Surah Nooh
سورة نوح
Noah
Surah 71 · 28 Ayahs
What Is Surah Nooh?
Surah Nooh is Surah 71 of the Quran. It contains 28 ayahs and was revealed in Makkah.
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Ayah 1
إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
Meaning
We sent NūH to his people (and said to him): “Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them.”
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Ayah 2
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ
Meaning
He said, “O my people, I openly warn you
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Ayah 3
أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
Meaning
that you must worship Allah, and fear Him, and obey me,
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Ayah 4
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ
Meaning
and Allah will forgive you your sins, and will respite you to an appointed term. Indeed when Allah’s term comes, it is not deferred, if you only know!”
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Ayah 5
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
Meaning
He said, “My Lord, I have called my people night and day,
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Ayah 6
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا
Meaning
but my call added only to their flight (from the truth).
- 7
Ayah 7
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا
Meaning
Whenever I called them, so that You might forgive them, they put their fingers into their ears, and wrapped their clothes around themselves, and grew obstinate, and waxed proud in extreme arrogance.
- 8
Ayah 8
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا
Meaning
Then I called them loudly,
- 9
Ayah 9
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا
Meaning
and then I spoke to them in public and spoke to them in private.
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Ayah 10
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
Meaning
So I said, ‘Pray to your Lord for your forgiveness,- Indeed He is Very-Forgiving, -
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Ayah 11
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا
Meaning
and He will cause the heavens to rain upon you in abundance,
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Ayah 12
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَـٰرًا
Meaning
and will help you with riches and sons, and will cause gardens to grow for you, and cause rivers to flow for you.
- 13
Ayah 13
مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا
Meaning
What has happened to you that you do not appreciate the Majesty of Allah,
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Ayah 14
وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا
Meaning
while He has created you in different phases?
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Ayah 15
أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا
Meaning
Did you not see how Allah has created seven heavens one upon another,
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Ayah 16
وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا
Meaning
and has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp?
- 17
Ayah 17
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا
Meaning
And Allah has caused you to grow well out of the earth,
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Ayah 18
ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا
Meaning
then He will send you back into it, and will bring you forth once again.
- 19
Ayah 19
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا
Meaning
And Allah has made the earth a spread for you,
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Ayah 20
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا
Meaning
so that you may go about its broad ways.’”
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Ayah 21
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا
Meaning
And said NūH, “My Lord, they disobeyed me, and followed him whose wealth and children added nothing to him but loss,
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Ayah 22
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا
Meaning
and they devised a mighty plot,
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Ayah 23
وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا
Meaning
and said (to their people), “Never forsake your gods, and never forsake Wadd, nor Suwā‘, nor Yaghūth and Ya‘ūq and Nasr.
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Ayah 24
وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَـٰلًا
Meaning
And they have led many astray. And (O my Lord,) let not the wrongdoers progress in anything but deviation from the right path.”
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Ayah 25
مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا
Meaning
Because of their sins they were drowned, and then admitted into the Fire. So they found no helpers for them besides Allah.
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Ayah 26
وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
Meaning
And said NūH, “My Lord, do not leave on earth even a single inhabitant (surviving) out of the disbelievers.
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Ayah 27
إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا
Meaning
If You leave them (surviving), they will lead Your servants astray, and will beget none but a sinful disbeliever.
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Ayah 28
رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا
Meaning
My Lord, grant pardon to me, and to my parents, and to everyone who enters my home as a believer, and to all the believing men and believing women, and do not increase the wrongdoers but in ruin.

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