71. Nuh · verses 13–22

مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارٗا

Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

"´What is the matter with you, that ye place not your hope for kindness and long-suffering in Allah,-

وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا

Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

"´Seeing that it is He that has created you in diverse stages?

أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗا

Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

"´See ye not how Allah has created the seven heavens one above another,

وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجٗا

WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

"´And made the moon a light in their midst, and made the sun as a (Glorious) Lamp?

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتٗا

WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

"´And Allah has produced you from the earth growing (gradually),

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيهَا وَيُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجٗا

Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

"´And in the End He will return you into the (earth), and raise you forth (again at the Resurrection)?

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطٗا

WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

"´And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),

لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا سُبُلٗا فِجَاجٗا

Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

"´That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.´"

قَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا

Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.

وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا كُبَّارٗا

Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.