| | N J Dawood (2014) rendition of Surah Noah(Nuh)
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| 71:1 | | WE SENT forth Noah to his people, saying: ‘Give warning to your people before a woeful scourge overtakes them.&lsquo |
| 71:2 | | He said: ‘My people, I come to warn you clearly |
| 71:3 | | Worship God and fear Him, and obey me |
| 71:4 | | He will forgive you some of your sins and give you respite to an appointed time. When God‘s time is come, none shall put it back. Would you but knew!&lsquo |
| 71:5 | | Lord,‘ said Noah, ‘night and day have I pleaded with my people |
| 71:6 | | but my pleas have only aggravated their aversion |
| 71:7 | | Each time I call on them to seek Your pardon, they thrust their fingers into their ears and draw their cloaks over their heads, persisting in sin and bearing themselves with insolent pride |
| 71:8 | | Then I called out loud to them |
| 71:9 | | and appealed to them in public and in private |
| 71:10 | | "Seek forgiveness of your Lord," I said. "He is ever ready to forgive |
| 71:11 | | He sends down abundant water from the sky for you and bestows upon you wealth and children |
| 71:12 | | He has provided you with gardens and with running brooks |
| 71:13 | | Why do you deny the greatness of Go |
| 71:14 | | when He created you in gradual stages |
| 71:15 | | Can you not see how God created the seven heavens one above the other, |
| 71:16 | | placing in them the moon for a light and the sun for a lantern |
| 71:17 | | God has brought you forth from the earth like a plant |
| 71:18 | | and to the earth He will restore you. Then He will bring you back from it afresh |
| 71:19 | | And God has made the earth a vast expanse for you |
| 71:20 | | that you may roam its spacious paths."&lsquo |
| 71:21 | | And Noah said: ‘Lord, they disobey me, and follow those whose wealth and offspring will only hasten their perdition |
| 71:22 | | They have devised an outrageous plot |
| 71:23 | | and said to each other: "Do not renounce your gods. Do not forsake Wadd or Suwā‘ or Yaghūth or Ya‘ūq or Nasr."¹ |
| 71:24 | | They have led many astray; and You surely drive the wrongdoers to further error.&lsquo |
| 71:25 | | Because of their sins they were drowned and cast into the Fire. They found none besides God to help them |
| 71:26 | | And Noah said: ‘Lord, do not leave a single unbeliever on the earth |
| 71:27 | | If You spare them, they will mislead Your servants and beget none but sinners and unbelievers |
| 71:28 | | Forgive me, Lord, and forgive my parents and whoever enters my house a true believer. ‘Forgive all the faithful, men and women, and hasten the wrongdoers‘ destruction.&lsquo |
