Quran 7:59 — Al-A'raaf, verse 59
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We sent Noah to his people. He said, ‘My people, serve God: you have no god other than Him. I fear for you the punishment of a fearsome Day!’
لَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَقَالَ يَا قَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا اللَّهَ مَا لَكُمْ مِنْ إِلَـٰهٍ غَيْرُهُ إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ
laqad arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi faqāla yāqawmi uʿ'budū l-laha mā lakum min ilāhin ghayruhu innī akhāfu ʿalaykum ʿadhāba yawmin ʿaẓīmin
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- And We sent Noah to his people; and he said, 'O my people, serve God! You have no god other' than He; truly, I fear for you the chastisement of a dreadful day.'
- Muhammad Asad
- INDEED, We sent forth Noah unto his people, and he said: "O my people! Worship God alone: you have no deity other than Him. Verily, I fear lest suffering befall you on an awesome Day!"
- Sahih International
- We had certainly sent Noah to his people, and he said, "O my people, worship Allāh; you have no deity other than Him. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a tremendous Day."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | لَقَدْlaqad | Certainly | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | We sent | رسل |
| 3 | نُوحًاnūḥan | Nuh | — |
| 4 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 5 | قَوْمِهِۦqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 6 | فَقَالَfaqāla | and he said | قول |
| 7 | يَـٰقَوْمِyāqawmi | O my people | قوم |
| 8 | ٱعْبُدُوا۟uʿ'budū | Worship | عبد |
| 9 | ٱللَّهَl-laha | Allah | أله |
| 10 | مَاmā | not | — |
| 11 | لَكُمlakum | for you | — |
| 12 | مِّنْmin | any | — |
| 13 | إِلَـٰهٍilāhin | god | أله |
| 14 | غَيْرُهُۥٓghayruhu | other than Him | غير |
| 15 | إِنِّىٓinnī | Indeed, I | — |
| 16 | أَخَافُakhāfu | [I] fear | خوف |
| 17 | عَلَيْكُمْʿalaykum | for you | — |
| 18 | عَذَابَʿadhāba | punishment | عذب |
| 19 | يَوْمٍyawmin | (of the) Day | يوم |
| 20 | عَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmin | Great | عظم |