اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوْحًا اِلٰی قَوْمِهٖۤ اَنْ اَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ یَّاْتِیَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِیْمٌ۝۱

SENT NOAH to his people to warn them before the painful punishment came upon them.

قَالَ یٰقَوْمِ اِنِّیْ لَكُمْ نَذِیْرٌ مُّبِیْنٌۙ۝۲

He said: "O my people, I warn you clearly

اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَ اتَّقُوْهُ وَ اَطِیْعُوْنِۙ۝۳

That you should worship God and fear Him, and follow me

یَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِّنْ ذُنُوْبِكُمْ وَ یُؤَخِّرْكُمْ اِلٰۤی اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّی ؕ اِنَّ اَجَلَ اللّٰهِ اِذَا جَآءَ لَا یُؤَخَّرُ ۘ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ۝۴

That He may forgive some of your sins and prolong your term till an appointed time. Surely when God´s appointed time is come it will not be put off, if only you knew!

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّیْ دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِیْ لَیْلًا وَّ نَهَارًاۙ۝۵

He said: "O Lord, I called my people night and day,

فَلَمْ یَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِیْۤ اِلَّا فِرَارًا۝۶

But the more I called, they only ran the farther away.

وَ اِنِّیْ كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوْۤا اَصَابِعَهُمْ فِیْۤ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَ اسْتَغْشَوْا ثِیَابَهُمْ وَ اَصَرُّوْا وَ اسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًاۚ۝۷

And every time I called them that You may forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, and covered themselves with their garments, and became wayward, and behaved with downright insolence.

ثُمَّ اِنِّیْ دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًاۙ۝۸

Then I called them loudly and more openly,

ثُمَّ اِنِّیْۤ اَعْلَنْتُ لَهُمْ وَ اَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ اِسْرَارًاۙ۝۹

And declared to them in public and in private,

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّكُمْ ؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ غَفَّارًاۙ۝۱۰

And I told them: ´Ask your Lord to forgive you. He is verily forgiving.