Sūra XXVI.: Shu‘arāa, or The Poets.

The Holy Quran, tr. by Yusuf Ali, [1934], at sacred-texts.com

Section 6

105. Kaththabat qawmu noohin almursaleena

105. The people of Noah rejected
The apostles.

106. Ith qala lahum akhoohum noohun ala tattaqoona

106. Behold, their brother Noah
Said to them: "Will ye not
Fear (God)?

107. Innee lakum rasoolun ameenun

107. "I am to you an apostle
Worthy of all trust:

108. Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni

108. "So fear God, and obey me.

109. Wama as-alukum AAalayhi min ajrin in ajriya illa AAala rabbi alAAalameena

109. "No reward do I ask
Of you for it: my reward
Is only from the Lord
Of the Worlds:

110. Faittaqoo Allaha waateeAAooni

110. "So fear God, and obey me."

111. Qaloo anu/minu laka waittabaAAaka al-arthaloona

111. They said: "Shall we
Believe in thee when it is
The meanest that follow thee?"

112. Qala wama AAilmee bima kanoo yaAAmaloona

112. He said: "And what
Do I know as to
What they do?

113. In hisabuhum illa AAala rabbee law tashAAuroona

113. "Their account is only
With my Lord, if ye
Could (but) understand.

114. Wama ana bitaridi almu/mineena

114. "I am not one to drive away
Those who believe.

115. In ana illa natheerun mubeenun

115. "I am sent only
To warn plainly in public."

116. Qaloo la-in lam tantahi ya noohu latakoonanna mina almarjoomeena

116. They said: "If thou
Desist not, O Noah!
Thou shalt be stoned
(to death)."

117. Qala rabbi inna qawmee kaththabooni

117. He said: "O my Lord!
Truly my people have
Rejected me.

118. Faiftah baynee wabaynahum fathan wanajjinee waman maAAiya mina almu/mineena

118. "Judge thou, then, between me
And them openly, and deliver
Me and those of the Believers
Who are with me."

119. Faanjaynahu waman maAAahu fee alfulki almashhooni

119. So We delivered him
And those with him,
In the Ark filled
(With all creatures).

120. Thumma aghraqna baAAdu albaqeena

120. Thereafter We drowned those
Who remained behind.

121. Inna fee thalika laayatan wama kana aktharuhum mu/mineena

121. Verily in this is a Sign:
But most of them
Do not believe.

122. Wa-inna rabbaka lahuwa alAAazeezu alrraheemu

122. And verily thy Lord
Is He, the Exalted in Might,
Most Merciful.