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Translation of the Meanings of the Noble Qur'an - English Translation - Abdullah Hasan Yaqoub * - Translations’ Index

Translation of the meanings Surah: Nūh   Ayah:
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Ayah: 11

يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا
11. He will send down upon you (rain) from the sky pouring in abundance,
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Ayah: 12

وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّٰتٖ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرٗا
12. And provide you with wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and rivers.
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Ayah: 13

مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارٗا
13. What is 'the matter' with you that you do not ascribe to Allāh 'God' due Grandeur².
2. as you disobey Him carelessly.
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Ayah: 14

وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا
14. While He has created you through various stages³?
3. In reference to development of the embryo, i.e., first a sperm, then a clot of congealed blood, and then a fetus lump.
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Ayah: 15

أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗا
15. Do you not see how Allāh has created seven heavens, one above another,
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Ayah: 16

وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجٗا
16. And placed therein the moon as a light, and the sun as a lamp?
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Ayah: 17

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتٗا
17. And Allāh caused you to grow from the earth⁴ like a plant,
4. I.e., your father Adam, whom Allāh created from clay, and then you live on what the earth produces of grain and fruits.
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Ayah: 18

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيهَا وَيُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجٗا
18. Then He will return you to it, and will bring you forth (a new) bringing forth.
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Ayah: 19

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطٗا
19. And Allāh has made the earth for you an expanse;
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Ayah: 20

لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا سُبُلٗا فِجَاجٗا
20. So that you may traverse about therein in spacious roads5.
5. In pursuit of a lawful livelihood.
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Ayah: 21

قَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا
21. Noah said: "Lord 'Allāh', they have disobeyed me and followed those whose wealth and children give them no increase but only loss (and ingratitude)."
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Ayah: 22

وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا كُبَّارٗا
22. And they (the idolaters) have plotted a mighty plot⁶.
6. Against Noah, as they sent a mob of lowly people to insult him and pelt him with bad words.
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Ayah: 23

وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدّٗا وَلَا سُوَاعٗا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرٗا
23. And they said: "Do not abandon your gods 'idols', specially do not abandon Wadd, Suwa’, Yaghuth, Yauq, and Nasr⁷.
7. These are the names of some righteous persons from Noah's people. When they passed away, Satan inspired their people to set up images in their honor and set them in their gathering places, and to give these images the names of those saints. They did this but did not worship them until these people passed away and knowledge of their origins were forgotten, then they were worshipped. Most of our predecessors have stated: After the death (of the righteous persons), they confined at their graves and made images and after much time passed they started worshipping them.
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Ayah: 24

وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗاۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلٗا
24. They have misled many. Lord, grant no increase to the unjust except in error."
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Ayah: 25

مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُواْ فَأُدۡخِلُواْ نَارٗا فَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارٗا
25. Because of their sins they were drowned, then made to enter fire⁸. They could find no one to help them against Allāh.
8. The fire of the period between death and Resurrection.
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Ayah: 26

وَقَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا
26. Noah said: "Lord, do not leave out on earth of the disbelievers an inhabitant;
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Ayah: 27

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرۡهُمۡ يُضِلُّواْ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓاْ إِلَّا فَاجِرٗا كَفَّارٗا
27. Indeed, If You leave them, they will mislead your servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful one.
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Ayah: 28

رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيۡتِيَ مُؤۡمِنٗا وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارَۢا
28. Lord, forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house as a believer, and 'all' believing men and women - and do not increase the unjust except in perdition!
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Translation of the meanings Surah: Nūh
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