وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ بِسَاطٗا
(71:19) Allah has made the earth a wide expanse for you
لِّتَسۡلُكُواْ مِنۡهَا سُبُلٗا فِجَاجٗا
(71:20) so that you may tread its spacious paths.”
قَالَ نُوحٞ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمۡ عَصَوۡنِي وَٱتَّبَعُواْ مَن لَّمۡ يَزِدۡهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارٗا
(71:21) Noah said: “My Lord, they did not pay heed to what I said, and followed
those (nobles) whose possession of wealth and children has led them to an even
greater loss.
those (nobles) whose possession of wealth and children has led them to an even
greater loss.
وَمَكَرُواْ مَكۡرٗا كُبَّارٗا
(71:22) They contrived a plot of great magnitude.6
وَقَالُواْ لَا تَذَرُنَّ ءَالِهَتَكُمۡ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدّٗا وَلَا سُوَاعٗا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسۡرٗا
(71:23) They said: “Do not abandon your deities; do not abandon Wadd, nor
Suwa, nor Yaghuth, nor Yauq, nor Nasr.7
Suwa, nor Yaghuth, nor Yauq, nor Nasr.7
وَقَدۡ أَضَلُّواْ كَثِيرٗاۖ وَلَا تَزِدِ ٱلظَّـٰلِمِينَ إِلَّا ضَلَٰلٗا
(71:24) They have misled many. So do not enable these evildoers to increase
in anything except straying (from the Right Way).”8
in anything except straying (from the Right Way).”8