Surah Hūd (Hud) in English

1. قال يا نوح إنه ليس من أهلك إنه عمل غير صالح فلا تسألن ما ليس لك به علم إني أعظك أن تكون من الجاهلين

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   Said He, ‘O Noah! Indeed, He is not of your family. Indeed, he is [personification of] unrighteous conduct. So do not ask Me [something] of which you have no knowledge. I advise you lest you should be among the ignorant.’

   qāla yā-nūḥu ʾinnahū laysa min ʾahlika ʾinnahū ʿamalun ghayru ṣāliḥin fa-lā tasʾalni mā laysa laka bihī ʿilmun ʾinnī ʾaʿiẓuka ʾan takūna mina l-jāhilīna

2. قال رب إني أعوذ بك أن أسألك ما ليس لي به علم وإلا تغفر لي وترحمني أكن من الخاسرين

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   He said, ‘My Lord! I seek Your protection lest I should ask You something of which I have no knowledge. If You do not forgive me and have mercy upon me I shall be among the losers.’

   qāla rabbi ʾinnī ʾaʿūdhu bika ʾan ʾasʾalaka mā laysa lī bihī ʿilmun wa-ʾillā taghfir lī wa-tarḥamnī ʾakun mina l-khāsirīna

3. قيل يا نوح اهبط بسلام منا وبركات عليك وعلى أمم ممن معك وأمم سنمتعهم ثم يمسهم منا عذاب أليم

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   It was said, ‘O Noah! Disembark in peace from Us and with [Our] blessings upon you and upon nations [to descend] from those who are with you, and nations whom We shall provide for, then a painful punishment from Us shall befall them.’

   qīla yā-nūḥu hbiṭ bi-salāmin minnā wa-barakātin ʿalayka wa-ʿalā ʾumamin mimman maʿaka wa-ʾumamun sa-numattiʿuhum thumma yamassuhum minnā ʿadhābun ʾalīmun

4. تلك من أنباء الغيب نوحيها إليك ما كنت تعلمها أنت ولا قومك من قبل هذا فاصبر إن العاقبة للمتقين

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   These are accounts of the Unseen, which We reveal to you. Neither you nor your people used to know them before this. So be patient. Indeed the outcome will be in favour of the Godwary.

   tilka min ʾanbāʾi l-ghaybi nūḥīhā ʾilayka mā kunta taʿlamuhā ʾanta wa-lā qawmuka min qabli hādhā fa-ṣbir ʾinna l-ʿāqibata li-l-muttaqīna

5. وإلى عاد أخاهم هودا قال يا قوم اعبدوا الله ما لكم من إله غيره إن أنتم إلا مفترون

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   And to ‘Ad [We sent] Hud, their brother. He said, ‘O my people! Worship Allah. You have no other god besides Him: you merely fabricate [the deities that you worship].

   wa-ʾilā ʿādin ʾakhāhum hūdan qāla yā-qawmi ʿbudū llāha mā lakum min ʾilāhin ghayruhū ʾin ʾantum ʾillā muftarūna

6. يا قوم لا أسألكم عليه أجرا إن أجري إلا على الذي فطرني أفلا تعقلون

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   ‘O my people! I do not ask you any reward for it. My reward lies only with Him who originated me. Do you not exercise your reason?

   yā-qawmi lā ʾasʾalukum ʿalayhi ʾajran ʾin ʾajriya ʾillā ʿalā lladhī faṭaranī ʾa-fa-lā taʿqilūna

7. ويا قوم استغفروا ربكم ثم توبوا إليه يرسل السماء عليكم مدرارا ويزدكم قوة إلى قوتكم ولا تتولوا مجرمين

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   ‘O my people! Plead with your Lord for forgiveness, then turn to Him penitently: He will send copious rains for you from the sky, and add power to your [present] power. So do not turn your backs [on Him] as guilty ones.’

   wa-yā-qawmi staghfirū rabbakum thumma tūbū ʾilayhi yursili s-samāʾa ʿalaykum midrāran wa-yazidkum quwwatan ʾilā quwwatikum wa-lā tatawallaw mujrimīna

8. قالوا يا هود ما جئتنا ببينة وما نحن بتاركي آلهتنا عن قولك وما نحن لك بمؤمنين

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   They said, ‘O Hud, you have not brought us any manifest proof. We are not going to abandon our gods for what you say, and we are not going to believe you.

   qālū yā-hūdu mā jiʾtanā bi-bayyinatin wa-mā naḥnu bi-tārikī ʾālihatinā ʿan qawlika wa-mā naḥnu laka bi-muʾminīna