ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارٗا
Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan
"So I have called to them aloud;
71. Nuh · verses 8–22
سورة نوحثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارٗا
Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran
"Further I have spoken to them in public and secretly in private,
فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارٗا
Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran
"Saying, ´Ask forgiveness from your Lord; for He is Oft-Forgiving;
يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا
Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran
"´He will send rain to you in abundance;
وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّٰتٖ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرٗا
Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan
"´Give you increase in wealth and sons; and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers (of flowing water).
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.
