Verse 71:23 in Context
Translator
Abdel Haleem
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وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطࣰا ١٩
wal-lahu jaʿala lakumu l-arḍa bisāṭa
and how He has spread the Earth out for yo
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لِّتَسۡلُكُوا۟ مِنۡهَا سُبُلࣰا فِجَاجࣰا ٢٠
litaslukū min'hā subulan fijāja
to walk along its spacious paths?” ’
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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!’
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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وَقَالَ نُوحࣱ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرۡ عَلَى ٱلۡأَرۡضِ مِنَ ٱلۡكَـٰفِرِینَ دَیَّارًا ٢٦
waqāla nūḥun rabbi lā tadhar ʿalā l-arḍi mina l-kāfirīna dayyāra
And Noah said, ‘Lord, do not leave any of the disbelievers on the earth
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إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرۡهُمۡ یُضِلُّوا۟ عِبَادَكَ وَلَا یَلِدُوۤا۟ إِلَّا فَاجِرࣰا كَفَّارࣰا ٢٧
innaka in tadharhum yuḍillū ʿibādaka walā yalidū illā fājiran kaffāra
if you leave them they will lead Your servants astray and beget only sinners and disbelievers
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