In the name of God, the Almighty,¹ the Merciful.

¹ alif lām rā¹ A Writ² the proofs³ whereof are fortified⁴ then set out and detailed,⁵ from One wise and aware:

² “Serve not save God”; I am to you from Him a warner and a bearer of glad tidings.

³ And: “Ask forgiveness of your Lord; then turn to Him, He will cause you to enjoy a fair provision to a stated term; and He will give every bountiful one his bounty;¹ but if you turn away, I fear for you the punishment of a great day;

⁴ “Unto God is your return; and He is over all things powerful.”

⁵ In truth,¹ they fold over their breasts to hide from Him; is it not that when they cover themselves with their garments He knows what they keep secret and what they make known? He knows what is in the breasts.

⁶ And there is no creature upon the earth but upon¹ God is its provision; and He knows its dwelling-place and its repository; all is in a clear writ.²

⁷ And He it is that created the heavens and the earth in six days,¹ — and His Throne² was upon the water³ — that He might try you, which of you is best in deed. And if thou sayest: “You will be raised up after death,” those who ignore warning⁴ will say: “This is only obvious sorcery.”⁵

⁸ And if We delay from them the punishment until a reckoned time, they will say: “What detains it?” In truth,¹ the day it comes to them, it will not be averted from them; and there will surround them that whereat they mocked.

⁹ And if We let man taste mercy from Us¹ then remove it from him, he is without hope² and ungrateful.

¹⁰ And if We let him taste favour after affliction has touched him, he will say: “All evil¹ has left me,” and he is exultant and boastful —

¹¹ Save those who are patient, and do righteous deeds; those have forgiveness and a great reward.

¹² Then thou mightest leave some of what is revealed¹ to thee, and thy breast be straitened, that they say: “Oh, that a treasure had but been sent down upon him, or an angel had but² come with him!” Thou art only a warner; and God is guardian over all things.

¹³ If¹ they say: “He has invented it,”² then say thou: “Then bring ten sūrahs³ the like thereof, invented; and call to whom you can,⁴ besides⁵ God, if you be truthful.”⁶

¹⁴ And if they respond not to you,¹ then know that it² is but sent down with the knowledge of God, and that there is no god save He — so will you be submitting?³

¹⁵ Whoso desires the life of this world and its adornment, We will repay them in full for their deeds therein; and they will not be deprived therein.

¹⁶ Those are they for whom there is nothing in the Hereafter save the Fire; and vain is what they wrought therein,¹ and vanity² is what they did.

¹⁷ Is then he who¹ is upon clear evidence from his Lord[...]?² And a witness from Him recites it; and before it was the Writ³ of Moses as an example⁴ and a mercy; those⁵ believe in⁶ it. But whoso denies it among the parties,⁷ then the Fire is his appointed place.⁸ And be thou not in doubt about it, it is the truth⁹ from thy Lord; but most men do not believe.¹⁰

¹⁸ And who is more unjust than he who invents a lie about God? Those will be brought before their Lord, and the witnesses will say: “These are they who lied against their Lord.” In truth,¹ the curse of God is upon the wrongdoers:²

¹⁹ Those who turn away from¹ the path of God and would make it crooked, and of the Hereafter they are deniers.

²⁰ Those will not escape¹ in the earth, and they have not, besides² God, any allies. Doubled for them is the punishment; they could not hear, neither did they see;

²¹ Those are they who have lost their souls, and strayed from them is what they invented.

²² Without doubt, it is they, in the Hereafter, who will be the greatest losers.

²³ Those who heed warning¹ and do righteous deeds, and humble themselves unto their Lord: those are the companions of the Garden; therein they abide eternally.

²⁴ The likeness of the two factions is like the blind and the deaf, and the seeing and the hearer: are they equal in likeness? Will you then not¹ take heed!

²⁵ And We sent Noah to his people: “I am to you a clear warner,

²⁶ “That you serve not save God; I fear for you the punishment of a painful day.”

²⁷ Then said the eminent ones who disbelieved¹ among his people: “We see thee not but as a mortal like us; and we see not that any follow thee save those who are the abject among us, at first appearance;² and we see not in you³ over us any merit.⁴ The truth is,⁵ we think you are liars.”

²⁸ He said: “O my people: have you considered:¹ if I be upon clear evidence from my Lord, and there has come to me mercy from Him, but made obscure to you: should we compel you to it when you are averse to it?”

²⁹ And: “O my people: I ask of you for it no wealth; my reward is only upon¹ God. And I am not one to drive away those who heed warning;² they are going to meet their Lord. But I see you are a people in ignorance.”

³⁰ And: “O my people: who will save me from God if I drive them away? Will you then not¹ take heed!”

³¹ And: “I say not to you: ‘I have the treasuries of God,’ or: ‘I have knowledge of the Unseen,’ nor do I say: ‘I am an angel,’ nor say I to¹ those whom your eyes disdain: ‘God will not give them good.’” — God best knows what is in their souls — “Indeed, I would then be of the wrongdoers.”²

³² They said: “O Noah: thou hast disputed with us — and hast greatly disputed with us — so bring thou upon us what thou promisest us, if thou be of the truthful.”

³³ He said: “God will but bring it upon you, if He wills; and you cannot escape.

³⁴ “And my sincere counsel will not profit you, if I desire to give you sincere counsel, if God has desired to cause you to err; He is your Lord, and to Him will you be returned.”

³⁵ (If¹ they say: “He has invented it,”² say thou: “If I have invented it, then upon me is my crime — but I am quit of what you commit.”³)

³⁶ And Noah was instructed:¹ “None of thy people will believe but he who has believed already; so despair thou not at what they did.

³⁷ “And make thou the ship under Our eyes and Our instruction;¹ and address thou Me not concerning those who have done wrong; they will be drowned.”

³⁸ And he made the ship. And every time eminent ones among his people passed by him they derided him. He said: “If you deride us, yet will we deride you just as you deride,

³⁹ “And you will come to know to whom comes a punishment that disgraces him, and upon whom there descends a lasting punishment.”

⁴⁰ When¹ Our command had come to pass, and the oven² boiled over, We said: “Load thou therein of every pair, two; and thy household — save him against whom the word has gone forth — and him who believes.” And there believed with him only a few.

⁴¹ And he said: “Embark therein! In the name of God be her passage and her anchorage.¹ My Lord is forgiving and merciful.”

⁴² And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains; and Noah called to his son: — and he was set apart — “O my son: embark thou with us, and be thou not with the false claimers of guidance.”¹

⁴³ Said he: “I will take shelter in a mountain that will protect me from the water.” He said: “There is no protector this day from the command of God save for him upon whom He has mercy.” And the waves came between them;¹ and he was among the drowned.

⁴⁴ And it was said: “O earth: swallow thou thy water,” and: “O sky: desist thou,” and the water subsided and the matter was concluded. And it came to rest¹ upon Al-Jūdī.² And it was said: “Away with the wrongdoing³ people!”

⁴⁵ And Noah called to his Lord, and said: “My Lord: my son was of my household — and Thy promise is the truth;¹ and Thou art the most just of judges.”

⁴⁶ He said: “O Noah: he was not of thy household. He was a deed not righteous;¹ so ask thou Me not of that whereof thou hast no knowledge; I admonish thee lest thou be of the ignorant.”

⁴⁷ Said he: “My Lord, in Thee do I seek refuge lest I ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge; and save Thou forgive me, and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers.”

⁴⁸ It was said: “O Noah: get thee down in peace from Us, and blessings upon thee and upon nations¹ out of those with thee. And nations will We give enjoyment — then a painful punishment from Us will touch them.”

⁴⁹ That is from the reports of the Unseen that We reveal¹ to thee; thou knewest it not, neither thou, nor thy people before this. So be thou patient; the final outcome is for those of prudent fear.²