Nuh
71.1.1 . Lo! We sent Noah unto his people ( saying ) : Warn thy people ere the painful doom come unto them .
71.2.2 . He said : O my people! Lo! I am a plain warner unto you
71.3.3 . ( Bidding you ) : Serve Allah and keep your duty unto Him and obey me ,
71.4.4 . That He may forgive you somewhat of your sins and respite you to an appointed term . Lo! the term of Allah , when it cometh , cannot be delayed , if ye but knew .
71.5.5 . He said : My Lord! Lo! I have called unto my people night and day
71.6.6 . But all my calling doth but add to their repugnance ;
71.7.7 . And lo ! whenever I call unto them that Thou mayest pardon them they thrust their fingers in their ears and cover themselves with their garments and persist ( in their refusal ) and magnify themselves in pride .
71.8.8 . And lo! I have called unto them aloud ,
71.9.9 . And lo! I have made public proclamation unto them , and I have appealed to them in private .
71.10.10 . And I have said : Seek pardon of your Lord Lo! He was ever Forgiving .
71.11.11 . He will let loose the sky for you in plenteous rain ,
71.12.12 . And will help you with wealth and sons , and will assign unto you Gardens and will assign unto you rivers .
71.13.13 . What aileth you that ye hope not toward Allah for dignity
71.14.14 . When He created you by ( divers ) stages?
71.15.15 . See ye not how Allah hath created seven heavens in harmony ,
71.16.16 . And hath made the moon a light therein , and made the sun a lamp?
71.17.17 . And Allah hath caused you to grow as a growth from the earth ,
71.18.18 . And afterward He maketh you return thereto , and He will bring you forth again , a ( new ) forthbringing .
71.19.19 . And Allah hath made the earth a wide expanse for you
71.20.20 . That ye may thread the valley ways thereof .