Surah Nuh

Translation by:
Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

1. اِنَّآ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوْحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِهٖٓ اَنْ اَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَّأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ

   Innā arsalnā nūḥan ilā qaumihī an anżir qaumaka min qabli ay ya'tiyahum ‘ażābun alīm(un).

   Indeed, We sent Noah to his people ˹saying to him˺, “Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them.”

2. قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اِنِّيْ لَكُمْ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ

   Qāla yā qaumi innī lakum nażīrum mubīn(un).

   Noah proclaimed, “O my people! I am truly sent to you with a clear warning:

3. اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَاتَّقُوْهُ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِۙ

   Ani‘budullāha wattaqūhu wa aṭī‘ūn(i).

   worship Allah ˹alone˺, fear Him, and obey me.

4. يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِّنْ ذُنُوْبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّىۗ اِنَّ اَجَلَ اللّٰهِ اِذَا جَاۤءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُۘ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ

   Yagfir lakum min żunūbikum wa yu'akhkhirkum ilā ajalim musammā(n), inna ajalallāhi iżā jā'a lā yu'akhkhar(u), lau kuntum ta‘lamūn(a).

   He will forgive your sins, and delay your end until the appointed time. Indeed, when the time set by Allah comes, it cannot be delayed, if only you knew!”

5. قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّيْ دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِيْ لَيْلًا وَّنَهَارًاۙ

   Qāla rabbi innī da‘atu qaumī lailaw wa nahārā(n).

   He cried, “My Lord! I have surely called my people day and night,

6. فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَاۤءِيْٓ اِلَّا فِرَارًا

   Falam yazidhum du‘ā'ī illā firārā(n).

   but my calls only made them run farther away.

7. وَاِنِّيْ كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوْٓا اَصَابِعَهُمْ فِيْٓ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَاَصَرُّوْا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًاۚ

   Wa innī kullamā da‘autuhum litagfira lahum ja‘alū aṣābi‘ahum fī āżānihim wastagsyau ṡiyābahum wa aṣarrū wastakbarustikbārā(n).

   And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly.

8. ثُمَّ اِنِّيْ دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًاۙ

   Ṡumma innī da‘autuhum jihārā(n).

   Then I certainly called them openly,

9. ثُمَّ اِنِّيْٓ اَعْلَنْتُ لَهُمْ وَاَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ اِسْرَارًاۙ

   Ṡumma innī a‘lantu lahum wa asrartu lahum isrārā(n).

   then I surely preached to them publicly and privately,

10. فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّكُمْ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ غَفَّارًاۙ

    Faqultustagfirū rabbakum innahū kāna gaffārā(n).

    saying, “Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.

11. يُّرْسِلِ السَّمَاۤءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّدْرَارًاۙ

    Yursilis-samā'a ‘alaikum midrārā(n).

    He will shower you with abundant rain,

12. وَّيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَّبَنِيْنَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ اَنْهٰرًاۗ

    Wa yumdidkum bi'amwāliw wa banīna wa yaj‘al lakum jannātiw wa yaj‘al lakum anhārā(n).

    supply you with wealth and children, and give you gardens as well as rivers.

13. مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُوْنَ لِلّٰهِ وَقَارًاۚ

    Mā lakum lā tarjūna lillāhi waqārā(n).

    What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah,

14. وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ اَطْوَارًا

    Wa qad khalaqakum aṭwārā(n).

    when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺?

15. اَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِبَاقًاۙ

    Alam tara kaifa khalaqallāhu sab‘a samāwātin ṭibāqā(n).

    Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,

16. وَّجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيْهِنَّ نُوْرًا وَّجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

    Wa ja‘alal-qamara fīhinna nūraw wa ja‘alasy-syamsa sirājā(n).

    placing the moon within them as a ˹reflected˺ light, and the sun as a ˹radiant˺ lamp?

17. وَاللّٰهُ اَنْۢبَتَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ نَبَاتًاۙ

    Wallāhu ambatakum minal-arḍi nabātā(n).

    Allah ˹alone˺ caused you to grow from the earth like a plant.

18. ثُمَّ يُعِيْدُكُمْ فِيْهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ اِخْرَاجًا

    Ṡumma yu‘īdukum fīhā wa yukhrijukum ikhrājā(n).

    Then He will return you to it, and then simply bring you forth ˹again˺.

19. وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ بِسَاطًاۙ

    Wallāhu ja‘ala lakumul-arḍa bisāṭā(n).

    And Allah ˹alone˺ spread out the earth for you

20. لِّتَسْلُكُوْا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا ࣖ

    Litaslukū minhā subulan fijājā(n).

    to walk along its spacious pathways.”

21. قَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ اِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِيْ وَاتَّبَعُوْا مَنْ لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهٗ وَوَلَدُهٗٓ اِلَّا خَسَارًاۚ

    Qāla nūḥur rabbi innahum ‘aṣaunī wattaba‘ū mal lam yazidhu māluhū wa waladuhū illā khasārā(n).

    ˹Eventually,˺ Noah cried, “My Lord! They have certainly persisted in disobeying me, and followed ˹instead˺ those ˹elite˺ whose ˹abundant˺ wealth and children only increase them in loss,

22. وَمَكَرُوْا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًاۚ

    Wa makarū makran kubbārā(n).

    and who have devised a tremendous plot,

23. وَقَالُوْا لَا تَذَرُنَّ اٰلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَّلَا سُوَاعًا ەۙ وَّلَا يَغُوْثَ وَيَعُوْقَ وَنَسْرًاۚ

    Wa qālū lā tażarunna ālihatakum wa lā tażarunna waddaw wa lā suwā‘ā(n), wa lā yagūṡa wa ya‘ūqa wa nasrā(n).

    urging ˹their followers˺, ‘Do not abandon your idols—especially Wadd, Suwâ’, Yaghûth, Ya’ûq, and Nasr.’

24. وَقَدْ اَضَلُّوْا كَثِيْرًا ەۚ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ اِلَّا ضَلٰلًا

    Wa qad aḍallū kaṡīrā(n), wa lā tazidiẓ-ẓālimīna illā ḍalālā(n).

    Those ˹elite˺ have already led many astray. So ˹O Lord˺, only allow the wrongdoers to stray farther away.”

25. مِمَّا خَطِيْۤـٰٔتِهِمْ اُغْرِقُوْا فَاُدْخِلُوْا نَارًا ەۙ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوْا لَهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَنْصَارًا

    Mimmā khaṭī'ātihim ugriqū fa'udkhilū nārā(n), falam yajidū lahum min dūnillāhi anṣārā(n).

    So because of their sins, they were drowned, then admitted into the Fire. And they found none to help them against Allah.

26. وَقَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ دَيَّارًا

    Wa qāla nūḥur rabbi lā tażar ‘alal-arḍi minal-kāfirīna dayyārā(n).

    Noah had prayed, “My Lord! Do not leave a single disbeliever on earth.

27. اِنَّكَ اِنْ تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوْا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوْٓا اِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا

    Innaka in tażarhum yuḍillū ‘ibādaka wa lā yalidū illā fājiran kaffārā(n).

    For if You spare ˹any of˺ them, they will certainly mislead Your servants, and give birth only to ˹wicked˺ sinners, staunch disbelievers.

28. رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لِيْ وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَّلِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنٰتِۗ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ اِلَّا تَبَارًا ࣖ

    Rabbigfir lī wa liwālidayya wa liman dakhala baitiya mu'minaw wa lil-mu'minīna wal-mu'mināt(i), wa lā tazidiẓ-ẓālimīna illā tabārā(n).

    My Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house in faith, and ˹all˺ believing men and women. And increase the wrongdoers only in destruction.”