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,
71. Nuh · verses 15–24
سورة نوحوَجَعَلَ 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.
وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدّٗا وَلَا سُوَاعٗا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرٗا
Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran
"And they have said (to each other), ´Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa´, neither Yaguth nor Ya´uq, nor Nasr´;-
وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗاۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلٗا
Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan
"They have already misled many; and grant Thou no increase to the wrong-doers but in straying (from their mark)."
