1. We sent Noah to his
People (with the Command): "Do
thou warn thy People before
there comes to them a grievous
Penalty."
2. He said: "O my People! I am
to you a Warner, clear and open:
3. "That ye should worship
Allah, fear Him and obey me:
4. "So He may forgive you your
sins and give you respite for a
stated Term: for when the Term
given by Allah is accomplished,
it cannot be put forward: if ye
only knew."
5. He said: "O my Lord! I have
called to my People night and
day:
6. "But my call only increases
(their) flight (from the Right).
7. "And every time I have called
to them, that Thou mightest
forgive them, they have (only)
thrust their fingers into their
ears, covered themselves up with
their garments, grown obstinate,
and given themselves up to
arrogance.
8. "So I have called to them
aloud;
9. "Further I have spoken to
them in public and secretly in
private,
10. "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness
from your Lord; for He is
Oft-Forgiving;
11. "'He will send rain to you
in abundance;
12. "'Give you increase in
wealth and sons; and bestow on
you gardens and bestow on you
rivers (of flowing water).
13. "'What is the matter with
you, that ye place not your hope
for kindness and long-suffering
in Allah,-
14. "'Seeing that it is He that
has created you in diverse
stages?
15. "'See ye not how Allah has
created the seven heavens one
above another,
16. "'And made the moon a light
in their midst, and made the sun
as a (Glorious) Lamp?
17. "'And Allah has produced you
from the earth growing
(gradually),
18. "'And in the End He will
return you into the (earth), and
raise you forth (again at the
Resurrection)?
19. "'And Allah has made the
earth for you as a carpet
(spread out),
20. "'That ye may go about
therein, in spacious roads.'"
21. Noah said: "O my Lord! They
have disobeyed me, but they
follow (men) whose wealth and
children give them no increase
but only Loss.
22. "And they have devised a
tremendous Plot.
23. "And they have said (to each
other), 'Abandon not your gods:
Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa',
neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor
Nasr';-
24. "They have already misled
many; and grant Thou no increase
to the wrong- doers but in
straying (from their mark)."
25. Because of their sins they
were drowned (in the flood), and
were made to enter the Fire (of
Punishment): and they found- in
lieu of Allah. none to help
them.
26. And Noah, said: "O my Lord!
Leave not of the Unbelievers, a
single one on earth!
27. "For, if Thou dost leave
(any of) them, they will but
mislead Thy devotees, and they
will breed none but wicked
ungrateful ones.
28. "O my Lord! Forgive me, my
parents, all who enter my house
in Faith, and (all) believing
men and believing women: and to
the wrong-doers grant Thou no
increase but in perdition!" |