قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ أَرَءَيۡتُمۡ إِن كُنتُ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّي وَءَاتَىٰنِي رَحۡمَةٗ مِّنۡ عِندِهِۦ فَعُمِّيَتۡ عَلَيۡكُمۡ أَنُلۡزِمُكُمُوهَا وَأَنتُمۡ لَهَا كَٰرِهُونَ 28

28        Nuh ( peace be upon him )  said: “O my people! Tell me, if I have a clear proof from my Creator and Mercy (Prophethood) has been bestowed upon me from Him, but you still close your eyes on it, shall we then compel you to accept it when you strongly hate it?

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ لَآ أَسۡ‍َٔلُكُمۡ عَلَيۡهِ مَالًاۖ إِنۡ أَجۡرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَى ٱللَّهِۚ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلَّذِينَ ءَامَنُوٓاْۚ إِنَّهُم مُّلَٰقُواْ رَبِّهِمۡ وَلَٰكِنِّيٓ أَرَىٰكُمۡ قَوۡمٗا تَجۡهَلُونَ 29

29        “And O my people! I don’t ask you for any monetary reward, my reward is only with Allah. I am not going to push away those who have believed. Indeed, they are going to meet their Creator (with honour and dignity). (Does anybody push away the royal guests?) I, however, see that you are totally ignorant people. (Also Surah Al-Kahf:28)

وَيَٰقَوۡمِ مَن يَنصُرُنِي مِنَ ٱللَّهِ إِن طَرَدتُّهُمۡۚ أَفَلَا تَذَكَّرُونَ 30

30        “And O my people! Who will help me against Allah, if I push them away? Will you not learn a lesson from it?

وَلَآ أَقُولُ لَكُمۡ عِندِي خَزَآئِنُ ٱللَّهِ وَلَآ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ وَلَآ أَقُولُ إِنِّي مَلَكٞ وَلَآ أَقُولُ لِلَّذِينَ تَزۡدَرِيٓ أَعۡيُنُكُمۡ لَن يُؤۡتِيَهُمُ ٱللَّهُ خَيۡرًاۖ ٱللَّهُ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَا فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ إِنِّيٓ إِذٗا لَّمِنَ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ 31

31        “And I don’t claim that I own treasures of Allah, nor that I know the unseen, nor do I say that I am an angel. And I don’t say regarding those whom your eyes consider mean, that Allah will not give them any good reward. Allah knows what is in their inner-selves (regarding belief). (If I say what I do not know) I shall indeed, be one of the wrong-doers.”

قَالُواْ يَٰنُوحُ قَدۡ جَٰدَلۡتَنَا فَأَكۡثَرۡتَ جِدَٰلَنَا فَأۡتِنَا بِمَا تَعِدُنَآ إِن كُنتَ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰدِقِينَ 32

32        They said: “O Nuh ( peace be upon him ) ! You have disputed with us and you have disputed a lot. (Stop further disputing). Do bring upon us what you threaten us with, if you are one of the truthful.”

قَالَ إِنَّمَا يَأۡتِيكُم بِهِ ٱللَّهُ إِن شَآءَ وَمَآ أَنتُم بِمُعۡجِزِينَ 33

33        He said: “If Allah wills, He will bring (the torment) upon you, and then you will not be able to escape it.

وَلَا يَنفَعُكُمۡ نُصۡحِيٓ إِنۡ أَرَدتُّ أَنۡ أَنصَحَ لَكُمۡ إِن كَانَ ٱللَّهُ يُرِيدُ أَن يُغۡوِيَكُمۡۚ هُوَ رَبُّكُمۡ وَإِلَيۡهِ تُرۡجَعُونَ 34

34        “And my advice will not benefit you, even if I wish to give you an advice, when Allah’s Will is to keep you astray. He is your Creator and you shall return to Him.”

أَمۡ يَقُولُونَ ٱفۡتَرَىٰهُۖ قُلۡ إِنِ ٱفۡتَرَيۡتُهُۥ فَعَلَيَّ إِجۡرَامِي وَأَنَا۠ بَرِيٓءٞ مِّمَّا تُجۡرِمُونَ 35

35        Or, do they say that he [Muhammad (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him)] has fabricated this Quran? Say: “If I have fabricated it, my crime is on me. (And if you have fabricated this blame on me) I am free from those crimes which you commit.”

وَأُوحِيَ إِلَىٰ نُوحٍ أَنَّهُۥ لَن يُؤۡمِنَ مِن قَوۡمِكَ إِلَّا مَن قَدۡ ءَامَنَ فَلَا تَبۡتَئِسۡ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡعَلُونَ 36

36        [When Nuh’s ( peace be upon him )  advice fell flat on them for a long time]. And it was revealed to Nuh ( peace be upon him ) : “None of your people will believe except those who have already believed. So don’t be sad for what they used to do.” (We intend to drown them in a storm).

وَٱصۡنَعِ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ بِأَعۡيُنِنَا وَوَحۡيِنَا وَلَا تُخَٰطِبۡنِي فِي ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُوٓاْ إِنَّهُم مُّغۡرَقُونَ 37

37        “And (to save yourself and the believers from the storm) construct a boat under Our supervision and following Our instructions, and don’t talk to Me about the (safety of) the wrong-doers, since they are surely to be drowned.”

وَيَصۡنَعُ ٱلۡفُلۡكَ وَكُلَّمَا مَرَّ عَلَيۡهِ مَلَأٞ مِّن قَوۡمِهِۦ سَخِرُواْ مِنۡهُۚ قَالَ إِن تَسۡخَرُواْ مِنَّا فَإِنَّا نَسۡخَرُ مِنكُمۡ كَمَا تَسۡخَرُونَ 38

38        Nuh ( peace be upon him )  started constructing the boat (himself or with the help of others). Whenever the leaders of the disbelievers passed by there, they laughed at Nuh ( peace be upon him )  (saying, there is no sign of any water, he is torturing himself for nothing). Nuh ( peace be upon him )  answered: “If you laugh at us, we laugh at you just like you laughed at us. (We laugh at you, since storm and punishment is very near, but you are acting funny).

فَسَوۡفَ تَعۡلَمُونَ مَن يَأۡتِيهِ عَذَابٞ يُخۡزِيهِ وَيَحِلُّ عَلَيۡهِ عَذَابٞ مُّقِيمٌ 39

39        “So soon you will know who is disgraced by the torment (in this world) and (in the Hereafter) will fall upon him a permanent torment too.”

حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا جَآءَ أَمۡرُنَا وَفَارَ ٱلتَّنُّورُ قُلۡنَا ٱحۡمِلۡ فِيهَا مِن كُلّٖ زَوۡجَيۡنِ ٱثۡنَيۡنِ وَأَهۡلَكَ إِلَّا مَن سَبَقَ عَلَيۡهِ ٱلۡقَوۡلُ وَمَنۡ ءَامَنَۚ وَمَآ ءَامَنَ مَعَهُۥٓ إِلَّا قَلِيلٞ 40

40        (After similar dialogues) Our command (for the torment) came and the oven (i.e. water – Ibn-Katheer) started gushing out (from the earth, and it also rained from the top). We said to Nuh ( peace be upon him ) : “Embark in this boat with two of each kind (male and female – which cannot survive in water and are useful for mankind) and your family except those against whom Our Command has already been issued, and also embark all the believers. (Alas!) And only very few of them believed in Nuh ( peace be upon him ) .”

۞وَقَالَ ٱرۡكَبُواْ فِيهَا بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ مَجۡرٜىٰهَا وَمُرۡسَىٰهَآۚ إِنَّ رَبِّي لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ 41

41        And Nuh ( peace be upon him )  said (to the believers): “Embark in this boat (Don’t be afraid of drowning, since) its sailing and stopping are with the Name of Allah. (And Allah is its Guardian). Surely, my Creator is Very-Forgiving, Most Merciful.” (Also Surah Al-Muminun:28, 29)

وَهِيَ تَجۡرِي بِهِمۡ فِي مَوۡجٖ كَٱلۡجِبَالِ وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٌ ٱبۡنَهُۥ وَكَانَ فِي مَعۡزِلٖ يَٰبُنَيَّ ٱرۡكَب مَّعَنَا وَلَا تَكُن مَّعَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ 42

42        (In the meanwhile water in-creased) And the boat started sail-ing amidst waves like mountains, and Nuh ( peace be upon him )  invited his son, who was away from the boat: “O my son! (After believing) ride in the boat with us and don’t join the dis-believers.”

قَالَ سَ‍َٔاوِيٓ إِلَىٰ جَبَلٖ يَعۡصِمُنِي مِنَ ٱلۡمَآءِۚ قَالَ لَا عَاصِمَ ٱلۡيَوۡمَ مِنۡ أَمۡرِ ٱللَّهِ إِلَّا مَن رَّحِمَۚ وَحَالَ بَيۡنَهُمَا ٱلۡمَوۡجُ فَكَانَ مِنَ ٱلۡمُغۡرَقِينَ 43

43        (The son) replied: “I shall soon take protection on a mountain which will save me from water (since water had not yet reached the mountains).” Nuh ( peace be upon him )  said: “Today none can save himself from the Decree of Allah except on whom He has mercy. (In the meanwhile) a wave of water came in between them and so the son (Kinaan ) was among the drowned.  

وَقِيلَ يَٰٓأَرۡضُ ٱبۡلَعِي مَآءَكِ وَيَٰسَمَآءُ أَقۡلِعِي وَغِيضَ ٱلۡمَآءُ وَقُضِيَ ٱلۡأَمۡرُ وَٱسۡتَوَتۡ عَلَى ٱلۡجُودِيِّۖ وَقِيلَ بُعۡدٗا لِّلۡقَوۡمِ ٱلظَّٰلِمِينَ 44

44        (After all disbelievers were drowned) and it was said: “O earth! Swallow up the water (on your surface), and O sky! Cease (your rain).” (Both things occurred). And water sank and the job was accomplished and the boat stopped on the mountain Judi. And it was said: “Be away the people who are the wrong-doers (i.e. be deprived from the Mercy of Allah!).”

وَنَادَىٰ نُوحٞ رَّبَّهُۥ فَقَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ ٱبۡنِي مِنۡ أَهۡلِي وَإِنَّ وَعۡدَكَ ٱلۡحَقُّ وَأَنتَ أَحۡكَمُ ٱلۡحَٰكِمِينَ 45

45        And Nuh ( peace be upon him )  called upon his Creator and said: “O My Creator! Verily, my son is from my family! And, indeed, Your Promise is true, and You are the Most Just of the judges.”

قَالَ يَٰنُوحُ إِنَّهُۥ لَيۡسَ مِنۡ أَهۡلِكَۖ إِنَّهُۥ عَمَلٌ غَيۡرُ صَٰلِحٖۖ فَلَا تَسۡ‍َٔلۡنِ مَا لَيۡسَ لَكَ بِهِۦ عِلۡمٌۖ إِنِّيٓ أَعِظُكَ أَن تَكُونَ مِنَ ٱلۡجَٰهِلِينَ 46

46        Allah said: “O Nuh ( peace be upon him ) ! Surely, he is not from your family. Indeed, his deeds are not righteous. Hence, don’t ask Me that of which you have no knowledge! I advise you lest you become one of the ignorant persons.”

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّيٓ أَعُوذُ بِكَ أَنۡ أَسۡ‍َٔلَكَ مَا لَيۡسَ لِي بِهِۦ عِلۡمٞۖ وَإِلَّا تَغۡفِرۡ لِي وَتَرۡحَمۡنِيٓ أَكُن مِّنَ ٱلۡخَٰسِرِينَ 47

47        Nuh ( peace be upon him )  said: “O my Creator! I seek refuge with you for asking you that of which I have no knowledge. And unless you forgive me and have Mercy on me, I will, indeed, be one of the losers.”