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

¹ We sent Noah to his people: “Warn thou thy people before a painful punishment come¹ to them.”

² He said: “O my people: I am to you a clear warner:

³ “Serve God, and be in prudent fear¹ of Him, and obey me.²

⁴ “He will forgive you of your transgressions,¹ and delay you to a stated term; the term of God, when it comes, cannot be delayed, if you but knew.”

⁵ He said: “My Lord: I have called my people night and day,

⁶ “But my calling increased them not save in flight.

⁷ “And whenever I called them, that Thou mightest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears and covered themselves with their garments, and persisted, and waxed proudly insolent.¹

⁸ “Then I called to them openly;

⁹ “Then I proclaimed to them, and confided to them in secret,

¹⁰ “And I said: ‘Ask forgiveness of your Lord: — He is all-forgiving¹ —

¹¹ “‘He will send the sky upon you in torrents,

¹² “‘And will supply you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.’”¹

¹³ What ails you that you look not for majesty in God,

¹⁴ When He has created you in stages?

¹⁵ Have you not considered how God created seven heavens in harmony,¹

¹⁶ And made the moon therein a light¹ and made the sun a torch?

¹⁷ And God caused you to grow as a growth from the earth.

¹⁸ Then He will return you into it, and bring you forth again.¹

¹⁹ And God made for you the earth as a carpet,¹

²⁰ That you might follow the broad ways thereof.

²¹ Noah said: “My Lord: they have opposed me, and followed him whose wealth and children increase him not save in loss.

²² “And they have schemed a mighty scheme,”

²³ (And they said: “You are not to leave your gods;¹ and you are not to leave Wadd,² or Suwāʿ,³ or Yaghūth,⁴ and Yaʿūq,⁵ and Nasr.”⁶)

²⁴ “And they have led many astray. And increase Thou not the wrongdoers¹ save in error!”²

²⁵ Because of their offences¹ they were drowned, and made to enter a Fire, and they found for them, besides² God, no helpers.

²⁶ And Noah said: “My Lord: leave Thou not upon the earth, among the false claimers of guidance,¹ an inhabitant.

²⁷ “If Thou leave them, they will lead Thy servants astray, and beget not save licentious ingrates.¹

²⁸ “My Lord: forgive Thou me and my parents, and him who enters my house as a believer,¹ and the believing men,² and the believing women.³ And increase Thou not the wrongdoers⁴ save in ruin!”