Quran 71:1 — Nooh, verse 1
M. A. S. Abdel Haleem · selected translation
We sent Noah to his people: ‘Warn your people, before a painful punishment comes to them.’
إِنَّا أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ أَنْ أَنْذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِنْ قَبْلِ أَنْ يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ
innā arsalnā nūḥan ilā qawmihi an andhir qawmaka min qabli an yatiyahum ʿadhābun alīmun
Other translations
- A. J. Arberry
- We sent Noah to his people, saying, 'Warn thy people, ere there come on them a painful chastisement.'
- Muhammad Asad
- BEHOLD. We sent Noah unto his people. [saying:] "Warn thy people ere grievous suffering befall them!
- Sahih International
- Indeed, We sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Warn your people before there comes to them a painful punishment."
Words
| # | Word | Meaning | Root |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | إِنَّآinnā | Indeed, We | — |
| 2 | أَرْسَلْنَاarsalnā | [We] sent | رسل |
| 3 | نُوحًاnūḥan | Nuh | — |
| 4 | إِلَىٰilā | to | — |
| 5 | قَوْمِهِۦٓqawmihi | his people | قوم |
| 6 | أَنْan | that | — |
| 7 | أَنذِرْandhir | Warn | نذر |
| 8 | قَوْمَكَqawmaka | your people | قوم |
| 9 | مِنmin | from | — |
| 10 | قَبْلِqabli | before | قبل |
| 11 | أَنan | [that] | — |
| 12 | يَأْتِيَهُمْyatiyahum | comes to them | أتي |
| 13 | عَذَابٌʿadhābun | a punishment | عذب |
| 14 | أَلِيمٌۭalīmun | painful | ألم |