سورة نوح
Surah Nuh
Noah
Surah Nuh (Noah) is the 71st surah of the Quran. It has 28 verses and is a Meccan surah. Below is the complete Arabic text with an English translation and transliteration, verse by verse.
بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرۡ قَوۡمَكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمࣱ﴿١﴾
Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum ʿathabun aleemun
Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ نَذِيرࣱ مُّبِينٌ﴿٢﴾
Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun
He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner -
أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَ ٱتَّقُوهُ وَ أَطِيعُونِ﴿٣﴾
Ani oʿbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeʿooni
To worship Allāh, fear Him and obey me.
يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَ يُؤَخِّرۡكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلࣲ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۚ لَوۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ﴿٤﴾
Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taʿlamoona
He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allāh, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew."
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُ قَوۡمِي لَيۡلࣰا وَ نَهَارࣰا﴿٥﴾
Qala rabbi innee daʿawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan
He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
فَلَمۡ يَزِدۡهُمۡ دُعَآءِيٓ إِلَّا فِرَارࣰا﴿٦﴾
Falam yazidhum duʿaee illa firaran
But my invitation increased them not except in flight [i.e., aversion].
وَ إِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ لِتَغۡفِرَ لَهُمۡ جَعَلُوٓاْ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَ ٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ ثِيَابَهُمۡ وَ أَصَرُّواْ وَ ٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ ٱسۡتِكۡبَارࣰا﴿٧﴾
Wainnee kullama daʿawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaʿaloo asabiʿahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran
And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.
ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارࣰا﴿٨﴾
Thumma innee daʿawtuhum jiharan
Then I invited them publicly.
ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَ أَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارࣰا﴿٩﴾
Thumma innee aʿlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly
فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارࣰا﴿١٠﴾
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.
يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارࣰا﴿١١﴾
Yursili alssamaa ʿalaykum midraran
He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers
وَ يُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلࣲ وَ بَنِينَ وَ يَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّٰتࣲ وَ يَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرࣰا﴿١٢﴾
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajʿal lakum jannatin wayajʿal lakum anharan
And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.
مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارࣰا﴿١٣﴾
Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran
What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allāh [due] grandeur
وَ قَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا﴿١٤﴾
Waqad khalaqakum atwaran
While He has created you in stages?
أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتࣲ طِبَاقࣰا﴿١٥﴾
Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabʿa samawatin tibaqan
Do you not consider how Allāh has created seven heavens in layers
وَ جَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورࣰا وَ جَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجࣰا﴿١٦﴾
Wajaʿala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaʿala alshshamsa sirajan
And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?
وَ ٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتࣰا﴿١٧﴾
WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan
And Allāh has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيهَا وَ يُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجࣰا﴿١٨﴾
Thumma yuʿeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan
Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.
وَ ٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطࣰا﴿١٩﴾
WaAllahu jaʿala lakumu alarda bisatan
And Allāh has made for you the earth an expanse
لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا سُبُلࣰا فِجَاجࣰا﴿٢٠﴾
Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan
That you may follow therein roads of passage.'"
قَالَ نُوحࣱ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَ ٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَ وَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارࣰا﴿٢١﴾
Qala noohun rabbi innahum ʿasawnee waittabaʿoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran
Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.
وَ مَكَرُواْ مَكۡرࣰا كُبَّارࣰا﴿٢٢﴾
Wamakaroo makran kubbaran
And they conspired an immense conspiracy
وَ قَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَ لَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدࣰّا وَ لَا سُوَاعࣰا وَ لَا يَغُوثَ وَ يَعُوقَ وَ نَسۡرࣰا﴿٢٣﴾
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaʿan wala yaghootha wayaʿooqa wanasran
And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'
وَ قَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرࣰا ۖ وَ لَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلࣰا﴿٢٤﴾
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."
مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُواْ فَأُدۡخِلُواْ نَارࣰا فَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارࣰا﴿٢٥﴾
Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran
Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allāh [any] helpers.
وَ قَالَ نُوحࣱ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا﴿٢٦﴾
Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar ʿala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran
And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرۡهُمۡ يُضِلُّواْ عِبَادَكَ وَ لَا يَلِدُوٓاْ إِلَّا فَاجِرࣰا كَفَّارࣰا﴿٢٧﴾
Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo ʿibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran
Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.
رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَ لِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَ لِمَن دَخَلَ بَيۡتِيَ مُؤۡمِنࣰا وَ لِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَ ٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِ ۖ وَ لَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارَۢا﴿٢٨﴾
Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran
My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."
Translation: Saheeh International · Transliteration
About this surah
Name
"Nuh" is the name of this Surah as well as the title of its subject matter, for in it, from beginning to the end, the story of the Prophet Noah has been related.
Period of Revelation
This also is one of the earliest Surahs to be revealed at Makkah, but the internal evidence of its subject matter shows that it was sent down in the period when opposition to the Holy Prophet's message of Islam by the disbelievers of Makkah had grown very strong and active.
Theme and Subject
In this surah the story of the Prophet Noah has not been related only for the sake of story telling, but its object is to warn the disbelievers of Makkah, so as to say:"You, O people of Makkah, are adopting towards Muhammad (upon whom be Allah's peace and blessings) the same attitude as the people of the Prophet Noah had adopted towards him; if you do not change this attitude, you too would meet with the same end." This had not been said in so many words anywhere in the Surah, but in the background of the conditions under which this story was narrated to the people of Makkah, this subject itself became obvious.
vv. 2-4 briefly explain how he began his mission and what he preached.
Then after suffering hardships and troubles in the way of preaching his mission for ages the report that he made to his Lord has been given in vv. 5-20. In it he states how he had been trying to bring his people to the right path and how his people had stubbornly opposed him.
After this, the Prophet Noah's final submission has been recorded in vv. 21-24, in which he prays to his Lord, saying: "These people have rejected my invitation: they are blindly following their chiefs, who have devised a tremendous plot of deceit and cunning. Time now has come when these people should be deprived of every grace to accept guidance." This was not an expression of impatience by the Prophet Noah, but when after having preached his message under extremely trying circumstances for centuries be became utterly disappointed with his people, he formed the opinion that no chance whatever was left of their coming to the right path. His this opinion fully conformed to Allah's own decision. Thus, in the next verse (25), it has been said: "The torment of Allah descended on those people because of their misdeeds."
In the concluding verse, the Prophet Noah's supplication that he made to his Lord, right at the time the torment descended, has been recorded. In it he prays for his own and for all the believers' forgiveness, and makes a submission to Allah to the effect: "Do not leave any of the disbelievers alive on the earth, for they have become utterly devoid of every good: they will not beget any but disbelieving and wicked descendants."
While studying this Surah one should keep in view the details of the Prophet Noah's story which have been given in the Qur'an above. For this see Al-Araf: 59-64, Yunus: 71-73, Hud: 25-49, Al-Mu'minun: 23-31, Ash- Shua'ra: 105-122, Al-Ankabut: 14-15, As-Saaffat: 75-82, Al-Qamar: 9-16.
Source: Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi - Tafhim al-Qur'an - The Meaning of the Quran