Nuhنوح

Noah · 28 verses · Meccan

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."Saheeh International

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قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner -Saheeh International

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أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

To worship Allāh, fear Him and obey me.Saheeh International

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يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

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."Saheeh International

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قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.Saheeh International

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فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا

But my invitation increased them not except in flight [i.e., aversion].Saheeh International

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وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا

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.Saheeh International

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ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا

Then I invited them publicly.Saheeh International

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ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا

Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretlySaheeh International

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فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا

And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.Saheeh International

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يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا

He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showersSaheeh International

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وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَـٰرًا

And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.Saheeh International

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مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا

What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allāh [due] grandeurSaheeh International

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وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

While He has created you in stages?Saheeh International

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أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

Do you not consider how Allāh has created seven heavens in layersSaheeh International

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وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?Saheeh International

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وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا

And Allāh has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.Saheeh International

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ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا

Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.Saheeh International

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وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

And Allāh has made for you the earth an expanseSaheeh International

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لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

That you may follow therein roads of passage.'"Saheeh International

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قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.Saheeh International

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وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

And they conspired an immense conspiracySaheeh International

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وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا

And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'Saheeh International

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وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَـٰلًا

And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."Saheeh International

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مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا

Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allāh [any] helpers.Saheeh International

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وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.Saheeh International

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إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا

Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.Saheeh International

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رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا

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."Saheeh International

About Surah Nuh (نوح)

Surah Nuh is the story of nine hundred and fifty years of unwavering dawah: night and day, in public and in private, Nuh called his people to seek forgiveness from their Lord — promising rain, wealth, children, gardens, and rivers in return (71:10–12) — until only the flood remained for those who refused.

Chapter
71 of 114
Verses
28
Revelation
Makki
Meaning
Noah

Frequently Asked Questions about Surah Nuh

What does "Nuh" mean in English?

Nuh (نوح) means "Noah" in English. It is chapter 71 of the Holy Quran.

How many verses are in Surah Nuh?

Surah Nuh has 28 verses (ayat). It appears on pages 570 to 571 of the mushaf.

Is Surah Nuh Makki or Madani?

Surah Nuh is a Makki surah, revealed in Makkah before the Prophet's ﷺ migration to Madinah.