| 1. We sent Noah to his 
												People (with the Command): "Do 
												thou warn thy People before 
												there comes to them a grievous 
												Penalty."
 2. He said: "O my People! I am 
												to you a Warner, clear and open:
 
 3. "That ye should worship 
												Allah, fear Him and obey me:
 
 4. "So He may forgive you your 
												sins and give you respite for a 
												stated Term: for when the Term 
												given by Allah is accomplished, 
												it cannot be put forward: if ye 
												only knew."
 
 5. He said: "O my Lord! I have 
												called to my People night and 
												day:
 
 6. "But my call only increases 
												(their) flight (from the Right).
 
 7. "And every time I have called 
												to them, that Thou mightest 
												forgive them, they have (only) 
												thrust their fingers into their 
												ears, covered themselves up with 
												their garments, grown obstinate, 
												and given themselves up to 
												arrogance.
 
 8. "So I have called to them 
												aloud;
 
 9. "Further I have spoken to 
												them in public and secretly in 
												private,
 
 10. "Saying, 'Ask forgiveness 
												from your Lord; for He is 
												Oft-Forgiving;
 
 11. "'He will send rain to you 
												in abundance;
 
 12. "'Give you increase in 
												wealth and sons; and bestow on 
												you gardens and bestow on you 
												rivers (of flowing water).
 
 13. "'What is the matter with 
												you, that ye place not your hope 
												for kindness and long-suffering 
												in Allah,-
 
 14. "'Seeing that it is He that 
												has created you in diverse 
												stages?
 
 15. "'See ye not how Allah has 
												created the seven heavens one 
												above another,
 
 16. "'And made the moon a light 
												in their midst, and made the sun 
												as a (Glorious) Lamp?
 
 17. "'And Allah has produced you 
												from the earth growing 
												(gradually),
 
 18. "'And in the End He will 
												return you into the (earth), and 
												raise you forth (again at the 
												Resurrection)?
 
 19. "'And Allah has made the 
												earth for you as a carpet 
												(spread out),
 
 20. "'That ye may go about 
												therein, in spacious roads.'"
 
 21. Noah said: "O my Lord! They 
												have disobeyed me, but they 
												follow (men) whose wealth and 
												children give them no increase 
												but only Loss.
 
 22. "And they have devised a 
												tremendous Plot.
 
 23. "And they have said (to each 
												other), 'Abandon not your gods: 
												Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', 
												neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor 
												Nasr';-
 
 24. "They have already misled 
												many; and grant Thou no increase 
												to the wrong- doers but in 
												straying (from their mark)."
 
 25. Because of their sins they 
												were drowned (in the flood), and 
												were made to enter the Fire (of 
												Punishment): and they found- in 
												lieu of Allah. none to help 
												them.
 
 26. And Noah, said: "O my Lord! 
												Leave not of the Unbelievers, a 
												single one on earth!
 
 27. "For, if Thou dost leave 
												(any of) them, they will but 
												mislead Thy devotees, and they 
												will breed none but wicked 
												ungrateful ones.
 
 28. "O my Lord! Forgive me, my 
												parents, all who enter my house 
												in Faith, and (all) believing 
												men and believing women: and to 
												the wrong-doers grant Thou no 
												increase but in perdition!"
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