SURAH NUH

This surah has 28 verses and is ‘Makki’. The Holy Prophet (S) said that those who recite this surah will get a reward equal to the number of people who believe in Prophet Nuh (a.s.).

Imam Ja’far as-Sadiq (a.s.) said that those who believe in Allah (s.w.t), His Prophet (S) and recite the Holy Qur’an, should never leave out surah Nuh as they will gain a place among the favoured servants of Allah (s.w.t) by reciting it. He will get three places in Paradise instead of one and he will be given 200 houries. Any supplications made after reciting this surah are quickly answered. The one who recites this surah often will not die until he sees his place in Paradise.

بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ

In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.

اِنَّاۤ اَرْسَلْنَا نُوْحًا اِلٰى قَوْمِهٖۤ اَنْ اَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ اَنْ يَّاْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ اَلِيْمٌ‏(1)

(1) Surely We sent Nuh to his people, saying: Warn your people before there come upon them a painful chastisement.

قَالَ يٰقَوْمِ اِنِّىْ لَكُمْ نَذِيْرٌ مُّبِيْنٌۙ‏(2)

(2) He said: O my people! Surely I am a plain warner to you:

اَنِ اعْبُدُوا اللّٰهَ وَاتَّقُوْهُ وَاَطِيْعُوْنِۙ‏(3)

(3) That you should serve Allah and be careful of (your duty to) Him and obey me:

يَغْفِرْ لَكُمْ مِّنْ ذُنُوْبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ اِلٰٓى اَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى‌ؕ اِنَّ اَجَلَ اللّٰهِ اِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ‌‌ۘ لَوْ كُنْتُمْ تَعْلَمُوْنَ‏(4)

(4) He will forgive you some of your faults and grant you a delay to an appointed term; surely the term of Allah when it comes is not postponed; did you but know!

قَالَ رَبِّ اِنِّىْ دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِىْ لَيْلًا وَّنَهَارًا ۙ‏(5)

(5) He said: O my Lord! surely I have called my people by night and by day!

فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىْۤ اِلَّا فِرَارًا‏(6)

(6) But my call has only made them flee the more:

وَاِنِّىْ كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوْۤا اَصَابِعَهُمْ فِىْۤ اٰذَانِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْا ثِيَابَهُمْ وَاَصَرُّوْا وَاسْتَكْبَرُوا اسْتِكْبَارًا‌ ۚ‏(7)

(7) And whenever I have called them that Thou mayest forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, cover themselves with their garments, and persist and are puffed up with pride:

ثُمَّ اِنِّىْ دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا ۙ‏(8)

(8) Then surely I called to them aloud:

ثُمَّ اِنِّىْۤ اَعْلَنْتُ لَهُمْ وَاَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ اِسْرَارًا ۙ‏(9)

(9) Then surely I spoke to them in public and I spoke to them in secret:

فَقُلْتُ اسْتَغْفِرُوْا رَبَّكُمْؕ اِنَّهٗ كَانَ غَفَّارًا ۙ‏(10)

(10) Then I said, Ask forgiveness of your Lord, surely He is the most Forgiving:

يُّرْسِلِ السَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّدْرَارًا ۙ‏(11)

(11) He will send down upon you the cloud, pouring down abundance of rain:

وَّيُمْدِدْكُمْ بِاَمْوَالٍ وَّبَنِيْنَ وَيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ جَنّٰتٍ وَّيَجْعَلْ لَّكُمْ اَنْهٰرًا ؕ‏(12)

(12) And help you with wealth and sons, and make for you gardens, and make for you rivers.

مَا لَكُمْ لَا تَرْجُوْنَ لِلّٰهِ وَقَارًا‌ ۚ‏(13)

(13) What is the matter with you that you fear not the greatness of Allah?

وَقَدْ خَلَقَكُمْ اَطْوَارًا‏(14)

(14) And indeed He has created you through various grades:

اَلَمْ تَرَوْا كَيْفَ خَلَقَ اللّٰهُ سَبْعَ سَمٰوٰتٍ طِبَاقًا ۙ‏(15)

(15) Do you not see how Allah has created the seven heavens, one above another,

وَّجَعَلَ الْقَمَرَ فِيْهِنَّ نُوْرًا ۙ وَّجَعَلَ الشَّمْسَ سِرَاجًا‏(16)

(16) And made the moon therein a light, and made the sun a lamp?

وَاللّٰهُ اَنْۢبَتَكُمْ مِّنَ الْاَرْضِ نَبَاتًا ۙ‏(17)

(17) And Allah has made you grow out of the earth as a growth:

ثُمَّ يُعِيْدُكُمْ فِيْهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ اِخْرَاجًا‏(18)

(18) Then He returns you to it, then will He bring you forth a (new) bringing forth:

وَاللّٰهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْاَرْضَ بِسَاطًا ۙ‏(19)

(19) And Allah has made for you the earth a wide expanse,

لِّتَسْلُكُوْا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا‏(20)

(20) That you may go along therein in wide paths.

قَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ اِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِىْ وَاتَّبَعُوْا مَنْ لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهٗ وَوَلَدُهٗۤ اِلَّا خَسَارًا‌ ۚ‏(21)

(21) Nuh said: My Lord! surely they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children have added to him nothing but loss.

وَمَكَرُوْا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا‌ ۚ‏(22)

(22) And they have planned a very great plan.

وَ قَالُوْا لَا تَذَرُنَّ اٰلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَّلَا سُوَاعًا ۙ وَّ لَا يَغُوْثَ وَيَعُوْقَ وَنَسْرًا‌ ۚ‏(23)

(23) And they say: By no means leave your gods, nor leave Wadd, nor Suwa; nor Yaghus, and Yauq and Nasr.

وَقَدْ اَضَلُّوْا كَثِيْرًا‌ ۚ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ اِلَّا ضَلٰلًا‏(24)

(24) And indeed they have led astray many, and do not increase the unjust in aught but error.

مِّمَّا خَطِٓيْئٰتِهِمْ اُغْرِقُوْا فَاُدْخِلُوْا نَارًا ۙ فَلَمْ يَجِدُوْا لَهُمْ مِّنْ دُوْنِ اللّٰهِ اَنْصَارًا‏(25)

(25) Because of their wrongs they were drowned, then made to enter fire, so they did not find any helpers besides Allah.

وَ قَالَ نُوْحٌ رَّبِّ لَا تَذَرْ عَلَى الْاَرْضِ مِنَ الْكٰفِرِيْنَ دَيَّارًا‏(26)

(26) And Nuh said: My Lord! leave not upon the land any dweller from among the unbelievers:

اِنَّكَ اِنْ تَذَرْهُمْ يُضِلُّوْا عِبَادَكَ وَلَا يَلِدُوْۤا اِلَّا فَاجِرًا كَفَّارًا‏(27)

(27) For surely if Thou leave them they will lead astray Thy servants, and will not beget any but immoral, ungrateful (children)

رَبِّ اغْفِرْلِىْ وَلِوَالِدَىَّ وَلِمَنْ دَخَلَ بَيْتِىَ مُؤْمِنًا وَّلِلْمُؤْمِنِيْنَ وَالْمُؤْمِنٰتِؕ وَلَا تَزِدِ الظّٰلِمِيْنَ اِلَّا تَبَارًا‏(28)

(28) My Lord! forgive me and my parents and him who enters my house believing, and the believing men and the believing women; and do not increase the unjust in aught but destruction!