Noah and His People: Qur’an Verses

لَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظ۪يمٍ

INDEED, We sent forth Noah unto his people, and he said: "O my people! Worship Allah alone: you have no deity other than Him. Verily, I fear lest suffering befall you on an awesome Day!"

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَاَغْرَقْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا عَم۪ينَ۟

And yet they gave him the lie! And so We saved him and those who stood by him, in the ark, the while We caused those who had given the lie to Our messages to drown: verily, they were blind folk!

اَلَمْ يَأْتِهِمْ نَبَاُ الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِهِمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَ وَقَوْمِ اِبْرٰه۪يمَ وَاَصْحَابِ مَدْيَنَ وَالْمُؤْتَفِكَاتِۜ اَتَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِۚ فَمَا كَانَ اللّٰهُ لِيَظْلِمَهُمْ وَلٰكِنْ كَانُٓوا اَنْفُسَهُمْ يَظْلِمُونَ

Have, then, the stories of those who preceded them never come within the ken of these [hypocrites and deniers of the truth]?-[the stories] of Noah's people, and of [the tribes of] `Ad and Thamud, and of Abraham's people, and of the folk of Madyan, and of the cities that were overthrown? To [all of] them their apostles had come with all evidence of the truth. [but they rejected them:] and so it was not Allah who wronged them [by His punishment], but it was they who wronged themselves.

وَاتْلُ عَلَيْهِمْ نَبَاَ نُوحٍۢ اِذْ قَالَ لِقَوْمِه۪ يَا قَوْمِ اِنْ كَانَ كَبُرَ عَلَيْكُمْ مَقَام۪ي وَتَذْك۪ير۪ي بِاٰيَاتِ اللّٰهِ فَعَلَى اللّٰهِ تَوَكَّلْتُ فَاَجْمِعُٓوا اَمْرَكُمْ وَشُرَكَٓاءَكُمْ ثُمَّ لَا يَكُنْ اَمْرُكُمْ عَلَيْكُمْ غُمَّةً ثُمَّ اقْضُٓوا اِلَيَّ وَلَا تُنْظِرُونِ

AND CONVEY unto them the story of Noah-when he said unto his people: "O my people! If my presence [among you] and my announcement of Allah's messages are repugnant to you -well, in Allah have I placed my trust. Decide, then, upon what you are going to do [against me], and [call to your aid] those beings to whom you ascribe a share in Allah's divinity; and once you have chosen your course of action, let no hesitation deflect you from it; and then carry out against me [whatever you may have decided], and give me no respite!

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَنَجَّيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ خَلَٓائِفَ وَاَغْرَقْنَا الَّذ۪ينَ كَذَّبُوا بِاٰيَاتِنَاۚ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ كَانَ عَاقِبَةُ الْمُنْذَر۪ينَ

And yet they gave him the lie! And so We saved him and all who stood by him, in the ark, and made them inherit [the earth], the while We caused those who gave the lie to Our messages to drown: behold, then, what happened in the end to those people who had been warned [in vain]!

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ۘ اِنّ۪ي لَكُمْ نَذ۪يرٌ مُب۪ينٌۙ

AND INDEED, [it was with the same message that] We sent forth Noah unto his people: "Behold, I come unto you with the plain warning

تِلْكَ مِنْ اَنْبَٓاءِ الْغَيْبِ نُوح۪يهَٓا اِلَيْكَۚ مَا كُنْتَ تَعْلَمُهَٓا اَنْتَ وَلَا قَوْمُكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ هٰذَاۜۛ فَاصْبِرْۜۛ اِنَّ الْعَاقِبَةَ لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ۟

THESE ACCOUNTS of something that was beyond the reach of thy perception We [now] reveal unto thee, [O Muhammad: for] neither thou nor thy people knew them [fully] ere this. Be, then, [like Noah,] patient in adversity – for, behold, the future belongs to the Allah-conscious!

وَيَا قَوْمِ لَا يَجْرِمَنَّكُمْ شِقَاق۪ٓي اَنْ يُص۪يبَكُمْ مِثْلُ مَٓا اَصَابَ قَوْمَ نُوحٍ اَوْ قَوْمَ هُودٍ اَوْ قَوْمَ صَالِحٍۜ وَمَا قَوْمُ لُوطٍ مِنْكُمْ بِبَع۪يدٍ

"And, O my people, let not [your] dissent from me drive you into sin, lest there befall you the like of what befell the people of Noah, or the people of Hud. or the people of Salih: and [remember that] the people of Lot lived not very far from you!"

اَلَمْ يَأْتِكُمْ نَبَؤُ۬ا الَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ قَبْلِكُمْ قَوْمِ نُوحٍ وَعَادٍ وَثَمُودَۜۛ وَالَّذ۪ينَ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۜۛ لَا يَعْلَمُهُمْ اِلَّا اللّٰهُۜ جَٓاءَتْهُمْ رُسُلُهُمْ بِالْبَيِّنَاتِ فَرَدُّٓوا اَيْدِيَهُمْ ف۪ٓي اَفْوَاهِهِمْ وَقَالُٓوا اِنَّا كَفَرْنَا بِمَٓا اُرْسِلْتُمْ بِه۪ وَاِنَّا لَف۪ي شَكٍّ مِمَّا تَدْعُونَنَٓا اِلَيْهِ مُر۪يبٍ

HAVE THE STORIES of those [deniers of the truth] who lived before you never yet come within your ken – [the stories of] the people of Noah, and of [the tribes of] `Ad and Thamud, and of those who came after them? None knows them [now] save Allah. There came unto them their apostles with all evidence of the truth -but they covered their mouths with their hands and answered: "Behold, we refuse to regard as true the message with which you [claim to] have been entrusted; and, behold, we are in grave doubt, amounting to suspicion, about [the meaning of] your call to us!"

وَاِنْ يُكَذِّبُوكَ فَقَدْ كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَثَمُودُۙ

AND IF THEY [who are bent on denying the truth] give thee the lie, [O Muhammad, remember that, long] before their time, the people of Noah and [the tribes of] Ad and Thamud gave the lie [to their prophets],

وَالَّذ۪ينَ هُمْ عَنِ اللَّغْوِ مُعْرِضُونَۙ

and who turn away from all that is frivolous,

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ اِلٰهٍ غَيْرُهُۜ اَفَلَا تَتَّقُونَ

AND, INDEED, We sent forth Noah unto his people and he said: “O my people! Worship Allah alone]: you have no deity other than Him. Will you not, then, become conscious of Him?”

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ لَمَّا كَذَّبُوا الرُّسُلَ اَغْرَقْنَاهُمْ وَجَعَلْنَاهُمْ لِلنَّاسِ اٰيَةًۜ وَاَعْتَدْنَا لِلظَّالِم۪ينَ عَذَابًا اَل۪يمًاۚ

And [think of] the people of Noah: when they gave the lie to [one of] the apostles, We caused them to drown, and made them a symbol for all mankind: for, grievous suffering have We readied for all who [knowingly] do wrong!

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍۨ الْمُرْسَل۪ينَۚ

The people of Noah [too] gave the lie to [one of Allah’s] message-bearers

وَاِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَز۪يزُ الرَّح۪يمُ۟

But, verily, thy Sustainer – He alone – is almighty, a dispenser of grace

وَلَقَدْ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ فَلَبِثَ ف۪يهِمْ اَلْفَ سَنَةٍ اِلَّا خَمْس۪ينَ عَامًاۜ فَاَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ

And, indeed, [in times long past] We sent forth Noah unto his people, and he dwelt among them a thousand years bar fifty; and then the floods over­whelmed them while they were still lost in evildoing:

فَاَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَاَصْحَابَ السَّف۪ينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَاهَٓا اٰيَةً لِلْعَالَم۪ينَ

but We saved him, together with all who were in the ark, which We then set up as a symbol [of Our grace] for all people [to remember].

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَعَادٌ وَفِرْعَوْنُ ذُو الْاَوْتَادِۙ

To the truth gave the lie aforetime Noah’s people, and [the tribe of] Ad, and Pharaoh of the [many] tent-poles,

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَالْاَحْزَابُ مِنْ بَعْدِهِمْۖ وَهَمَّتْ كُلُّ اُمَّةٍ بِرَسُولِهِمْ لِيَأْخُذُوهُ وَجَادَلُوا بِالْبَاطِلِ لِيُدْحِضُوا بِهِ الْحَقَّ فَاَخَذْتُهُمْ۠ فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عِقَابِ

to the truth gave the lie, before their time, the people of Noah and, after them, all those [others] who were leagued together [against Allah’s message-bearers]; and each of those com­munities schemed against the apostle sent unto them, aiming to lay hands on him; and they contended [against his message] with fallacious arguments, so as to render void the truth thereby: but then I took them to task – and how awesome was My retribution!

وَقَالَ الَّذ۪ٓي اٰمَنَ يَا قَوْمِ اِنّ۪ٓي اَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ مِثْلَ يَوْمِ الْاَحْزَابِۙ

Thereupon exclaimed he who had attained to faith: “O my people! Verily, I fear for you the like of what one day befell those others who were leagued together [against Allah’s truth] –

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ وَاَصْحَابُ الرَّسِّ وَثَمُودُۙ

[Long] before those [who now deny resur­rection] did Noah’s people give the lie to this truth, and [so did] the folk of Ar-Rass, and [the tribes of] Thamud

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا قَوْمًا فَاسِق۪ينَ۟

And [thus, too, We destroyed] Noah’s people aforetime: for they were iniquitous folk.

وَقَوْمَ نُوحٍ مِنْ قَبْلُۜ اِنَّهُمْ كَانُوا هُمْ اَظْلَمَ وَاَطْغٰىۜ

as well as the people of Noah before them – [since,] verily, they all had been most willful in their evildoing and most overweening –

كَذَّبَتْ قَبْلَهُمْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ فَكَذَّبُوا عَبْدَنَا وَقَالُوا مَجْنُونٌ وَازْدُجِرَ

[LONG] BEFORE those [who now deny resurrec­tion] did Noah’s people call it a lie; and they gave the lie to Our servant and said, “Mad is he!” – and he was repulsed.

فَكَيْفَ كَانَ عَذَاب۪ي وَنُذُرِ

And how severe is the suffering which I inflict when My warnings are disregarded!

اِنَّٓا اَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِه۪ٓ اَنْ اَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَل۪يمٌ

BEHOLD. We sent Noah unto his people. [saying:] "Warn thy people ere grievous suffering befall them!

رَبِّ اغْفِرْ ل۪ي وَلِوَالِدَيَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِيَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِن۪ينَ وَالْمُؤْمِنَاتِۜ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظَّالِم۪ينَ اِلَّا تَبَارًا

"O my Sustainer! Grant Thy forgiveness unto me and unto my parents, and unto everyone who enters my house as a believer, and unto all believing men and believing women [of later times]; and grant Thou that the doers of evil shall increasingly meet with destruction!"'