Verse 71:20 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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وَجَعَلَ ٱلۡقَمَرَ فِیهِنَّ نُورࣰا وَجَعَلَ ٱلشَّمۡسَ سِرَاجࣰا ١٦
wajaʿala l-qamara fīhinna nūran wajaʿala l-shamsa sirāja
placed the moon as a light in them and the sun as a lamp
17
وَٱللَّهُ أَنۢبَتَكُم مِّنَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِ نَبَاتࣰا ١٧
wal-lahu anbatakum mina l-arḍi nabāta
how God made you spring forth from the earth like a plant
18
ثُمَّ یُعِیدُكُمۡ فِیهَا وَیُخۡرِجُكُمۡ إِخۡرَاجࣰا ١٨
thumma yuʿīdukum fīhā wayukh'rijukum ikh'rāja
how He will return you into it and then bring you out again
19
وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطࣰا ١٩
wal-lahu jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa bisāṭa
and how He has spread the Earth out for yo
20
لِّتَسۡلُكُوا۟ مِنۡهَا سُبُلࣰا فِجَاجࣰا ٢٠
litaslukū min'hā subulan fijāja
to walk along its spacious paths?” ’
21
قَالَ نُوحࣱ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِی وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمۡ یَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥۤ إِلَّا خَسَارࣰا ٢١
qāla nūḥun rabbi innahum ʿaṣawnī wa-ittabaʿū man lam yazid'hu māluhu wawaladuhu illā khasāra
Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin
22
وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكۡرࣰا كُبَّارࣰا ٢٢
wamakarū makran kubbāra
who have made a grand plan
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وَقَالُوا۟ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدࣰّا وَلَا سُوَاعࣰا وَلَا یَغُوثَ وَیَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرࣰا ٢٣
waqālū lā tadharunna ālihatakum walā tadharunna waddan walā suwāʿan walā yaghūtha wayaʿūqa wanasra
saying, “Do not renounce your gods
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وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّوا۟ كَثِیرࣰاۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِینَ إِلَّا ضَلَـٰلࣰا ٢٤
waqad aḍallū kathīran walā tazidi l-ẓālimīna illā ḍalāla
Do not renounce Wadd, Suwa, Yaghuth, Yauq, or Nasr!” They have led many astray. Lord, bring nothing but destruction down on the evildoers!’
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