Basic Surah Info
Surah Number – 71
Number of Ayah – 28
Revealed City – Mecca
Juz Details – Juz 29 Ayah 1-28
Starting Page Number – 570th Page
Translated By Mustafa Khattab
Summary of Surah Nuh
Surah Nuh, the 71st surah of the Quran, tells the story of the Prophet Nuh (Noah) and his people, highlighting the themes of warning, rejection, and divine punishment. It derives its name from the mention of “Nuh” (Noah) in the surah. It consists of 28 verses.
The surah begins by introducing Prophet Nuh as a messenger sent to his people to guide them to the worship of the One true God and to warn them of the consequences of their disbelief and wrongdoing.
Surah Nuh describes the reaction of Nuh’s people to his message. Despite his sincere efforts to guide them and the signs Allah showed them as evidence of His existence and power, they rejected his message and continued to worship false deities.
Nuh advised his people to seek forgiveness from Allah and turn to Him in repentance, warning them of the impending punishment if they persisted in their disbelief. However, they mocked and ridiculed him, refusing to listen to his warnings.
Nuh turned to Allah in prayer, seeking His support and intervention. He expressed his frustration and concern for his people’s stubbornness and sought Allah’s help in delivering them from their misguided ways.
Surah Nuh narrates how Allah responded to Nuh’s supplication by commanding him to build an ark and to gather believers and pairs of animals on board. This ark would serve as a means of salvation from the impending flood that would destroy the disbelievers.
Nuh conveyed Allah’s message to his people for a prolonged period of time, but only a few believed in him and joined him on the ark. The floodwaters were then unleashed, and Nuh and the believers were saved, while the disbelievers were drowned.
The surah concludes by highlighting the lessons to be learned from the story of Nuh. It emphasizes that the messengers are sent as warnings and guides to humanity, and those who reject the truth will face the consequences of their actions.
In summary, Surah Nuh recounts the story of the Prophet Nuh and his people. It portrays the rejection of Nuh’s message, the building of the ark as a means of salvation, and the subsequent destruction of the disbelievers by the flood. The surah serves as a reminder of the importance of heeding the warnings of the messengers and the consequences of rejecting the truth.
Read English Translated Version of Surah Nuh
1. Indeed, We sent Noah to his people ˹saying to him˺, “Warn your people before a painful punishment comes to them.”
2. Noah proclaimed, “O my people! I am truly sent to you with a clear warning:
3. worship Allah ˹alone˺, fear Him, and obey me.
4. He will forgive your sins, and delay your end until the appointed time. Indeed, when the time set by Allah comes, it cannot be delayed, if only you knew!”
5. He cried, “My Lord! I have surely called my people day and night,
6. but my calls only made them run farther away.
7. And whenever I invite them to be forgiven by You, they press their fingers into their ears, cover themselves with their clothes, persist ˹in denial˺, and act very arrogantly.
8. Then I certainly called them openly,
9. then I surely preached to them publicly and privately,
10. saying, ‘Seek your Lord’s forgiveness, ˹for˺ He is truly Most Forgiving.
11. He will shower you with abundant rain,
12. supply you with wealth and children, and give you gardens as well as rivers.
13. What is the matter with you that you are not in awe of the Majesty of Allah,
14. when He truly created you in stages ˹of development˺?
15. Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens, one above the other,
16. placing the moon within them as a ˹reflected˺ light, and the sun as a ˹radiant˺ lamp?
17. Allah ˹alone˺ caused you to grow from the earth like a plant.
18. Then He will return you to it, and then simply bring you forth ˹again˺.
19. And Allah ˹alone˺ spread out the earth for you
20. to walk along its spacious pathways.’”
21. ˹Eventually,˺ Noah cried, “My Lord! They have certainly persisted in disobeying me, and followed ˹instead˺ those ˹elite˺ whose ˹abundant˺ wealth and children only increase them in loss,
22. and who have devised a tremendous plot,
23. urging ˹their followers˺, ‘Do not abandon your idols—especially Wadd, Suwâ’, Yaghûth, Ya’ûq, and Nasr.’
24. Those ˹elite˺ have already led many astray. So ˹O Lord˺, only allow the wrongdoers to stray farther away.”
25. So because of their sins, they were drowned, then admitted into the Fire. And they found none to help them against Allah.
26. Noah had prayed, “My Lord! Do not leave a single disbeliever on earth.
27. For if You spare ˹any of˺ them, they will certainly mislead Your servants, and give birth only to ˹wicked˺ sinners, staunch disbelievers.
28. My Lord! Forgive me, my parents, and whoever enters my house in faith, and ˹all˺ believing men and women. And increase the wrongdoers only in destruction.”