1. Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an ya/tiyahum AAathabun aleemun
1. We sent Noah to his People (with the Command): "Do thou warn thy People before there comes to them a grievous Penalty."
2. Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
2. He said: "O my People! I am to you a Warner, clear and open:
3. Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni
3. "That ye should worship Allah, fear Him and obey me:
4. Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayu-akhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yu-akhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona
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. Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
5. He said: "O my Lord! I have called to my People night and day:
6. Falam yazidhum duAAa-ee illa firaran
6. "But my call only increases (their) flight (from the Right).
7. Wa-innee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
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. Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
8. "So I have called to them aloud;
9. Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
9. "Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
10. Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
10. "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;
11. Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
11. "'He will send rain to you in abundance;
12. Wayumdidkum bi-amwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
12. "'Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
13. Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
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. Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan
15. "'See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,
16. WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan
16. "'And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?
17. WaAllahu anbatakum mina al-ardi nabatan
17. "'And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),
18. Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
18. "'And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?
19. WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu al-arda bisatan
19. "'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
20. Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
20. "'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"