The Quran

Indeed, We sent Noah to his people ˹saying to him˺, “Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them.”

Noah proclaimed, “O my people! I am truly sent to you with a clear warning

worship Allah ˹alone˺, fear Him, and obey me

He will forgive your sins, and delay your end until the appointed time. Indeed, when the time set by Allah comes, it cannot be delayed, if only you knew!”

He cried, “My Lord! I have surely called my people day and night

but my calls only made them run farther away

And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly

Then I certainly called them openly

then I surely preached to them publicly and privately

saying, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving

He will shower you with abundant rain

supply you with wealth and children, and give you gardens as well as rivers

What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah

when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺

Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other

placing the moon within them as a ˹reflected˺ light, and the sun as a ˹radiant˺ lamp

Allah ˹alone˺ caused you to grow from the earth like a plant

Then He will return you to it, and then simply bring you forth ˹again˺

And Allah ˹alone˺ spread out the earth for you

to walk along its spacious pathways.’”

˹Eventually,˺ Noah cried, “My Lord! They have certainly persisted in disobeying me, and followed ˹instead˺ those ˹elite˺ whose ˹abundant˺ wealth and children only increase them in loss

and who have devised a tremendous plot

urging ˹their followers˺, ‘Do not abandon your idols—especially Wadd, Suwâ’, Yaghûth, Ya’ûq, and Nasr.’

Those ˹elite˺ have already led many astray. So ˹O Lord˺, only allow the wrongdoers to stray farther away.”

So because of their sins, they were drowned, then admitted into the Fire. And they found none to help them against Allah

Noah had prayed, “My Lord! Do not leave a single disbeliever on earth

For if You spare ˹any of˺ them, they will certainly mislead Your servants, and give birth only to ˹wicked˺ sinners, staunch disbelievers

My Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house in faith, and ˹all˺ believing men and women. And increase the wrongdoers only in destruction.”