Verse 71:21 in Context

Translator Abdel Haleem
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 23 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 24 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!’ 25 مِّمَّا خَطِیۤءَـٰتِهِمۡ أُغۡرِقُوا۟ فَأُدۡخِلُوا۟ نَارࣰا فَلَمۡ یَجِدُوا۟ لَهُم مِّن دُونِ ٱللَّهِ أَنصَارࣰا ۝٢٥ mimmā khaṭīātihim ugh'riqū fa-ud'khilū nāran falam yajidū lahum min dūni l-lahi anṣāra They were drowned and sent to Hell for their evildoings: they found no one to help them against God

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