The Perseverance of Prophet Nuh (Noah) and the Consequence for the Disbelievers

Al-'Ankabut — Verses 14–15 | Explore this Quran theme on Muallim

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا فَأَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ ١٤

And indeed We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people, and he stayed among them a thousand years less fifty years [inviting them to believe in the Oneness of Allah (Monotheism), and discard the false gods and other deities], and the Deluge overtook them while they were Zalimun (wrong-doers, polytheists, disbelievers, etc.).

وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحًا إِلَىٰ قَوْمِهِ
And indeed We sent Nuh (Noah) to his people,
فَلَبِثَ فِيهِمْ أَلْفَ سَنَةٍ إِلَّا خَمْسِينَ عَامًا
and he stayed among them a thousand years less fifty years
فَأَخَذَهُمُ الطُّوفَانُ
and the Deluge overtook them
وَهُمْ ظَالِمُونَ
while they were Zalimun (wrong-doers, polytheists, disbelievers, etc.).

فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ وَأَصْحَابَ السَّفِينَةِ وَجَعَلْنَاهَا آيَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ ١٥

Then We saved him and those with him in the ship, and made it (the ship) as an Ayah (a lesson, a warning, etc.) for the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists).

فَأَنجَيْنَاهُ
Then We saved him
وَأَصْحَابَ السَّفِينَةِ
and those with him in the ship
وَجَعَلْنَاهَا آيَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
and made it (the ship) as an Ayah (a lesson, a warning, etc.) for the 'Alamin (mankind, jinns and all that exists)