وَاللَّهُ أَنبَتَكُم مِنَ الأَرضِ نَباتًا

And Allah has caused you to grow from the earth a [progressive] growth.

ثُمَّ يُعيدُكُم فيها وَيُخرِجُكُم إِخراجًا

Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الأَرضَ بِساطًا

And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

لِتَسلُكوا مِنها سُبُلًا فِجاجًا

That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "

قالَ نوحٌ رَبِّ إِنَّهُم عَصَوني وَاتَّبَعوا مَن لَم يَزِدهُ مالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلّا خَسارًا

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

وَقالوا لا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُم وَلا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلا سُواعًا وَلا يَغوثَ وَيَعوقَ وَنَسرًا

And said, 'Never leave your gods and never leave Wadd or Suwa' or Yaghuth and Ya'uq and Nasr.

وَقَد أَضَلّوا كَثيرًا ۖ وَلا تَزِدِ الظّالِمينَ إِلّا ضَلالًا

And already they have misled many. And, [my Lord], do not increase the wrongdoers except in error."

مِمّا خَطيئَاتِهِم أُغرِقوا فَأُدخِلوا نارًا فَلَم يَجِدوا لَهُم مِن دونِ اللَّهِ أَنصارًا

Because of their sins they were drowned and put into the Fire, and they found not for themselves besides Allah [any] helpers.

وَقالَ نوحٌ رَبِّ لا تَذَر عَلَى الأَرضِ مِنَ الكافِرينَ دَيّارًا

And Noah said, "My Lord, do not leave upon the earth from among the disbelievers an inhabitant.

إِنَّكَ إِن تَذَرهُم يُضِلّوا عِبادَكَ وَلا يَلِدوا إِلّا فاجِرًا كَفّارًا

Indeed, if You leave them, they will mislead Your servants and not beget except [every] wicked one and [confirmed] disbeliever.