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Dr. Shehnaz Shaikh
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Introduction
1. Al-Fatihah
2. Al-Baqarah
3. Al-Imran
4. Al-Nisa
5. Al-Maidah
6. Al-Anam
7. Al-Araf
8. Al-Anfal
9. Al-Taubah
10. Yunus
11. Hud
12. Yusuf
13. Al-Rad
14. Ibrahim
15. Al-Hijr
16. Al-Nahl
17. Bani Israil
18. Al-Kahf
19. Maryam
20. Ta-Ha
21. Al-Anbiya
22. Al-Hajj
23. Al-Muminun
24. An-Nur
25. Al-Furqan
26. Ash-Shuara
27. An-Naml
28. Al-Qasas
29. Al-Ankabut
30. Ar-Rum
31. Luqman
32. As-Sajdah
33. Al-Ahzab
34. Saba
35. Fatir
36. Yasin
37. As-Saffat
38. Saad
39. Az-Zumar
40. Al-Mumin
41. Ha-Meem-As-Sajdah
42. AShura
43. Az-Zukhruf
44. Ad-Dukhan
45. Al-Jathiyah
46. Al-Ahqaf
47. Muhammad
48. Al-Fath
49. Al-Hujurat
50. Al-Qaf
51. Adh-Dhariyat
52. At-Tur
53. An-Najm
54. Al-Qamar
55. Al-Rahman
56. Al-Waqiah
57. Al-Hadid
58. Al-Mujadalah
59. Al-Hashr
60. Al-Mumtahinah
61. As-Saff
62. Al-Jumuah
63. Al-Munafiqun
64. Al-Taghabun
65. At-Talaq
66. At-Tahrim
67. Al-Mulk
68. Al-Qalam
69. Al-Haqqah
70. Al-Maarij
71. Nuh
72. Al-Jinn
73. Al-Muzzammil
74. Al-Muddhththir
75. Al-Qiyamah
76. Ad-Dahr
77. Al-Mursalat
78. An-Naba
79. An-Naziat
80. Abas
81. At-Takwir
82. Al-Infitar
83. At-Tatfif
84. Al-Inshiqaq
85. Al-Buruj
86. At-Tariq
87. Al-Ala
88. Al-Ghashiyah
89. Al-Fajr
90. Al-Balad
91. Ash-Shams
92. Al-Lail
93. Ad-Duha
94. Al-Inshirah
95. At-Tin
96. Al-Alaq
97. Al-Qadr
98. Al-Bayyinah
99. Az-Zilzal
100. Al-Adiyat
101. Al-Qariah
102. At-Takathur
103. Al-Asr
104. Al-Humazah
105. Al-Fil
106. Al-Quraish
107. Al-Maun
108. Al-Kauthar
109. Al-Kafirun
110. An-Nasr
111. Al-Lahab
112. Al-Ikhlas
113. Al-Falaq
114. An-Nas
Surah 71. Nuh
Verses [Section]: 1-20[1], 21-28 [2]

Quran Text of Verse 1-20
71. Nuhبِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیْمِاِنَّاۤIndeed, Weاَرْسَلْنَا[We] sentنُوْحًاNuhاِلٰیtoقَوْمِهٖۤhis peopleاَنْthatاَنْذِرْWarnقَوْمَكَyour peopleمِنْfromقَبْلِbeforeاَنْ[that]یَّاْتِیَهُمْcomes to themعَذَابٌa punishmentاَلِیْمٌ painful قَالَHe saidیٰقَوْمِO my people!اِنِّیْIndeed I amلَكُمْto youنَذِیْرٌa warnerمُّبِیْنٌۙclear اَنِThatاعْبُدُواWorshipاللّٰهَAllahوَ اتَّقُوْهُand fear Himوَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۙand obey me یَغْفِرْHe will forgiveلَكُمْfor youمِّنْ[of]ذُنُوْبِكُمْyour sinsوَ یُؤَخِّرْكُمْand give you respiteاِلٰۤیforاَجَلٍa termمُّسَمًّی ؕspecifiedاِنَّIndeedاَجَلَ(the) termاللّٰهِ(of) Allahاِذَاwhenجَآءَit comesلَاnotیُؤَخَّرُ ۘis delayedلَوْifكُنْتُمْyouتَعْلَمُوْنَ know قَالَHe saidرَبِّMy Lord!اِنِّیْIndeed Iدَعَوْتُinvitedقَوْمِیْmy peopleلَیْلًاnightوَّ نَهَارًاۙand day فَلَمْBut notیَزِدْهُمْincreased themدُعَآءِیْۤmy invitationاِلَّاexceptفِرَارًا (in) flight وَ اِنِّیْAnd indeed Iكُلَّمَاevery timeدَعَوْتُهُمْI invited themلِتَغْفِرَthat You may forgiveلَهُمْthemجَعَلُوْۤاthey putاَصَابِعَهُمْtheir fingersفِیْۤinاٰذَانِهِمْtheir earsوَ اسْتَغْشَوْاand covered themselvesثِیَابَهُمْ(with) their garmentsوَ اَصَرُّوْاand persistedوَ اسْتَكْبَرُواand were arrogantاسْتِكْبَارًاۚ(with) pride ثُمَّThenاِنِّیْindeed Iدَعَوْتُهُمْinvited themجِهَارًاۙpublicly ثُمَّThenاِنِّیْۤindeed Iاَعْلَنْتُannouncedلَهُمْto themوَ اَسْرَرْتُand I confidedلَهُمْto themاِسْرَارًاۙsecretly فَقُلْتُThen I saidاسْتَغْفِرُوْاAsk forgivenessرَبَّكُمْ ؕ(from) your LordاِنَّهٗIndeed HeكَانَisغَفَّارًاۙOft-Forgiving 71. Nuh Page 571یُّرْسِلِHe will send downالسَّمَآءَ(rain from) the skyعَلَیْكُمْupon youمِّدْرَارًاۙ(in) abundance وَّ یُمْدِدْكُمْAnd provide youبِاَمْوَالٍwith wealthوَّ بَنِیْنَand childrenوَ یَجْعَلْand makeلَّكُمْfor youجَنّٰتٍgardensوَّ یَجْعَلْand makeلَّكُمْfor youاَنْهٰرًاؕrivers مَاWhatلَكُمْ(is) for youلَاnotتَرْجُوْنَyou attributeلِلّٰهِto Allahوَقَارًاۚgrandeur وَ قَدْAnd indeedخَلَقَكُمْHe created youاَطْوَارًا (in) stages اَلَمْDo notتَرَوْاyou seeكَیْفَhowخَلَقَdid createاللّٰهُAllahسَبْعَ(the) sevenسَمٰوٰتٍheavensطِبَاقًاۙ(in) layers وَّ جَعَلَAnd madeالْقَمَرَthe moonفِیْهِنَّthereinنُوْرًاa lightوَّ جَعَلَand madeالشَّمْسَthe sunسِرَاجًا a lamp وَ اللّٰهُAnd Allahاَنْۢبَتَكُمْhas caused you to growمِّنَfromالْاَرْضِthe earthنَبَاتًاۙ(as) a growth ثُمَّThenیُعِیْدُكُمْHe will return youفِیْهَاinto itوَ یُخْرِجُكُمْand bring you forthاِخْرَاجًا (a new) bringing forth وَ اللّٰهُAnd Allahجَعَلَmadeلَكُمُfor youالْاَرْضَthe earthبِسَاطًاۙan expanse لِّتَسْلُكُوْاThat you may go alongمِنْهَاthereinسُبُلًا(in) pathsفِجَاجًا۠wide
Surah Introduction

This Meccan sûrah describes how Noah ( ﷺ ) strived to deliver the message to his people for 950 years (corresponding to the total number of Arabic letters in this sûrah). He called them to the truth secretly and publically, using logical arguments to prove the mercy and oneness of Allah. But his people persisted in denial, only to perish in the Flood. The stubbornness of the Arab pagans in the previous sûrah and the long denial of the people of Noah in this sûrah are contrasted with how some jinn instantly believed once they heard the truth in the next sûrah.


Translation of Verse 1-20
1. In the Name of Allah-the Most Compassionate, Most Merciful.

1. Indeed, We sent Noah to his people ˹saying to him˺, "Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them."

2. Noah proclaimed, "O my people! I am truly sent to you with a clear warning:

3. worship Allah ˹alone˺, fear Him, and obey me.

4. He will forgive your sins, and delay your end until the appointed time. 1238 Indeed, when the time set by Allah comes, it cannot be delayed, if only you knew!" 950 Years of Preaching

5. He cried, "My Lord! I have surely called my people day and night,

6. but my calls only made them run farther away.

7. And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly.

8. Then I certainly called them openly,

9. then I surely preached to them publicly and privately,

10. saying, 'Seek your Lord's forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.

11. He will shower you with abundant rain,

12. supply you with wealth and children, and give you gardens as well as rivers.

13. What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah,

14. when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺? 1239

15. Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,

16. placing the moon within them as a ˹reflected˺ light, and the sun as a ˹radiant˺ lamp?

17. Allah ˹alone˺ caused you 1240 to grow from the earth like a plant.

18. Then He will return you to it, and then simply bring you forth ˹again˺.

19. And Allah ˹alone˺ spread out the earth for you

20. to walk along its spacious pathways.'"


Commentary

1238. Meaning, it is out of Allah's mercy that He does not hasten your punishment but allows you more time to repent.

1239. See 22:5 and 23:12-14.

1240. i.e., your father Adam, who was created from clay.