11:48-50-56 12:18



11:41-60
And he said: “Embark therein! In the name of God be her passage and her anchorage. My Lord is forgiving and merciful.”

And it sailed with them amid waves like mountains; and Noah called to his son: — and he was set apart — “O my son: embark thou with us, and be thou not with the false claimers of guidance.”

Said he: “I will take shelter in a mountain that will protect me from the water.” He said: “There is no protector this day from the command of God save for him upon whom He has mercy.” And the waves came between them; and he was among the drowned.

And it was said: “O earth: swallow thou thy water,” and: “O sky: desist thou,” and the water subsided and the matter was concluded. And it came to rest upon Al-Jūdī. And it was said: “Away with the wrongdoing people!”

And Noah called to his Lord, and said: “My Lord: my son was of my household — and Thy promise is the truth; and Thou art the most just of judges.”

He said: “O Noah: he was not of thy household. He was a deed not righteous; so ask thou Me not of that whereof thou hast no knowledge; I admonish thee lest thou be of the ignorant.”

Said he: “My Lord, in Thee do I seek refuge lest I ask of Thee that whereof I have no knowledge; and save Thou forgive me, and have mercy on me, I will be among the losers.”

**It was said: “O Noah: get thee down in peace from Us, and blessings upon thee and upon nations out of those with thee. And nations will We give enjoyment — then a painful punishment from Us will touch them.”**

That is from the reports of the Unseen that We reveal to thee; thou knewest it not, neither thou, nor thy people before this. So be thou patient; the final outcome is for those of prudent fear.

**And to ʿĀd, their brother Hūd. He said: “O my people: serve God; you have no god but He; you are only inventing.”**

“O my people: I ask of you for it no reward; my reward is only upon Him who created me. Will you then not use reason!”

And: “O my people: ask forgiveness of your Lord; then turn to Him. He will send the sky upon you in abundant rains, and increase you in strength to your strength. And turn not away as lawbreakers.”

They said: “O Hūd: thou hast not brought us clear evidence; and we will not leave our gods at thy word; and we do not believe thee.

“We say only that some of our gods have afflicted thee with evil.” He said: “I call God to witness — and bear you witness — that I am quit of that to which you ascribe a partnership,

“Besides Him; so scheme against me all together; then grant me no respite.

**“I have placed my trust in God, my Lord and your Lord. There is no creature save He holds it by its forelock. My Lord is on a straight path.**

“Then if you turn away: I have conveyed to you that wherewith I was sent to you; and my Lord will make succeed you a people other than you; and you will not harm Him at all. My Lord is custodian over all things.”

And when Our command came, We delivered Hūd and those who heeded warning with him, by mercy from Us; and We saved them from a stern punishment.

And those were ʿĀd; they rejected the proofs of their Lord, and opposed His messengers, and followed the command of every obstinate tyrant.

And they were followed by a curse in the World; and on the Day of Resurrection[…evil is the gift given.]. In truth, ʿĀd denied their Lord — so away with ʿĀd, the people of Hūd!

12:16-22
And they came to their father in the evening, weeping.

They said: “O our father: we went to run races, and left Joseph with our goods — and the wolf ate him; and thou wouldst not believe us, though we were truthful.”

**And they came with false blood on his shirt. He said: “Nay, your souls have enticed you into a matter; then: comely patience — and God is the one whose aid is sought against what you describe.”**

And there came a caravan; and they sent their water-drawer, and he let down his pail. He said: “O glad tidings: here is a lad!” And they hid him as merchandise; and God knows what they did.

And they sold him for a low price — a few dirhams — and they were, concerning him, of those content with little.

And said he who bought him from Egypt, to his wife: “Be thou honourable in his dwelling; it may be that he will benefit us, or we will take him as a son.” And thus did We establish Joseph in the land, and that We might teach him the interpretation of narratives; and God prevails over His affair, but most men understand not.

And when he reached maturity, We gave him judgment and knowledge; and thus reward We the doers of good.

18:9-16
If thou thinkest that the companions of the cave, and the inscription, were a wonder among Our proofs: —

(When the young men took shelter in the cave and said: “Our Lord: give Thou us mercy from Thyself, and furnish Thou us out of our affair with rectitude,”

Then smote We their ears in the cave a number of years.

**Then raised We them up, that We might know which of the two parties would best calculate what they had tarried in time.)**

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