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Surah Nuh (نوح)

Noah

Surah Details

Verses

28

Pages

11431146

Revelation

Meccan

Juz

29

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Surah Nuh (نوح), meaning “Noah”, is the 71st surah of the Holy Quran. It is a Meccan surah, revealed in Mecca, consisting of 28 verses (ayat). It spans 4 pages in this transliteration edition, from page 1143 to page 1146, and falls within Juz 29 of the Quran.

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  • Prolongation (Madd)
  • Long prolongation
  • Nasalisation (Ghunnah)
  • Echo (Qalqalah)
  • Heavy (Tafkheem)
  1. 1Verse 1

    إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرۡ قَوۡمَكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ

    Inna arsalna noohan ila qawmihi an anthir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum AAathabun aleemun

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

  2. 2Verse 2

    قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ

    Qala ya qawmi innee lakum natheerun mubeenun

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

  3. 3Verse 3

    أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ

    Ani oAAbudoo Allaha waittaqoohu waateeAAooni

    [Saying], 'Worship Allah, fear Him and obey me

  4. 4Verse 4

    يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُؤَخِّرۡكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُۚ لَوۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ

    Yaghfir lakum min thunoobikum wayuakhkhirkum ila ajalin musamman inna ajala Allahi itha jaa la yuakhkharu law kuntum taAAlamoona

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

  5. 5Verse 5

    قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُ قَوۡمِي لَيۡلٗا وَنَهَارٗا

    Qala rabbi innee daAAawtu qawmee laylan wanaharan

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

  6. 6Verse 6

    فَلَمۡ يَزِدۡهُمۡ دُعَآءِيٓ إِلَّا فِرَارٗا

    Falam yazidhum duAAaee illa firaran

    But my invitation increased them not except in flight

  7. 7Verse 7

    وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ لِتَغۡفِرَ لَهُمۡ جَعَلُوٓاْ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ ثِيَابَهُمۡ وَأَصَرُّواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا

    Wainnee kullama daAAawtuhum litaghfira lahum jaAAaloo asabiAAahum fee athanihim waistaghshaw thiyabahum waasarroo waistakbaroo istikbaran

    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

  8. 8Verse 8

    ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارٗا

    Thumma innee daAAawtuhum jiharan

    Then I invited them publicly

  9. 9Verse 9

    ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارٗا

    Thumma innee aAAlantu lahum waasrartu lahum israran

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

  10. 10Verse 10

    فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارٗا

    Faqultu istaghfiroo rabbakum innahu kana ghaffaran

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

  11. 11Verse 11

    يُرۡسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّدۡرَارٗا

    Yursili alssamaa AAalaykum midraran

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

  12. 12Verse 12

    وَيُمۡدِدۡكُم بِأَمۡوَٰلٖ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ جَنَّـٰتٖ وَيَجۡعَل لَّكُمۡ أَنۡهَٰرٗا

    Wayumdidkum biamwalin wabaneena wayajAAal lakum jannatin wayajAAal lakum anharan

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

  13. 13Verse 13

    مَّا لَكُمۡ لَا تَرۡجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارٗا

    Ma lakum la tarjoona lillahi waqaran

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

  14. 14Verse 14

    وَقَدۡ خَلَقَكُمۡ أَطۡوَارًا

    Waqad khalaqakum atwaran

    While He has created you in stages

  15. 15Verse 15

    أَلَمۡ تَرَوۡاْ كَيۡفَ خَلَقَ ٱللَّهُ سَبۡعَ سَمَٰوَٰتٖ طِبَاقٗا

    Alam taraw kayfa khalaqa Allahu sabAAa samawatin tibaqan

    Do you not consider how Allah has created seven heavens in layers

  16. 16Verse 16

    وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِيهِنَّ نُورٗا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجٗا

    WajaAAala alqamara feehinna nooran wajaAAala alshshamsa sirajan

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

  17. 17Verse 17

    وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتٗا

    WaAllahu anbatakum mina alardi nabatan

    And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth

  18. 18Verse 18

    ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمۡ فِيهَا وَيُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجٗا

    Thumma yuAAeedukum feeha wayukhrijukum ikhrajan

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

  19. 19Verse 19

    وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطٗا

    WaAllahu jaAAala lakumu alarda bisatan

    And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

  20. 20Verse 20

    لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا سُبُلٗا فِجَاجٗا

    Litaslukoo minha subulan fijajan

    That you may follow therein roads of passage

  21. 21Verse 21

    قَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا

    Qala noohun rabbi innahum AAasawnee waittabaAAoo man lam yazidhu maluhu wawaladuhu illa khasaran

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

  22. 22Verse 22

    وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا كُبَّارٗا

    Wamakaroo makran kubbaran

    And they conspired an immense conspiracy

  23. 23Verse 23

    وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدّٗا وَلَا سُوَاعٗا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرٗا

    Waqaloo la tatharunna alihatakum wala tatharunna waddan wala suwaAAan wala yaghootha wayaAAooqa wanasran

    And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr

  24. 24Verse 24

    وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗاۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلٗا

    Waqad adalloo katheeran wala tazidi alththalimeena illa dalalan

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

  25. 25Verse 25

    مِّمَّا خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُواْ فَأُدۡخِلُواْ نَارٗا فَلَمۡ يَجِدُواْ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارٗا

    Mimma khateeatihim oghriqoo faodkhiloo naran falam yajidoo lahum min dooni Allahi ansaran

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

  26. 26Verse 26

    وَقَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنَ ٱلۡكَٰفِرِينَ دَيَّارًا

    Waqala noohun rabbi la tathar AAala alardi mina alkafireena dayyaran

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

  27. 27Verse 27

    إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرۡهُمۡ يُضِلُّواْ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوٓاْ إِلَّا فَاجِرٗا كَفَّارٗا

    Innaka in tatharhum yudilloo AAibadaka wala yalidoo illa fajiran kaffaran

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

  28. 28Verse 28

    رَّبِّ ٱغۡفِرۡ لِي وَلِوَٰلِدَيَّ وَلِمَن دَخَلَ بَيۡتِيَ مُؤۡمِنٗا وَلِلۡمُؤۡمِنِينَ وَٱلۡمُؤۡمِنَٰتِۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا تَبَارَۢا

    Rabbi ighfir lee waliwalidayya waliman dakhala baytiya muminan walilmumineena waalmuminati wala tazidi alththalimeena illa tabaran

    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

Arabic text: The Noble Qur’an Encyclopedia. Transliteration: Tanzil.net. Translation: Saheeh International. Compiled via quran-json (CC BY 4.0).

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How many verses are in Surah Nuh?

Surah Nuh (نوح) contains 28 verses (ayat).

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Surah Nuh is a Meccan surah, meaning it was revealed in Mecca before the migration (Hijra) to Medina.

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The name “Nuh” (نوح) translates to “Noah” in English.

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