The Poets · Surah 26

And Who causeth me to die, then giveth me life (again)

And Who, I ardently hope, will forgive me my sin on the Day of Judgment

My Lord! Vouchsafe me wisdom and unite me to the righteous

And give unto me a good report in later generations

And place me among the inheritors of the Garden of Delight

And forgive my father. Lo! he is of those who err

And abase me not on the day when they are raised

The day when wealth and sons avail not (any man)

Save him who bringeth unto Allah a whole heart

And the Garden will be brought nigh for those who ward off (evil)

And hell will appear plainly to the erring

And it will be said unto them: Where is (all) that ye used to worship

Instead of Allah? Can they help you or help themselves

Then will they be hurled therein, they and the seducers

And the hosts of Iblis, together

And they will say, when they are quarrelling therein

By Allah, of a truth we were in error manifest

When we made you equal with the Lord of the Worlds

It was but the guilty who misled us

Now we have no intercessors

Nor any loving friend

Oh, that we had another turn (on earth), that we might be of the believers

Lo! herein is indeed a portent, yet most of them are not believers

And lo, thy Lord! He is indeed the Mighty, the Merciful

Noah's folk denied the messengers (of Allah)

When their brother Noah said unto them: Will ye not ward off (evil)

Lo! I am a faithful messenger unto you

So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me

And I ask of you no wage therefor; my wage is the concern only of the Lord of the Worlds

So keep your duty to Allah, and obey me

They said: Shall we put faith in thee, when the lowest (of the people) follow thee

He said: And what knowledge have I of what they may have been doing (in the past)

Lo! their reckoning is my Lord's concern, if ye but knew

And I am not (here) to repulse believers

I am only a plain warner

They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death)

He said: My Lord! Lo! my own folk deny me

Therefor judge Thou between us, a (conclusive) judgment, and save me and those believers who are with me

And We saved him and those with him in the laden ship

Then afterward We drowned the others