لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَانُوحًاإِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ يَاقَوْمِ اعْبُدُوااللَّهَ مَالَكُم مِّنْ إِلَٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
Indeed, We sent Nūḥ (Noah) to his people and he said: “O my people! Worship Allāh! You have no other Ilah (God) but Him. (Lā ilāha illā Allāh: none has the right to be worshipped but Allāh). Certainly, I fear for you the torment of a Severe Day!”
فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوارَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُ كَانَ غَفَّارًا
“I (Nūḥ) said (to them): ‘Ask forgiveness from your Lord; Verily, He is Oft-Forgiving;
يُرْسِلِ السَّمَاءَ عَلَيْكُ ممِّدْرَارًا
‘He will send rain to you in abundance;
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَالٍ وَبَنِينَوَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّاتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَارًا
‘And give you increase in wealth and children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.”
يَاأَبَتِ إِنِّي أَخَافُ أَن يَمَسَّكَ عَذَابٌ مِّنَ الرَّحْمَٰنِ فَتَكُونَ لِلشَّيْطَانِ وَلِيًّا
“O my father! Verily! I fear lest a torment from the Most Beneficent (Allāh) overtake you, so that you become a companion of Shayṭān (Satan) (in the Hell-fire).”
قَالَ أَرَاغِبٌ أَنتَ عَنْ آلِهَتِي يَاإِبْرَاهِيمُۖ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ لَأَرْجُمَنَّكَۖ وَاهْجُرْنِي مَلِيًّا
He (the father) said: “Do you reject my gods, O Ibrāhīm? If you stop not (this), I will indeed stone you. So get away from me safely before I punish you.”
قَالَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَۖ سَأَسْتَغْفِرُلَكَ رَبِّيۖ إِنَّهُ كَانَ بِي حَفِيًّا
Ibrāhīm said: “Peace be on you! I will ask Forgiveness of my Lord for you. Verily! He is unto me, Ever Most Gracious.
وَجَاهِدُوافِياللَّهِحَقَّجِهَادِهِۚهُوَاجْتَبَاكُمْوَمَاجَعَلَعَلَيْكُمْفِيالدِّينِمِنْحَرَجٍۚمِّلَّةَأَبِيكُمْإِبْرَاهِيمَ
And strive hard (make Jihād) in Allāh’s Cause with a true Jihād. He has chosen you (to convey His Message of Islamic Monotheism to mankind by inviting them to His religion, Islām), and has not laid upon you in religion any hardship, it is the religion of your father Ibrāhīm