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71:1
إِنَّآ
أَرْسَلْنَا
نُوحًا
إِلَىٰ
قَوْمِهِۦٓ
أَنْ
أَنذِرْ
قَوْمَكَ
مِن
قَبْلِ
أَن
يَأْتِيَهُمْ
عَذَابٌ
أَلِيمٌۭ
We sent Noah to his people: ‘Warn your people, before a painful punishment comes to them.’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:2
قَالَ
يَـٰقَوْمِ
إِنِّى
لَكُمْ
نَذِيرٌۭ
مُّبِينٌ
And so he said, ‘My people, I am here to warn you plainly.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:3
أَنِ
ٱعْبُدُوا۟
ٱللَّهَ
وَٱتَّقُوهُ
وَأَطِيعُونِ
Serve God, be mindful of Him and obey me.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:4
يَغْفِرْ
لَكُم
مِّن
ذُنُوبِكُمْ
وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ
إِلَىٰٓ
أَجَلٍۢ
مُّسَمًّى ۚ
إِنَّ
أَجَلَ
ٱللَّهِ
إِذَا
جَآءَ
لَا
يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ
لَوْ
كُنتُمْ
تَعْلَمُونَ
He will forgive you your sins and spare you until your appointed time––when God’s appointed time arrives it cannot be postponed. If only you understood!’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:5
قَالَ
رَبِّ
إِنِّى
دَعَوْتُ
قَوْمِى
لَيْلًۭا
وَنَهَارًۭا
He said, ‘My Lord, I have called my people night and day,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:6
فَلَمْ
يَزِدْهُمْ
دُعَآءِىٓ
إِلَّا
فِرَارًۭا
but the more I call them, the further they run away:

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:7
وَإِنِّى
كُلَّمَا
دَعَوْتُهُمْ
لِتَغْفِرَ
لَهُمْ
جَعَلُوٓا۟
أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ
فِىٓ
ءَاذَانِهِمْ
وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟
ثِيَابَهُمْ
وَأَصَرُّوا۟
وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟
ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭا
every time I call them, so that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, cover their heads with their garments, persist in their rejection, and grow more insolent and arrogant.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:8
ثُمَّ
إِنِّى
دَعَوْتُهُمْ
جِهَارًۭا
I have tried calling them openly.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:9
ثُمَّ
إِنِّىٓ
أَعْلَنتُ
لَهُمْ
وَأَسْرَرْتُ
لَهُمْ
إِسْرَارًۭا
I have tried preaching to them in public and speaking to them in private.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:10
فَقُلْتُ
ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟
رَبَّكُمْ
إِنَّهُۥ
كَانَ
غَفَّارًۭا
I said, “Ask forgiveness of your Lord: He is ever forgiving.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:11
يُرْسِلِ
ٱلسَّمَآءَ
عَلَيْكُم
مِّدْرَارًۭا
He will send down abundant rain from the sky for you;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:12
وَيُمْدِدْكُم
بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢ
وَبَنِينَ
وَيَجْعَل
لَّكُمْ
جَنَّـٰتٍۢ
وَيَجْعَل
لَّكُمْ
أَنْهَـٰرًۭا
He will give you wealth and sons; He will provide you with gardens and rivers.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:13
مَّا
لَكُمْ
لَا
تَرْجُونَ
لِلَّهِ
وَقَارًۭا
What is the matter with you? Why will you not fear God’s majesty,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:14
وَقَدْ
خَلَقَكُمْ
أَطْوَارًا
when He has created you stage by stage?

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:15
أَلَمْ
تَرَوْا۟
كَيْفَ
خَلَقَ
ٱللَّهُ
سَبْعَ
سَمَـٰوَٰتٍۢ
طِبَاقًۭا
Have you ever wondered how God created seven heavens, one above the other,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:16
وَجَعَلَ
ٱلْقَمَرَ
فِيهِنَّ
نُورًۭا
وَجَعَلَ
ٱلشَّمْسَ
سِرَاجًۭا
placed the moon as a light in them and the sun as a lamp,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:17
وَٱللَّهُ
أَنۢبَتَكُم
مِّنَ
ٱلْأَرْضِ
نَبَاتًۭا
how God made you spring forth from the earth like a plant,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:18
ثُمَّ
يُعِيدُكُمْ
فِيهَا
وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ
إِخْرَاجًۭا
how He will return you into it and then bring you out again,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:19
وَٱللَّهُ
جَعَلَ
لَكُمُ
ٱلْأَرْضَ
بِسَاطًۭا
and how He has spread the Earth out for you

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:20
لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟
مِنْهَا
سُبُلًۭا
فِجَاجًۭا
to walk along its spacious paths?” ’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:21
قَالَ
نُوحٌۭ
رَّبِّ
إِنَّهُمْ
عَصَوْنِى
وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟
مَن
لَّمْ
يَزِدْهُ
مَالُهُۥ
وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ
إِلَّا
خَسَارًۭا
Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin;

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:22
وَمَكَرُوا۟
مَكْرًۭا
كُبَّارًۭا
who have made a grand plan,

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:23
وَقَالُوا۟
لَا
تَذَرُنَّ
ءَالِهَتَكُمْ
وَلَا
تَذَرُنَّ
وَدًّۭا
وَلَا
سُوَاعًۭا
وَلَا
يَغُوثَ
وَيَعُوقَ
وَنَسْرًۭا
saying, “Do not renounce your gods! Do not renounce Wadd, Suwa, Yaghuth, Yauq, or Nasr!”

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:24
وَقَدْ
أَضَلُّوا۟
كَثِيرًۭا ۖ
وَلَا
تَزِدِ
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
إِلَّا
ضَلَـٰلًۭا
They have led many astray. Lord, bring nothing but destruction down on the evildoers!’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:25
مِّمَّا
خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِهِمْ
أُغْرِقُوا۟
فَأُدْخِلُوا۟
نَارًۭا
فَلَمْ
يَجِدُوا۟
لَهُم
مِّن
دُونِ
ٱللَّهِ
أَنصَارًۭا
They were drowned and sent to Hell for their evildoings: they found no one to help them against God.

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:26
وَقَالَ
نُوحٌۭ
رَّبِّ
لَا
تَذَرْ
عَلَى
ٱلْأَرْضِ
مِنَ
ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ
دَيَّارًا
And Noah said, ‘Lord, do not leave any of the disbelievers on the earth-

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:27
إِنَّكَ
إِن
تَذَرْهُمْ
يُضِلُّوا۟
عِبَادَكَ
وَلَا
يَلِدُوٓا۟
إِلَّا
فَاجِرًۭا
كَفَّارًۭا
if you leave them they will lead Your servants astray and beget only sinners and disbelievers-

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

71:28
رَّبِّ
ٱغْفِرْ
لِى
وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ
وَلِمَن
دَخَلَ
بَيْتِىَ
مُؤْمِنًۭا
وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ
وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ
وَلَا
تَزِدِ
ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ
إِلَّا
تَبَارًۢا
Lord, forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house as a believer. Forgive believing men and women but bring nothing but ruin down on the evildoers!’

M.A.S. Abdel Haleem

End of Al-Fatihah

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