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إِنَّآ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِۦٓ أَنْ أَنذِرْ قَوْمَكَ مِن قَبْلِ أَن يَأْتِيَهُمْ عَذَابٌ أَلِيمٌ 1
{ إنآ أرسلنا نوحا إلى قومه أن أنذر } أي بإنذار { قومك من قبل أن يأتيهم } إن لم يؤمنوا { عذاب أليم } مؤلم في الدنيا والآخرة.
Verily We sent Noah to his people [saying]: ‘Warn your people before there come on them — should they not believe — a painful chastisement’, in this world and in the Hereafter.
قَالَ يَـٰقَوْمِ إِنِّى لَكُمْ نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌ 2
{ قال يقوم إنى لكم نذير مبين } بين الإنذار.
He said, ‘O my people, I am indeed a plain warner to you, one whose warning is plain,
أَنِ ٱعْبُدُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَٱتَّقُوهُ وَأَطِيعُونِ 3
{ أن } أي بأن أقول لكم { اعبدوا الله واتقوه وأطيعون }.
[to tell you] that [you should] worship God and fear Him and obey me,
يَغْفِرْ لَكُم مِّن ذُنُوبِكُمْ وَيُؤَخِّرْكُمْ إِلَىٰٓ أَجَلٍ مُّسَمًّى ۚ إِنَّ أَجَلَ ٱللَّهِ إِذَا جَآءَ لَا يُؤَخَّرُ ۖ لَوْ كُنتُمْ تَعْلَمُونَ 4
{ يغفر لكم من ذنوبكم } من زائدة فإن الإسلام يغفر به ما قبله، أو تبعيضية لإخراج حقوق العباد { ويؤخركم } بلا عذاب { إلى أجل مسمى } أجل الموت { إن أجل الله } بعذابكم إن لم تؤمنوا { إذا جآء لا يؤخر لو كنتم تعلمون } ذلك لآمنتم.
that He may forgive you some of your sins (min dhunūbikum, ‘some of your sins’: min may be taken as extra, because submission to God (islām) expunges everything [of sin that was committed] previous to it; or it [min] may be understood as partitive, to point out that which is due to [those who were already God’s] servants) and defer you, without chastising [you], until an appointed term, the term for death. Indeed when God’s term, for your chastisement — should you not believe — comes, it cannot be deferred, if only you knew’, this, you would believe.
قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا 5
{ قال رب إنى دعوت قومى ليلا ونهارا } أي دائما متصلا.
He said, ‘My Lord, I have summoned my people night and day, that is to say, continuously without interruption,
فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآءِىٓ إِلَّا فِرَارًا 6
{ فلم يزدهم دعآءى إلا فرارا } عن الإيمان.
but my summon has only increased their evasion, of faith.
وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُوٓا۟ أَصَـٰبِعَهُمْ فِىٓ ءَاذَانِهِمْ وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ وَأَصَرُّوا۟ وَٱسْتَكْبَرُوا۟ ٱسْتِكْبَارًا 7
{ وإنى كلما دعوتهم لتغفر لهم جعلوا أصبعهم فى ءاذانهم } لئلا يسمعوا كلامي { واستغشوا ثيابهم } غطوا رؤوسهم بها لئلا ينظروني { وأصروا } على كفرهم { واستكبروا } تكبروا عن الإيمان { استكبارا }.
And indeed whenever I summoned them, so that You might forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, in order not to hear what I say, and draw their cloaks over themselves, they cover their heads with them in order not to catch sight of me, and they persist, in their disbelief, and act in great arrogance, disdaining faith.
ثُمَّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُهُمْ جِهَارًا 8
{ ثم إنى دعوتهم جهارا } أي بأعلى صوتي.
Then indeed I summoned them aloud, that is to say, at the top of my voice;
ثُمَّ إِنِّىٓ أَعْلَنتُ لَهُمْ وَأَسْرَرْتُ لَهُمْ إِسْرَارًا 9
{ ثم إنى أعلنت لهم } صوتي { وأسررت } الكلام { لهم إسرارا }.
then assuredly I proclaimed to them, with my voice, and I confided, my words, to them secretly,
فَقُلْتُ ٱسْتَغْفِرُوا۟ رَبَّكُمْ إِنَّهُۥ كَانَ غَفَّارًا 10
{ فقلت استغفروا ربكم } من الشرك { إنه كان غفارا }.
saying, “Ask your Lord for forgiveness, from idolatry. Assuredly He is ever Forgiving.
يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا 11
{ يرسل السمآء } المطر وكانوا قد منعوه { عليكم مدرارا } كثير الدرور.
He will release the heaven, the rain — for they had been deprived of it — for you in torrents, in plenteous showers,
وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَـٰرًا 12
{ ويمددكم بأمول وبنين ويجعل لكم جنت } بساتين { ويجعل لكم أنهرا } جارية.
and furnish you with wealth and sons, and assign to you gardens, orchards, and assign to you, running, rivers.