And not a devoted friend.  

وَلَا صَدِيقٍ حَمِيمٍ  

Then if we only had a return ˹to the world˺ and could be of the believers... "  

فَلَوْ أَنَّ لَنَا كَرَّةً فَنَكُونَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ  

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.  

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ  

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.  

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ  

The people of Noah denied the messengers  

كَذَّبَتْ قَوْمُ نُوحٍ الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

When their brother Noah said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?  

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ نُوحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ  

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.  

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ  

So fear Allah and obey me.  

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ  

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.  

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ  

So fear Allah and obey me."  

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ  

They said, "Should we believe you while you are followed by the lowest ˹class of people˺?"  

قَالُوا أَنُؤْمِنُ لَكَ وَاتَّبَعَكَ الْأَرْذَلُونَ  

He said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?  

قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِي بِمَا كَانُوا يَعْمَلُونَ  

Their account is only upon my Lord, if you ˹could˺ perceive.  

إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّي ۖ لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَ  

And I am not one to drive away the believers.  

وَمَا أَنَا بِطَارِدِ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ  

I am only a clear warner."  

إِنْ أَنَا إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُبِينٌ  

They said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."  

قَالُوا لَئِنْ لَمْ تَنْتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ  

He said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.  

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ  

Then judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."  

فَافْتَحْ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِي وَمَنْ مَعِيَ مِنَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ  

So We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.  

فَأَنْجَيْنَاهُ وَمَنْ مَعَهُ فِي الْفُلْكِ الْمَشْحُونِ  

Then We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.  

ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ الْبَاقِينَ  

Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.  

إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ  

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.  

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ  

Aad denied the messengers  

كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

When their brother Hud said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?  

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ  

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.  

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ  

So fear Allah and obey me.  

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ  

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.  

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ  

Do you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,  

أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ آيَةً تَعْبَثُونَ  

And take for yourselves palaces and fortresses that you might abide eternally?  

وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَ  

And when you strike, you strike as tyrants.  

وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُمْ بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَ  

So fear Allah and obey me.  

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ  

And fear He who provided you with that which you know,  

وَاتَّقُوا الَّذِي أَمَدَّكُمْ بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَ  

Provided you with grazing livestock and children  

أَمَدَّكُمْ بِأَنْعَامٍ وَبَنِينَ  

And gardens and springs.  

وَجَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ  

Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."  

إِنِّي أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍ  

They said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.  

قَالُوا سَوَاءٌ عَلَيْنَا أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُنْ مِنَ الْوَاعِظِينَ  

This is not but the custom of the former peoples,  

إِنْ هَٰذَا إِلَّا خُلُقُ الْأَوَّلِينَ  

And we are not to be punished."  

وَمَا نَحْنُ بِمُعَذَّبِينَ  

And they denied him, so We destroyed them. Indeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.  

فَكَذَّبُوهُ فَأَهْلَكْنَاهُمْ ۗ إِنَّ فِي ذَٰلِكَ لَآيَةً ۖ وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُمْ مُؤْمِنِينَ  

And indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.  

وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ الْعَزِيزُ الرَّحِيمُ  

Thamud denied the messengers  

كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ الْمُرْسَلِينَ  

When their brother Salih said to them, "Will you not fear Allah?  

إِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ صَالِحٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَ  

Indeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.  

إِنِّي لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌ  

So fear Allah and obey me.  

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ  

And I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.  

وَمَا أَسْأَلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ ۖ إِنْ أَجْرِيَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ  

Will you be left in what is here, secure ˹from death˺,  

أَتُتْرَكُونَ فِي مَا هَاهُنَا آمِنِينَ  

Within gardens and springs  

فِي جَنَّاتٍ وَعُيُونٍ  

And fields of crops and palm trees with softened fruit?  

وَزُرُوعٍ وَنَخْلٍ طَلْعُهَا هَضِيمٌ  

And you carve out of the mountains, homes, with skill.  

وَتَنْحِتُونَ مِنَ الْجِبَالِ بُيُوتًا فَارِهِينَ  

So fear Allah and obey me.  

فَاتَّقُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِ