Surah Nuh in English: word by word, transliteration

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

Transliteration bis'mi l-lahi l-raḥmāni l-raḥīmi

English In the name of Allāh, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful.

1. بِسْمِbis'miIn (the) name
2. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
3. ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِl-raḥmānithe Most Gracious
4. ٱلرَّحِيمِl-raḥīmithe Most Merciful

إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ

Transliteration innā arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi an andhir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum ʿadhābun alīmun

English Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."

1. إِنَّآinnāIndeed, We
2. أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā[We] sent
3. نُوحًاnūḥanNuh
4. إِلَىٰilāto
5. قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihihis people
6. أَنْanthat
7. أَنذِرْandhirWarn
8. قَوْمَكَqawmakayour people
9. مِنminfrom
10. قَبْلِqablibefore
11. أَنan[that]
12. يَأْتِيَهُمْyatiyahumcomes to them
13. عَذَابٌʿadhābuna punishment
14. أَلِيمٌۭalīmunpainful

قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ

Transliteration qāla yāqawmi innī lakum nadhīrun mubīnun

English He said, "O my people, indeed I am to you a clear warner -

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmiO my people
3. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I am
4. لَكُمْlakumto you
5. نَذِيرٌۭnadhīruna warner
6. مُّبِينٌmubīnunclear

أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

Transliteration ani uʿ'budū l-laha wa-ittaqūhu wa-aṭīʿūni

English To worship Allāh, fear Him and obey me.

1. أَنِaniThat
2. ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budūWorship
3. ٱللَّهَl-lahaAllah
4. وَٱتَّقُوهُwa-ittaqūhuand fear Him
5. وَأَطِيعُونِwa-aṭīʿūniand obey me

يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ

Transliteration yaghfir lakum min dhunūbikum wayu-akhir'kum ilā ajalin musamman inna ajala l-lahi idhā jāa lā yu-akharu law kuntum taʿlamūna

English He [i.e., Allāh] will forgive you of your sins and delay you for a specified term. Indeed, the time [set by] Allāh, when it comes, will not be delayed, if you only knew."

1. يَغْفِرْyaghfirHe will forgive
2. لَكُمlakumfor you
3. مِّنmin[of]
4. ذُنُوبِكُمْdhunūbikumyour sins
5. وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْwayu-akhir'kumand give you respite
6. إِلَىٰٓilāfor
7. أَجَلٍۢajalina term
8. مُّسَمًّى ۚmusammanspecified
9. إِنَّinnaIndeed
10. أَجَلَajala(the) term
11. ٱللَّهِl-lahi(of) Allah
12. إِذَاidhāwhen
13. جَآءَjāait comes
14. لَاlānot
15. يُؤَخَّرُ ۖyu-akharuis delayed
16. لَوْlawif
17. كُنتُمْkuntumyou
18. تَعْلَمُونَtaʿlamūnaknow

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا

Transliteration qāla rabbi innī daʿawtu qawmī laylan wanahāran

English He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.

1. قَالَqālaHe said
2. رَبِّrabbiMy Lord
3. إِنِّىinnīIndeed, I
4. دَعَوْتُdaʿawtuinvited
5. قَوْمِىqawmīmy people
6. لَيْلًۭاlaylannight
7. وَنَهَارًۭاwanahāranand day

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا

Transliteration falam yazid'hum duʿāī illā firāran

English But my invitation increased them not except in flight [i.e., aversion].

1. فَلَمْfalamBut not
2. يَزِدْهُمْyazid'humincreased them
3. دُعَآءِىٓduʿāīmy invitation
4. إِلَّاillāexcept
5. فِرَارًۭاfirāran(in) flight

وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا

Transliteration wa-innī kullamā daʿawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaʿalū aṣābiʿahum fī ādhānihim wa-is'taghshaw thiyābahum wa-aṣarrū wa-is'takbarū is'tik'bāran

English And indeed, every time I invited them that You may forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their garments, persisted, and were arrogant with [great] arrogance.

1. وَإِنِّىwa-innīAnd indeed, I
2. كُلَّمَاkullamāevery time
3. دَعَوْتُهُمْdaʿawtuhumI invited them
4. لِتَغْفِرَlitaghfirathat You may forgive
5. لَهُمْlahumthem
6. جَعَلُوٓا۟jaʿalūthey put
7. أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْaṣābiʿahumtheir fingers
8. فِىٓfīin
9. ءَاذَانِهِمْādhānihimtheir ears
10. وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟wa-is'taghshawand covered themselves
11. ثِيَابَهُمْthiyābahum(with) their garments
12. وَأَصَرُّوا۟wa-aṣarrūand persisted
13. وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟wa-is'takbarūand were arrogant
14. ٱسْتِكْبَارًۭاis'tik'bāran(with) pride

ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا

Transliteration thumma innī daʿawtuhum jihāran

English Then I invited them publicly.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِنِّىinnīindeed, I
3. دَعَوْتُهُمْdaʿawtuhuminvited them
4. جِهَارًۭاjihāranpublicly

ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا

Transliteration thumma innī aʿlantu lahum wa-asrartu lahum is'rāran

English Then I announced to them and [also] confided to them secretly

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. إِنِّىٓinnīindeed, I
3. أَعْلَنتُaʿlantuannounced
4. لَهُمْlahumto them
5. وَأَسْرَرْتُwa-asrartuand I confided
6. لَهُمْlahumto them
7. إِسْرَارًۭاis'rāransecretly

فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا

Transliteration faqul'tu is'taghfirū rabbakum innahu kāna ghaffāran

English And said, 'Ask forgiveness of your Lord. Indeed, He is ever a Perpetual Forgiver.

1. فَقُلْتُfaqul'tuThen I said
2. ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟is'taghfirūAsk forgiveness
3. رَبَّكُمْrabbakum(from) your Lord
4. إِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, He
5. كَانَkānais
6. غَفَّارًۭاghaffāranOft-Forgiving

يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا

Transliteration yur'sili l-samāa ʿalaykum mid'rāran

English He will send [rain from] the sky upon you in [continuing] showers

1. يُرْسِلِyur'siliHe will send down
2. ٱلسَّمَآءَl-samāa(rain from) the sky
3. عَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon you
4. مِّدْرَارًۭاmid'rāran(in) abundance

وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَـٰرًا

Transliteration wayum'did'kum bi-amwālin wabanīna wayajʿal lakum jannātin wayajʿal lakum anhāran

English And give you increase in wealth and children and provide for you gardens and provide for you rivers.

1. وَيُمْدِدْكُمwayum'did'kumAnd provide you
2. بِأَمْوَٰلٍۢbi-amwālinwith wealth
3. وَبَنِينَwabanīnaand children
4. وَيَجْعَلwayajʿaland make
5. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
6. جَنَّـٰتٍۢjannātingardens
7. وَيَجْعَلwayajʿaland make
8. لَّكُمْlakumfor you
9. أَنْهَـٰرًۭاanhāranrivers

مَّا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًا

Transliteration mā lakum lā tarjūna lillahi waqāran

English What is [the matter] with you that you do not attribute to Allāh [due] grandeur

1. مَّاmāWhat
2. لَكُمْlakum(is) for you
3. لَاlānot
4. تَرْجُونَtarjūnayou attribute
5. لِلَّهِlillahito Allah
6. وَقَارًۭاwaqārangrandeur

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ أَطْوَارًا

Transliteration waqad khalaqakum aṭwāran

English While He has created you in stages?

1. وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed
2. خَلَقَكُمْkhalaqakumHe created you
3. أَطْوَارًاaṭwāran(in) stages

أَلَمْ تَرَوْا۟ كَيْفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبْعَ سَمَـٰوَٰتٍ طِبَاقًا

Transliteration alam taraw kayfa khalaqa l-lahu sabʿa samāwātin ṭibāqan

English Do you not consider how Allāh has created seven heavens in layers

1. أَلَمْalamDo not
2. تَرَوْا۟tarawyou see
3. كَيْفَkayfahow
4. خَلَقَkhalaqadid create
5. ٱللَّهُl-lahuAllah
6. سَبْعَsabʿa(the) seven
7. سَمَـٰوَٰتٍۢsamāwātinheavens
8. طِبَاقًۭاṭibāqan(in) layers

وَجَعَلَ ٱلْقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورًا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا

Transliteration wajaʿala l-qamara fīhinna nūran wajaʿala l-shamsa sirājan

English And made the moon therein a [reflected] light and made the sun a burning lamp?

1. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaAnd made
2. ٱلْقَمَرَl-qamarathe moon
3. فِيهِنَّfīhinnatherein
4. نُورًۭاnūrana light
5. وَجَعَلَwajaʿalaand made
6. ٱلشَّمْسَl-shamsathe sun
7. سِرَاجًۭاsirājana lamp

وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلْأَرْضِ نَبَاتًا

Transliteration wal-lahu anbatakum mina l-arḍi nabātan

English And Allāh has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
2. أَنۢبَتَكُمanbatakumhas caused you to grow
3. مِّنَminafrom
4. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
5. نَبَاتًۭاnabātan(as) a growth

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا

Transliteration thumma yuʿīdukum fīhā wayukh'rijukum ikh'rājan

English Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

1. ثُمَّthummaThen
2. يُعِيدُكُمْyuʿīdukumHe will return you
3. فِيهَاfīhāinto it
4. وَيُخْرِجُكُمْwayukh'rijukumand bring you forth
5. إِخْرَاجًۭاikh'rājan(a new) bringing forth

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

Transliteration wal-lahu jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa bisāṭan

English And Allāh has made for you the earth an expanse

1. وَٱللَّهُwal-lahuAnd Allah
2. جَعَلَjaʿalamade
3. لَكُمُlakumufor you
4. ٱلْأَرْضَl-arḍathe earth
5. بِسَاطًۭاbisāṭanan expanse

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

Transliteration litaslukū min'hā subulan fijājan

English That you may follow therein roads of passage.'"

1. لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟litaslukūThat you may go along
2. مِنْهَاmin'hātherein
3. سُبُلًۭاsubulan(in) paths
4. فِجَاجًۭاfijājanwide

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

Transliteration qāla nūḥun rabbi innahum ʿaṣawnī wa-ittabaʿū man lam yazid'hu māluhu wawaladuhu illā khasāran

English Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

1. قَالَqālaSaid
2. نُوحٌۭnūḥunNuh
3. رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
4. إِنَّهُمْinnahumIndeed, they
5. عَصَوْنِىʿaṣawnīdisobeyed me
6. وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟wa-ittabaʿūand followed
7. مَنman(the one) who
8. لَّمْlam(did) not
9. يَزِدْهُyazid'huincrease him
10. مَالُهُۥmāluhuhis wealth
11. وَوَلَدُهُۥٓwawaladuhuand his children
12. إِلَّاillāexcept
13. خَسَارًۭاkhasāran(in) loss

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

Transliteration wamakarū makran kubbāran

English And they conspired an immense conspiracy

1. وَمَكَرُوا۟wamakarūAnd they have planned
2. مَكْرًۭاmakrana plan
3. كُبَّارًۭاkubbārangreat

وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا

Transliteration waqālū lā tadharunna ālihatakum walā tadharunna waddan walā suwāʿan walā yaghūtha wayaʿūqa wanasran

English And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwāʿ or Yaghūth and Yaʿūq and Nasr.'

1. وَقَالُوا۟waqālūAnd they said
2. لَاlā(Do) not
3. تَذَرُنَّtadharunnaleave
4. ءَالِهَتَكُمْālihatakumyour gods
5. وَلَاwalāand (do) not
6. تَذَرُنَّtadharunnaleave
7. وَدًّۭاwaddanWadd
8. وَلَاwalāand not
9. سُوَاعًۭاsuwāʿanSuwa
10. وَلَاwalāand not
11. يَغُوثَyaghūthaYaguth
12. وَيَعُوقَwayaʿūqaand Yauq
13. وَنَسْرًۭاwanasranand Nasr

وَقَدْ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِيرًا ۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَـٰلًا

Transliteration waqad aḍallū kathīran walā tazidi l-ẓālimīna illā ḍalālan

English And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

1. وَقَدْwaqadAnd indeed
2. أَضَلُّوا۟aḍallūthey have led astray
3. كَثِيرًۭا ۖkathīranmany
4. وَلَاwalāAnd not
5. تَزِدِtazidiincrease
6. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
7. إِلَّاillāexcept
8. ضَلَـٰلًۭاḍalālan(in) error

مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِهِمْ أُغْرِقُوا۟ فَأُدْخِلُوا۟ نَارًا فَلَمْ يَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارًا

Transliteration mimmā khaṭīātihim ugh'riqū fa-ud'khilū nāran falam yajidū lahum min dūni l-lahi anṣāran

English Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allāh [any] helpers.

1. مِّمَّاmimmāBecause of
2. خَطِيٓـَٔـٰتِهِمْkhaṭīātihimtheir sins
3. أُغْرِقُوا۟ugh'riqūthey were drowned
4. فَأُدْخِلُوا۟fa-ud'khilūthen made to enter
5. نَارًۭاnāran(the) Fire
6. فَلَمْfalamand not
7. يَجِدُوا۟yajidūthey found
8. لَهُمlahumfor themselves
9. مِّنminfrom
10. دُونِdūnibesides
11. ٱللَّهِl-lahiAllah
12. أَنصَارًۭاanṣāranany helpers

وَقَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى ٱلْأَرْضِ مِنَ ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

Transliteration waqāla nūḥun rabbi lā tadhar ʿalā l-arḍi mina l-kāfirīna dayyāran

English And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

1. وَقَالَwaqālaAnd said
2. نُوحٌۭnūḥunNuh
3. رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
4. لَاlā(Do) not
5. تَذَرْtadharleave
6. عَلَىʿalāon
7. ٱلْأَرْضِl-arḍithe earth
8. مِنَminaany
9. ٱلْكَـٰفِرِينَl-kāfirīna(of) the disbelievers
10. دَيَّارًاdayyāran(as) an inhabitant

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا

Transliteration innaka in tadharhum yuḍillū ʿibādaka walā yalidū illā fājiran kaffāran

English Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.

1. إِنَّكَinnakaIndeed, You
2. إِنinif
3. تَذَرْهُمْtadharhumYou leave them
4. يُضِلُّوا۟yuḍillūthey will mislead
5. عِبَادَكَʿibādakaYour slaves
6. وَلَاwalāand not
7. يَلِدُوٓا۟yalidūthey will beget
8. إِلَّاillāexcept
9. فَاجِرًۭاfājirana wicked
10. كَفَّارًۭاkaffārana disbeliever

رَّبِّ ٱغْفِرْ لِى وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارًۢا

Transliteration rabbi igh'fir lī waliwālidayya waliman dakhala baytiya mu'minan walil'mu'minīna wal-mu'mināti walā tazidi l-ẓālimīna illā tabāran

English My Lord, forgive me and my parents and whoever enters my house a believer and the believing men and believing women. And do not increase the wrongdoers except in destruction."

1. رَّبِّrabbiMy Lord
2. ٱغْفِرْigh'firForgive
3. لِىlīme
4. وَلِوَٰلِدَىَّwaliwālidayyaand my parents
5. وَلِمَنwalimanand whoever
6. دَخَلَdakhalaenters
7. بَيْتِىَbaytiyamy house
8. مُؤْمِنًۭاmu'minana believer
9. وَلِلْمُؤْمِنِينَwalil'mu'minīnaand the believing men
10. وَٱلْمُؤْمِنَـٰتِwal-mu'minātiand the believing women
11. وَلَاwalāAnd (do) not
12. تَزِدِtazidiincrease
13. ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَl-ẓālimīnathe wrongdoers
14. إِلَّاillāexcept
15. تَبَارًۢاtabāran(in) destruction