Sura 71 Noah (Nooh)

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

[71:1] We sent Noah to his people: "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

[71:2] He said, "O my people, I am a clear warner to you.

[71:3] You shall worship God, reverence Him, and obey me.

[71:4] He will then forgive you your sins and grant you respite for a specified term. When God's specified time arrives, it cannot be delayed if you only knew."

[71:5] He said, "My Lord, I have invited my people night and day,

[71:6] but my invitation increased them in nothing other than evasion!

[71:7] Whenever I invited them, that You may forgive them, they placed their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their clothes, persisted, and acted with great arrogance.

[71:8] Then I invited them aloud.

[71:9] Then I announced to them openly and also confided with them privately.

[71:10] I said, 'Ask your Lord for forgiveness. Indeed, He is Forgiving.

[71:11] He will shower you generously from the sky,

[71:12] and supply you with wealth and children, and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.' "

[71:13] What is the matter with you that you do not wish to accredit any dignity to God

[71:14] when He has created you in stages?

[71:15] Do you not see how God created seven universes in layers,

[71:16] and rendered the moon a source of light therein, and made the sun a lamp?

[71:17] And God made you grow out of the earth like plants,

[71:18] then He returns you into it and will bring you out most certainly.