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Innaaa arsalnaa Noohan ilaa qawmihee an anzir qawmaka min qabli any yaatiyahum 'azaabun aleem

Translation

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

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Qaala yaa qawmi innee lakum nazeerum mubeen

Translation

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

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Ani'-budul laaha watta qoohu wa atee'oon

Translation

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

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Yaghfir lakum min zunoobikum wa yu'akhkhirkum ilaaa ajalim musammaa; innaa ajalal laahi izaa jaaa'a laa yu'akhkhar; law kuntum ta'lamoon

Translation

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!”

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Qaala rabbi innee da'awtu qawmee lailanw wa naharaa

Translation

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

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Falam yazid hum du'aaa 'eee illaa firaaraa

Translation

but my calls only made them run farther away.

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Wa inee kullamaa da'awtuhum litaghfira lahum ja'alooo asaabi'ahum fee aazaanihim wastaghshaw siyaabahum wa asaarroo wastakbarus tikbaaraa

Translation

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.

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Summa innee da'aw tuhum jihaara

Translation

Then I certainly called them openly,

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Summaa inneee a'lantu lahum wa asrartu lahum israaraa

Translation

then I surely preached to them publicly and privately,

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Faqultus taghfiroo Rabbakum innahoo kaana Ghaffaaraa

Translation

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

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Yursilis samaaa'a 'alaikum midraaraa

Translation

He will shower you with abundant rain,

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Wa yumdidkum bi am waalinw wa baneena wa yaj'al lakum Jannaatinw wa yaj'al lakum anhaaraa

Translation

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

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Maa lakum laa tarjoona lillaahi waqaaraa

Translation

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

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Wa qad khalaqakum at waaraa

Translation

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

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Alam taraw kaifa khalaqal laahu sab'a samaawaatin tibaaqaa

Translation

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

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Wa ja'alal qamara feehinna nooranw wa ja'alash shamsa siraajaa

Translation

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

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Wallaahu ambatakum minal ardi nabaataa

Translation

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

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Summa yu'eedukum feehaa wa yukhrijukum ikhraajaa

Translation

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

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Wallaahu ja'ala lakumul arda bisaataa

Translation

And Allah ˹alone˺ spread out the earth for you

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Litaslukoo minhaa subulan fijaajaa

Translation

to walk along its spacious pathways.’”

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Qaala Noohur Rabbi innahum 'asawnee wattaba'oo mal lam yazid hu maaluhoo wa waladuhooo illaa khasaara

Translation

˹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,

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Wa makaroo makran kubbaaraa

Translation

and who have devised a tremendous plot,

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Wa qaaloo laa tazarunna aalihatakum wa laa tazarunna Waddanw wa laa Suwaa'anw wa laa Yaghoosa wa Ya'ooqa wa Nasraa

Translation

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

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Wa qad adalloo kaseera; wa laa tazidiz zaalimeena illaa dalaalaa

Translation

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

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Mimmaa khateee' aatihim ughriqoo fa udkhiloo Naaran falam yajidoo lahum min doonil laahi ansaaraa

Translation

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

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Wa qaala Noohur Rabbi laa tazar 'alal ardi minal kaafireena daiyaaraa

Translation

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

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Innaka in tazarhum yudil loo 'ibaadaka wa laa yalidooo illaa faajiran kaffaaraa

Translation

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

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Rabbigh fir lee wa liwaa lidaiya wa liman dakhala baitiya mu'minanw wa lil mu'mineena wal mu'minaati wa laa tazidiz zaalimeena illaa tabaaraa

Translation

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.”