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71. Nuh - Prophet Noah
1 | Indeed We sent Nooh towards his people saying that, “Warn your people before the painful punishment comes upon them.” |
2 | He said, “O my people! I am indeed a Herald of clear warnings to you.” |
3 | “That you must worship Allah and fear Him, and obey me.” |
4 | “He will forgive you some of your sins, and give you respite up to an appointed term; indeed the promise of Allah cannot be averted when it arrives; if only you knew.” |
5 | He said, “My Lord! I invited my people night and day.” |
6 | “So for them, my calling them increased their fleeing away.” |
7 | “And whenever I called them, so that You may forgive them, they always thrust their fingers into their ears, and covered themselves with their clothes, and remained stubborn and were extremely haughty.” |
8 | “I then called them openly.” |
9 | “Then I also told them publicly and also spoke to them softly in private.” |
10 | “I therefore told them, ‘Seek forgiveness from your Lord; He is indeed Most Forgiving.’ |
11 | ‘He will send down abundant rain for you from the sky.’ |
12 | ‘And will aid you with wealth and sons, and will create gardens for you and cause rivers to flow for you.’ |
13 | ‘What is the matter with you, that you do not desire honour from Allah?’ |
14 | ‘Whereas it is He Who created you in different stages?’ |
15 | ‘Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens atop each other?’ |
16 | ‘And in them, has illuminated the moon, and made the sun a lamp?’ |
17 | ‘And it is Allah Who made you grow like vegetation from the earth.’ |
18 | ‘And He will then take you back to it, and again remove you from it.” |
19 | ‘And it is Allah Who made the earth a bed for you.’ |
20 | ‘So that you may tread the wide roads in it.’” |
21 | Prayed Nooh, “O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, and they follow the one whose wealth and children increase nothing for him except ruin.” |
22 | “And they carried out a very sinister scheme.” |
23 | “And they said, ‘Do not ever abandon your Gods – and never abandon Wadd, or Suwa – or Yaghuth or Yauq or Nasr.’” |
24 | “And they have misled a large number; and (I pray that) You increase nothing for the unjust except error.” |
25 | Because of their sins they were drowned and then put into the fire; so they did not find any supporter for themselves against Allah. (Punishment in the grave is proven by this verse.) |
26 | And prayed Nooh, “O my Lord! Do not leave any of the disbelievers dwelling in the land.” |
27 | “Indeed, if You spare them, they will mislead your bondmen – and their descendants, if any, will be none except the wicked, very ungrateful.” |
28 | “O my Lord! Forgive me, and my parents, and the believers who are in my house, and all other Muslim men and Muslim women; and do not increase anything for the unjust except ruin.” |