71. Nuh · verses 17–22

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.