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Surah Nuh English Translation,Transliteration Tafsir [1-10]

About the surah nuh

Nūḥ (Arabic: نوح, “Noah”) is the seventy-first chapter (surah) of the Quran with 28 verses (ayat).

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The summary/theme of the surah nuh

Prophet Noah (Nuh) complains about his people's rejection of all warnings given by God through Prophet Noah AS (Nuh). In Nuh, the seventy-first surah, the Quran mentions Nuh's prophethood in snippets.

Lesson learned from surah nuh

  1. When the time of Allāh comes, it does not delay in the slightest.  
  2. Nūḥ عليه السلام complained to Allāh after 950 years of preaching, ‘My Rabb! I have called my people towards You night and day. Each time I preached to them, they would put their fingers in their ears, cover their heads with their clothes, show stubbornness and extreme arrogance. I preached to them openly and in secret; but my preaching only increased them in distancing themselves from You.’  
  3. Istighfār (Seeking forgiveness from Allāh) has many benefits apart from the main one, which is forgiveness.  
  4. From the benefits: safety from drought, increase in wealth, offspring, and blessings in agriculture/food. 

 

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بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

 

إِنَّآ أَرۡسَلۡنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوۡمِهِۦٓ أَنۡ أَنذِرۡ قَوۡمَكَ مِن قَبۡلِ أَن يَأۡتِيَهُمۡ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٞ
 Transliteration:( Innaaa arsalnaa Noohan ilaa qawmihee an anzir qawmaka min qabli any yaatiyahum 'azaabun aleem )

1. Surely, We sent Nuh (1) to the people, saying: "Warn your people, before there comes upon them a painful punishment"(2).
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Topic Discussed: Prophet Nooh   | Severe Punishment   | Story of Nuh   |

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ إِنِّي لَكُمۡ نَذِيرٞ مُّبِينٌ
 Transliteration:( Qaala yaa qawmi innee lakum nazeerum mubeen )

2. He said: "O my people, I am a clear warner (3) to you."
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Topic Discussed: Warner   | Story of Nuh   |

أَنِ ٱعۡبُدُواْ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ
 Transliteration:( Ani'-budul laaha watta qoohu wa atee'oon )

3."That you should worship (4) Allah and fear Him, and obey me."
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Topic Discussed: Fear   | Worship(Word)   | Allah(Word)   | Story of Nuh   |

يَغۡفِرۡ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمۡ وَيُؤَخِّرۡكُمۡ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٖ مُّسَمًّىۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُۚ لَوۡ كُنتُمۡ تَعۡلَمُونَ
 Transliteration:( Yaghfir lakum min zunoobikum wa yu'akhkhirkum ilaaa ajalim musammaa; innaa ajalal laahi izaa jaaa'a laa yu'akhkhar; law kuntum ta'lamoon )

4."He will forgive (5) some of your sins and grant you a delay to an appointed (6) term. Certainly, the promise of Allah cannot be deferred (7) when it comes. If you but know (8).
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Topic Discussed: Sin(Word)   | Forgiveness(Word)   | Promise(Word)   | Allah(Word)   | Story of Nuh   |

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُ قَوۡمِي لَيۡلٗا وَنَهَارٗا
 Transliteration:( Qaala rabbi innee da'awtu qawmee lailanw wa naharaa )

5.He (9) (Nuh) said: "O my Lord, certainly I have called my people night and day (10)"
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Topic Discussed: Story of Nuh   | Night(Word)   | Day(Word)   | Rab(Word)   |

فَلَمۡ يَزِدۡهُمۡ دُعَآءِيٓ إِلَّا فِرَارٗا
 Transliteration:( Falam yazid hum du'aaa 'eee illaa firaaraa )

6. "But the more I call them the more they run away (11)"
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Topic Discussed: Story of Nuh   |

وَإِنِّي كُلَّمَا دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ لِتَغۡفِرَ لَهُمۡ جَعَلُوٓاْ أَصَٰبِعَهُمۡ فِيٓ ءَاذَانِهِمۡ وَٱسۡتَغۡشَوۡاْ ثِيَابَهُمۡ وَأَصَرُّواْ وَٱسۡتَكۡبَرُواْ ٱسۡتِكۡبَارٗا
 Transliteration:( Wa inee kullamaa da'awtuhum litaghfira lahum ja'alooo asaabi'ahum fee aazaanihim wastaghshaw siyaabahum wa asaarroo wastakbarus tikbaaraa )

7."And whenever I called them that You may forgive (12) them, they put their fingers in their ears (13), covered themselves with their garments (14), and persisted and became arrogant (15)."
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Topic Discussed: Story of Nuh   | Garments(Words)   | Forgiveness(Word)   | Arrogant(Word)   | Ears   |

ثُمَّ إِنِّي دَعَوۡتُهُمۡ جِهَارٗا
 Transliteration:( Summa innee da'aw tuhum jihaara )

8."Then I called them openly (16)."
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Topic Discussed: Story of Nuh   | Openly(Word)   |

ثُمَّ إِنِّيٓ أَعۡلَنتُ لَهُمۡ وَأَسۡرَرۡتُ لَهُمۡ إِسۡرَارٗا
 Transliteration:( Summaa inneee a'lantu lahum wa asrartu lahum israaraa )

9."And then I preached to them in public and spoke to them in secret (17)."
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Topic Discussed: Secretly   | Story of Nuh   |

فَقُلۡتُ ٱسۡتَغۡفِرُواْ رَبَّكُمۡ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارٗا
 Transliteration:( Faqultus taghfiroo Rabbakum innahoo kaana Ghaffaaraa )

10.I said: "Ask forgiveness (18) of your Lord. Verily He is Most Forgiving."
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Topic Discussed: Story of Nuh   | Forgiveness(Word)   | Most Forgiving, Most Compassionate   | Rab(Word)   |

Surah Nuh English Translation and Transliteration

In Surah Nuh you can read the translation of Ahmad Raza Khan who was a renowned scholar of the Islamic world and his translation book is known as Kanzul Imaan. You can read the transliteration of Surah Nuh which will help you to understand how to read the Arabic text. Apart from that, we have included a Word-By-Word English Translation of the Arabic text of Surah Nuh.

Surah Nuh English Tafsir/Tafseer (Commentry)

In Surah Nuh we have included two Tafseer (Commentary) in English. The first one is from Mufti Ahmad Yaar Khan who was a well-known scholar. In this tafsir, we have also included the most popular Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is the most comprehensive tafsir available in the world. You can read both or any one of your choice.

Frequently Asked Questions

There are 28 verses / Ayat in Surah Nuh

Surah Nuh was revealed in Makkah

Surah Nuh can be found in Juz or Para 29

There are 1 1/2 Ruku in Surah Nuh

Surah number of Surah Nuh is 71

The meaning of Surah Nuh is Noah, Prophet Nuh

You can find English Translation, Transliteration and Tafseer/Tafsir of Surah Nuh here at quran4ever.com. Here two tafseer are currently.One is Tafsir Ibn-Kathir and another one is Tafsir-e-Naeemi.

Dear bothers and sisters as a Sunni Muslim we cannot say any Translation and Tafseer was as long it conforms with the 4 school of thoughts. But here at quran4ever.com, we have included Tafsir Ibn-Kathir which is most comprehensive tafsir. Apart from that we have also included tafsir of Mufti Ahmad Yaar khan, Tafsir-e-Naeemi of Surah Nuh.

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