| | Talal A. Itani (new translation) rendition of Surah Noah(Nuh)
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| 71:1 | | We sent Noah to his people: 'Warn your people before there comes upon them a painful punishment.' |
| 71:2 | | He said, 'O my people, I am to you a clear warner |
| 71:3 | | Worship God and reverence Him, and obey me |
| 71:4 | | And He will forgive you of your sins, and reprieve you until a stated term. God's term cannot be deferred once it has arrived, if you only knew.' |
| 71:5 | | He said, 'My Lord, I have called my people night and day |
| 71:6 | | But my call added only to their flight |
| 71:7 | | Whenever I called them to Your forgiveness, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and wrapped themselves in their garments, and insisted, and became more and more arrogant |
| 71:8 | | Then I called them openly |
| 71:9 | | Then I appealed to them publicly, and I spoke to them privately. |
| 71:10 | | I said, 'Ask your Lord for forgiveness; He is Forgiving |
| 71:11 | | He will let loose the sky upon you in torrents |
| 71:12 | | And provide you with wealth and children, and allot for you gardens, and allot for you rivers |
| 71:13 | | What is the matter with you, that you do not appreciate God's Greatness |
| 71:14 | | Although He created you in stages |
| 71:15 | | Do you not realize that God created seven heavens in layers |
| 71:16 | | And He set the moon in their midst for light, and He made the sun a lamp |
| 71:17 | | And God germinated you from the earth like plants |
| 71:18 | | Then He will return you into it, and will bring you out again |
| 71:19 | | And God made the earth a spread for you |
| 71:20 | | That you may travel its diverse roads.'' |
| 71:21 | | Noah said, 'My Lord, they have defied me, and followed him whose wealth and children increase him only in perdition.' |
| 71:22 | | And they schemed outrageous schemes |
| 71:23 | | And they said, 'Do not give up your gods; do not give up Wadd, nor Souwa, nor Yaghoos, and Yaooq, and Nassr |
| 71:24 | | They have misled many, so do not increase the wrongdoers except in confusion.' |
| 71:25 | | Because of their wrongs, they were drowned, and were hurled into a Fire. They did not find apart from God any helpers |
| 71:26 | | Noah said, 'My Lord, do not leave of the unbelievers a single dweller on earth |
| 71:27 | | If You leave them, they will mislead your servants, and will breed only wicked unbelievers |
| 71:28 | | My Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and anyone who enters my home in faith, and all the believing men and believing women; and do not increase the wrongdoers except in perdition.' |
