Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. ويصنع الفلك وكلما مر عليه ملأ من قومه سخروا منه قال إن تسخروا منا فإنا نسخر منكم كما تسخرون

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   As he was building the ark, whenever the elders of his people passed by him, they would ridicule him. He said, ‘If you ridicule us [today], we shall ridicule you [tomorrow] just as you ridicule us [now].

   wa-yaṣnaʿu l-fulka wa-kullamā marra ʿalayhi malaʾun min qawmihī sakhirū minhu qāla ʾin taskharū minnā fa-ʾinnā naskharu minkum ka-mā taskharūna

2. فسوف تعلمون من يأتيه عذاب يخزيه ويحل عليه عذاب مقيم

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   Soon you will know whom a disgraceful punishment will overtake and on whom a lasting punishment will descend.’

   fa-sawfa taʿlamūna man yaʾtīhi ʿadhābun yukhzīhi wa-yaḥillu ʿalayhi ʿadhābun muqīmun

3. حتى إذا جاء أمرنا وفار التنور قلنا احمل فيها من كل زوجين اثنين وأهلك إلا من سبق عليه القول ومن آمن وما آمن معه إلا قليل

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   When Our edict came and the oven gushed [a stream of water], We said, ‘Carry in it a pair of every kind [of animal], along with your family—except those [of them] against whom the edict has already been given—and those who have faith.’ And none believed with him except a few.

   ḥattā ʾidhā jāʾa ʾamrunā wa-fāra t-tannūru qulnā ḥmil fīhā min kullin zawjayni thnayni wa-ʾahlaka ʾillā man sabaqa ʿalayhi l-qawlu wa-man ʾāmana wa-mā ʾāmana maʿahū ʾillā qalīlun

4. وقال اركبوا فيها بسم الله مجراها ومرساها إن ربي لغفور رحيم

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   He said, ‘Board it: In the Name of Allah it shall set sail and cast anchor. Indeed my Lord is all-forgiving, all-merciful.’

   wa-qāla rkabū fīhā bi-smi llāhi majrāhā wa-mursāhā ʾinna rabbī la-ghafūrun raḥīmun

5. وهي تجري بهم في موج كالجبال ونادى نوح ابنه وكان في معزل يا بني اركب معنا ولا تكن مع الكافرين

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   And it sailed along with them amid waves [rising] like mountains. Noah called out to his son, who stood aloof, ‘O my son! ‘Board with us, and do not be with the faithless!’

   wa-hiya tajrī bihim fī mawjin ka-l-jibāli wa-nādā nūḥun-i bnahū wa-kāna fī maʿzilin yā-bunayya rkab maʿanā wa-lā takun maʿa l-kāfirīna

6. قال سآوي إلى جبل يعصمني من الماء قال لا عاصم اليوم من أمر الله إلا من رحم وحال بينهما الموج فكان من المغرقين

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   He said, ‘I shall take refuge on a mountain; it will protect me from the flood.’ He said, ‘There is none today who can protect from Allah’s edict, except someone upon whom He has mercy.’ Then the waves came between them, and he was among those who were drowned.

   qāla sa-ʾāwī ʾilā jabalin yaʿṣimunī mina l-māʾi qāla lā ʿāṣima l-yawma min ʾamri llāhi ʾillā man raḥima wa-ḥāla baynahumā l-mawju fa-kāna mina l-mughraqīna

7. وقيل يا أرض ابلعي ماءك ويا سماء أقلعي وغيض الماء وقضي الأمر واستوت على الجودي وقيل بعدا للقوم الظالمين

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   Then it was said, ‘O earth, swallow your water! O sky, leave off!’ The waters receded; the edict was carried out, and it settled on [Mount] Judi. Then it was said, ‘Away with the wrongdoing lot!’

   wa-qīla yā-ʾarḍu blaʿī māʾaki wa-yā-samāʾu ʾaqliʿī wa-ghīḍa l-māʾu wa-quḍiya l-ʾamru wa-stawat ʿalā l-jūdiyyi wa-qīla buʿdan li-l-qawmi ẓ-ẓālimīna

8. ونادى نوح ربه فقال رب إن ابني من أهلي وإن وعدك الحق وأنت أحكم الحاكمين

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   Noah called out to his Lord, and said, ‘My Lord! My son is indeed from my family. Your promise is indeed true, and You are the fairest of all judges.’

   wa-nādā nūḥun rabbahū fa-qāla rabbi ʾinna bnī min ʾahlī wa-ʾinna waʿdaka l-ḥaqqu wa-ʾanta ʾaḥkamu l-ḥākimīna