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Twenty-eight verses, almost entirely one man's report of his own work: calling by night and by day, in private and in public, and the sound of people putting their fingers in their ears and pulling their garments over themselves. He names the idols they would not leave.

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Talal Itani · published 2012

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71:1

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)innaa arsalnaa noohan ilaa qawmihi an andhir qawmaka min qabli an ya'tiyahum 'adhaabun aleem

DIN 31635ʾinnā ʾarsalnā nūḥan ʾilā qawmihi ʾan ʾanḏir qawmaka min qabli ʾan yaʾtiyahum ʿaḏābun ʾalīmun

We sent Noah to his people: "Warn your people before there comes upon them a painful punishment."

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Lo! We sent Noah unto his people (saying): Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, we sent Noah to his people, 'Warn thy people before there come to them a grievous torment

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

We sent NOAH to his people, and said to him, "Warn thou thy people ere there come on them an afflictive punishment

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Verily We sent Noah unto his people, saying, warn thy people, before a grievous punishment overtake them

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Talal Itani · 2012
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71:2

قَالَ يَٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

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Easy-read (simplified)qaala yaa qawmi innee lakum nadheerun mubeen

DIN 31635qāla yā qawmi ʾinnī lakum naḏīrun mubīnun

He said, "O my people, I am to you a clear warner.

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He said: O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Said he, 'O my people! verily, I am to you an obvious warner

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He said, "O my people! I come to you a plain-spoken warner

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Noah said, O my people, verily I am a public warner unto you

George Sale · published 1734

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71:3

أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

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Easy-read (simplified)ani 'budoo llaaha waattaqoohu wa'atee'oon

DIN 31635ʾani ʿbudū llāha wāttaqūhu waʾaṭīʿūni

Worship God and reverence Him, and obey me.

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(Bidding you): Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

that ye serve God and fear Him and obey me

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Serve God and fear Him, and obey me

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Wherefore serve God, and fear Him, and obey me

George Sale · published 1734

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71:4

يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

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Easy-read (simplified)yaghfir lakum min dhunoobikum wayu'akhkhirkum ilaa ajalin musamman inna ajala llaahi idhaa jaa'a laa yu'akhkharu law kuntum ta'lamoon

DIN 31635yaġfir lakum min ḏunūbikum wayuʾaḫḫirkum ʾilā ʾaǧalin musamman ʾinna ʾaǧala llāhi ʾiḏā ǧāʾa lā yuʾaḫḫaru law kuntum taʿlamūna

The translators word this verse differently

And He will forgive you of your sins, and reprieve you until a stated term. God's term cannot be deferred once it has arrived, if you only knew."

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That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term. Lo! the term of Allah, when it cometh, cannot be delayed, if ye but knew

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He will pardon you your sins, and will defer you unto an appointed time; verily, God's appointed time when it comes will not be deferred, did ye but know

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Your sins will He forgive you, and respite you till the fixed Time; for when God's fixed Time hath come, it shall not be put back. Would that ye knew this

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He will forgive you part of your sins, and will grant you respite until a determined time: For God's determined time, when it cometh, shall not be deferred; if ye were men of understanding, ye would know this

George Sale · published 1734

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71:5

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)qaala rabbi innee da'awtu qawmee laylan wanahaaraa

DIN 31635qāla rabbi ʾinnī daʿawtu qawmī laylan wanahāran

He said, "My Lord, I have called my people night and day.

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He said: My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Said he, 'My Lord! verily, I have called my people by night and day

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He said, "Lord I have cried to my people night and day

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

He said, Lord, verily I have called my people night and day

George Sale · published 1734

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  • George Sale · 1734
71:6

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)falam yazidhum du'aa'ee illaa firaaraa

DIN 31635falam yazidhum duʿāʾī ʾillā firāran

The translators word this verse differently

But my call added only to their flight.

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But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and my call did but increase them in flight

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

and my cry doth but make them flee from me the more

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

but my calling only increaseth their aversion

George Sale · published 1734

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71:7

وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)wa'innee kullamaa da'awtuhum litaghfira lahum ja'aloo asaabi'ahum fee aadhaanihim wastaghshaw thiyaabahum wa'asarroo wastakbaroo stikbaaraa

DIN 31635waʾinnī kullamā daʿawtuhum litaġfira lahum ǧaʿalū ʾaṣābiʿahum fī ʾāḏānihim wastaġšaw ṯiyābahum waʾaṣarrū wastakbarū stikbāran

Whenever I called them to Your forgiveness, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and wrapped themselves in their garments, and insisted, and became more and more arrogant.

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And lo! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayst pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist (in their refusal) and magnify themselves in pride

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and, verily, every time I called them, that Thou mightest pardon them, they placed their fingers in their ears and tried to cover themselves with their garments and persisted, and were very big with pride

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

So oft as I cry to them, that thou mayest forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and wrap themselves in their garments, and persist in their error, and are disdainfully disdainful

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And whensoever I call them to the true faith, that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, and cover themselves with their garments, and persist in their infidelity, and proudly disdain my counsel

George Sale · published 1734

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71:8

ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma innee da'awtuhum jihaaraa

DIN 31635ṯumma ʾinnī daʿawtuhum ǧihāran

Then I called them openly.

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And lo! I have called unto them aloud

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Then I called them openly

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then I cried aloud to them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Moreover I invited them openly

George Sale · published 1734

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71:9

ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma innee a'lantu lahum wa'asrartu lahum israaraa

DIN 31635ṯumma ʾinnī ʾaʿlantu lahum waʾasrartu lahum ʾisrāran

The translators word this verse differently

Then I appealed to them publicly, and I spoke to them privately.

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And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them, and I have appealed to them in private

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

then I published to them and I spoke to them in secret

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Then again spake I with plainness, and in private did I secretly address them

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and I spake to them again in public; and I also secretly admonished them in private

George Sale · published 1734

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71:10

فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)faqultu staghfiroo rabbakum innahu kaana ghaffaaraa

DIN 31635faqultu staġfirū rabbakum ʾinnahu kāna ġaffāran

I said, 'Ask your Lord for forgiveness; He is Forgiving.

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And I have said: Seek pardon of your Lord. Lo! He was ever Forgiving

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and I said, "Ask forgiveness of your Lord, verily, He is very forgiving

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And I said, Beg forgiveness of your Lord, for He is ready to forgive

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And I said, beg pardon of your Lord; for He is inclined to forgive

George Sale · published 1734

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71:11

يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)yursili s-samaa'a 'alaykum midraaraa

DIN 31635yursili s-samāʾa ʿalaykum midrāran

He will let loose the sky upon you in torrents.

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He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

He will send the rain upon you in torrents

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

He will send down the very Heaven upon you in plenteous rains

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And He will cause the heaven to pour down rain plentifully upon you

George Sale · published 1734

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71:12

وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَٰرًا

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Easy-read (simplified)wayumdidkum bi'amwaalin wabaneena wayaj'al lakum jannaatin wayaj'al lakum anhaaraa

DIN 31635wayumdidkum biʾamwālin wabanīna wayaǧʿal lakum ǧannātin wayaǧʿal lakum ʾanhāran

And provide you with wealth and children, and allot for you gardens, and allot for you rivers.

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And will help you with wealth and sons, and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and will extend to you wealth and children, and will make for you gardens, and will make for you rivers

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And will increase you in wealth and children; and will give you gardens, and will give you watercourses

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and will give you increase of wealth and of children; and He will provide you gardens, and furnish you with rivers

George Sale · published 1734

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  • Edward Henry Palmer · 1880
  • John Medows Rodwell · 1861
  • George Sale · 1734

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71:13

مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)maa lakum laa tarjoona lillaahi waqaaraa

DIN 31635mā lakum lā tarǧūna lillāhi waqāran

What is the matter with you, that you do not appreciate God's Greatness?

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What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

What ails you that ye hope not for something serious from God

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

What hath come to you that ye hope not for goodness from the hand of God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

What aileth you, that ye hope not for benevolence in God

George Sale · published 1734

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71:14

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)waqad khalaqakum atwaaraa

DIN 31635waqad ḫalaqakum ʾaṭwāran

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Although He created you in stages.

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When He created you by (divers) stages

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

when He has created you by steps

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

For He it is who hath formed you by successive steps

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

since He hath created you variously

George Sale · published 1734

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71:15

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

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Easy-read (simplified)alam taraw kayfa khalaqa llaahu sab'a samaawaatin tibaaqaa

DIN 31635ʾalam taraw kayfa ḫalaqa llāhu sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqan

Do you not realize that God created seven heavens in layers?

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See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Do ye not see how God has created the seven heavens in stories

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

See ye not how God hath created the seven heavens one over the other

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Do ye not see how God hath created the seven heavens, one above another

George Sale · published 1734

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71:16

وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

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Easy-read (simplified)waja'ala l-qamara feehinna nooran waja'ala sh-shamsa siraajaa

DIN 31635waǧaʿala l-qamara fīhinna nūran waǧaʿala š-šamsa sirāǧan

And He set the moon in their midst for light, and He made the sun a lamp.

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And hath made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and has set the moon therein for a light, and set the sun for a lamp

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And He hath placed therein the moon as a light, and hath placed there the sun as a torch

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

and hath placed the moon therein for a light, and hath appointed the sun for a taper

George Sale · published 1734

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71:17

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا

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Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu anbatakum mina l-'ardi nabaataa

DIN 31635wallāhu ʾanbatakum mina l-ʾarḍi nabātan

And God germinated you from the earth like plants.

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And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and God has made you grow out of the earth

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And God hath caused you to spring forth from the earth like a plant

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

God hath also produced and caused you to spring forth from the earth

George Sale · published 1734

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71:18

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا

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Easy-read (simplified)thumma yu'eedukum feehaa wayukhrijukum ikhraajaa

DIN 31635ṯumma yuʿīdukum fīhā wayuḫriǧukum ʾiḫrāǧan

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Then He will return you into it, and will bring you out again.

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And afterward He maketh you return thereto, and He will bring you forth again, a (new) forthbringing

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and then He will make you return thereto, and will make you come forth therefrom

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Hereafter will He turn you back into it again, and will bring you forth anew

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Hereafter He will cause you to return into the same; and He will again take you thence, by bringing you forth from your graves

George Sale · published 1734

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71:19

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

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Easy-read (simplified)wallaahu ja'ala lakumu l-'arda bisaataa

DIN 31635wallāhu ǧaʿala lakumu l-ʾarḍa bisāṭan

And God made the earth a spread for you.

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And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and God has made for you the earth a carpet

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And God hath spread the earth for you like a carpet

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And God hath spread the earth as a carpet for you

George Sale · published 1734

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71:20

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

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Easy-read (simplified)litaslukoo minhaa subulan fijaajaa

DIN 31635litaslukū minhā subulan fiǧāǧan

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That you may travel its diverse roads.'"

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That ye may thread the valley-ways thereof

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

that ye may walk therein in broad paths

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

That ye may walk therein along spacious paths

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

that ye may walk therein through spacious paths

George Sale · published 1734

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71:21

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)qaala noohun rabbi innahum 'asawnee waattaba'oo man lam yazidhu maaluhu wawaladuhu illaa khasaaraa

DIN 31635qāla nūḥun rabbi ʾinnahum ʿaṣawnī wāttabaʿū man lam yazidhu māluhu wawaladuhu ʾillā ḫasāran

Noah said, "My Lord, they have defied me, and followed him whose wealth and children increase him only in perdition."

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Noah said: My Lord! Lo! they have disobeyed me and followed one whose wealth and children increase him in naught save ruin

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Said Noah, 'My Lord! verily, they have rebelled against me, and followed him whose wealth and children have but added to his loss

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Said Noah, "O my Lord! they rebel against me, and they follow those whose riches and children do but aggravate their ruin

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Noah said, Lord, verily they are disobedient unto me; and they follow him whose riches and children do no other than increase his perdition

George Sale · published 1734

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71:22

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)wamakaroo makran kubbaaraa

DIN 31635wamakarū makran kubbāran

And they schemed outrageous schemes.

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And they have plotted a mighty plot

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and they have plotted a great plot

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And they plotted a great plot

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And they devised a dangerous plot against Noah

George Sale · published 1734

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71:23

وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaaloo laa tadharunna aalihatakum walaa tadharunna waddan walaa suwaa'an walaa yaghootha waya'ooqa wanasraa

DIN 31635waqālū lā taḏarunna ʾālihatakum walā taḏarunna waddan walā suwāʿan walā yaġūṯa wayaʿūqa wanasran

And they said, "Do not give up your gods; do not give up Wadd, nor Souwa, nor Yaghoos, and Yaooq, and Nassr.

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And they have said: Forsake not your gods. Forsake not Wadd, nor Suwa', nor Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and said, "Ye shall surely not leave your gods: ye shall surely neither leave Wadd, nor Suwah, nor Yaghuth, nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And they said, "Forsake not your gods; forsake not Wadd nor Sowah, Nor Yaghuth and Yahuk and Nesr

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And the chief men said to the others, ye shall by no means leave your gods; neither shall ye forsake Wadd, nor Sowa, nor Yaghuth, and Yauk, and Nesr

George Sale · published 1734

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71:24

وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلًا

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Easy-read (simplified)waqad adalloo katheeran walaa tazidi z-zaalimeena illaa dalaalaa

DIN 31635waqad ʾaḍallū kaṯīran walā tazidi ẓ-ẓālimīna ʾillā ḍalālan

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They have misled many, so do not increase the wrongdoers except in confusion."

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And they have led many astray, and Thou increasest the wrong-doers in naught save error

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

and they led astray many."' And thou (Mohammed) wilt only increase the unjust in their error

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And they caused many to err; - and thou, too, O Muhammad! shalt be the means of increasing only error in the wicked

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And they seduced many; -- for thou shalt only increase error in the wicked

George Sale · published 1734

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71:25

مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)mimmaa khatee'aatihim ughriqoo fa'udkhiloo naaran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni llaahi ansaaraa

DIN 31635mimmā ḫaṭīʾātihim ʾuġriqū faʾudḫilū nāran falam yaǧidū lahum min dūni llāhi ʾanṣāran

Because of their wrongs, they were drowned, and were hurled into a Fire. They did not find apart from God any helpers.

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Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter a Fire. And they found they had no helpers in place of Allah

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

because of their sins they were drowned and made to enter into the fire, and they found no helpers against God

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

Because of their sins they were drowned, and made to go into the Fire; And they found that they had no helper save God

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Because of their sins they were drowned, and cast into the fire of hell; and they found none to protect them against God

George Sale · published 1734

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71:26

وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)waqaala noohun rabbi laa tadhar 'alaa l-'ardi mina l-kaafireena dayyaaraa

DIN 31635waqāla nūḥun rabbi lā taḏar ʿalā l-ʾarḍi mina l-kāfirīna dayyāran

Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave of the unbelievers a single dweller on earth.

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And Noah said: My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers in the land

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

And Noah said, 'My Lord! leave not upon the earth one dweller of the misbelievers

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

And Noah said, "Lord, leave not one single family of Infidels on the Earth

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

And Noah said, Lord, leave not any families of the unbelievers on the earth

George Sale · published 1734

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71:27

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا

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Easy-read (simplified)innaka in tadharhum yudilloo 'ibaadaka walaa yalidoo illaa faajiran kaffaaraa

DIN 31635ʾinnaka ʾin taḏarhum yuḍillū ʿibādaka walā yalidū ʾillā fāǧiran kaffāran

If You leave them, they will mislead your servants, and will breed only wicked unbelievers.

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If Thou shouldst leave them, they will mislead Thy slaves and will beget none save lewd ingrates

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

Verily, Thou, if Thou shouldst leave them, they will lead astray Thy servants, and they will only bear for children sinners and misbelievers

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

For if thou leave them they will beguile thy servants and will beget only sinners, infidels

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

For if thou leave them, they will seduce thy servants, and will beget none but a wicked and unbelieving offspring

George Sale · published 1734

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71:28

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا

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Easy-read (simplified)rabbi ghfir lee waliwaalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya mu'minan walilmu'mineena wal-mu'minaati walaa tazidi z-zaalimeena illaa tabaaraa

DIN 31635rabbi ġfir lī waliwālidayya waliman daḫala baytiya muʾminan walilmuʾminīna wal-muʾmināti walā tazidi ẓ-ẓālimīna ʾillā tabāran

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My Lord! Forgive me and my parents, and anyone who enters my home in faith, and all the believing men and believing women; and do not increase the wrongdoers except in perdition."

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My Lord! Forgive me and my parents and him who entereth my house believing, and believing men and believing women, and increase not the wrong-doers in aught save ruin

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall · published 1930

My Lord! pardon me and my two parents, and whomsoever enters my house believing, and (pardon) the believers men and women - but Thou shalt only increase the unjust in loss

Edward Henry Palmer · published 1880

O my Lord, forgive me, and my parents, and every one who, being a believer, shall enter my house, and believers men and women: and add to the wicked nought but perdition

John Medows Rodwell · published 1861

Lord, forgive me and my parents, and every one who shall enter my house, being a true believer, and the true believers of both sexes; and add unto the unjust doers nothing but destruction

George Sale · published 1734

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Translations Edward Henry Palmer, English translation of the Qur'an·Public domain — copyright term expired

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Translations Pickthall, The Meaning of the Glorious Koran·Public domain — copyright term expired

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Translations Talal Itani, ClearQuran·Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International

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