About the Surah

In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

Indeed, We sent Nuh ( )   to his people (saying): “Warn your people before a painful torment comes to them.”

Nuh ( )   said: “O my people! Indeed, I am a clear warner to you,”

“That you should worship Allah (Alone), and fear Him, and obey me.”

“He will forgive your sins and will grant you delay (i.e. increase your life span by the blessing of the Faith) till an appointed hour. Indeed, when that appointed hour comes it cannot be delayed (a bit), if you understand.”

Nuh ( )   said: “O my Creator! Indeed, I have invited my people (towards true religion) during the night and the day.”

“But my invitation made them flee even more (from the truth).”

“(This fleeing is like this). And, indeed, every time I invited them so that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers in their ears (so that they don’t even hear the truth due to their extreme hatred), and wrapped clothes all over them (so that they don’t even see the caller of the truth), and they persisted (in their disbelief), and displayed extreme arrogance.”

“Then I invited them loudly (as in an address).”

“Then I invited them openly (or publicly) as well as secretly (or privately).”

“So I said (to them): ‘Ask for-give-ness from your Creator. Indeed, He is Very-Forgiving,

‘He will send upon you (rain) from the sky in abundance, (i.e. He will grant you worldly benefits too).

And He will increase your wealth and children and will grant you gardens and rivers.’”

What is the matter with you that you don’t believe in the Great-ness of Allah (i.e. fear Allah and hope for reward from Allah).

While He has created you in different stages. (Also see Surah Al-Muminun:13 and 14)

Don’t you see how Allah has created the seven skies one above another

And has made the moon with reflected light and the sun as a lamp (i.e. the sun has its own light) in this system? (Allah informed about it long time ago, but man discovered it recently). (Also see 10:5 and 25:61)

And Allah has brought you forth from the earth (i.e. created you).

Then He will return you to the earth and (finally) will bring you out from the earth (on the Day of Resurrection).

And Allah has made for you the earth as a very wide floor.

So that you can travel in it on its wide roadways.

Nuh ( )   said: “O my Creator! Indeed, they have disobeyed me and they obeyed those whose wealth and children (definitely) caused them mere loss.”

“And they have hatched a big plot (against me).”

“And they said: ‘Don’t leave your gods. And (don’t leave) Wadd, nor Suwa, nor Yaghuth, nor Yauq nor Nasr.’”

“And, indeed, they have led many astray. (O Allah! You informed that none of my people will believe except those who have believed already Surah Hud:36).

. Those people were drowned because of their sins and were (instantly) made to enter the Fire (i.e. punishment of the grave), and they did not find any helper besides Allah.

And Nuh ( )   said: “O my Creator! Don’t leave any one of the disbelievers on the earth as a dweller!”

“If You leave them, they will lead your slaves astray, and they will give birth to children who would be wicked disbelievers.”

“O My Creator! Forgive me and my parents, and those who enter my home as a believer, and all the believing men and women, and increase (the means of) the destruction of the disbelievers (i.e. do destroy the disbelievers).”