear Him and obey me |
| 71:4 | | He will pardon you your sins, and will defer you unto an appointed time; verily, God's appointed time when it comes will not be deferred, did ye but know! |
| 71:5 | | Said he, 'My Lord! verily, I have called my people by night and day |
| 71:6 | | and my call did but increase them in flight |
| 71:7 | | and, verily, every time I called them, that Thou mightest pardon them, they placed their fingers in their ears and tried to cover themselves with their garments and persisted, and were very big with pride |
| 71:8 | | Then I called them openly |
| 71:9 | | then I published to them and I spoke to them in secret |
| 71:10 | | and I said, "Ask forgiveness of your Lord, verily, He is very forgiving |
| 71:11 | | He will send the rain upon you in torrents |
| 71:12 | | and will extend to you wealth and children, and will make for you gardens, and will make for you rivers |
| 71:13 | | What ails you that ye hope not for something serious from God |
| 71:14 | | when He has created you by steps |
| 71:15 | | Do ye not see how God has created the seven heavens in stories |
| 71:16 | | and has set the moon therein for a light, and set the sun for a lamp |
| 71:17 | | and God has made you grow out of the earth |
| 71:18 | | and then He will make you return thereto, and will make you come forth therefrom |
| 71:19 | | and God has made for you the earth a carpe |
| 71:20 | | that ye may walk therein in broad paths." |
| 71:21 | | Said Noah, 'My Lord! verily, they have rebelled against me, and followed him whose wealth and children have but added to his loss |
| 71:22 | | and they have plotted a great plot |
| 71:23 | | and said, "Ye shall surely not leave your gods: ye shall surely neither leave Wadd, nor Suwah, nor Yaghuth, nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr |
| 71:24 | | and they led astray many."' And thou (Mohammed) wilt only increase the unjust in their error |
| 71:25 | | because of their sins they were drowned and made to enter into the fire, and they found no helpers against God |
| 71:26 | | And Noah said, 'My Lord! leave not upon the earth one dweller of the misbelievers |
| 71:27 | | Verily, Thou, if Thou shouldst leave them, they will lead astray Thy servants, and they will only bear for children sinners and misbelievers |
| 71:28 | | My Lord! pardon me and my two parents, and whomsoever enters my house believing, and (pardon) the believers men and women - but Thou shalt only increase the unjust in loss. |
