قَالَ وَمَا عِلْمِى بِمَا كَانُوا۟ يَعْمَلُونَHe said, "And what is my knowledge of what they used to do?إِنْ حِسَابُهُمْ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّى لَوْ تَشْعُرُونَTheir account is only upon my Lord, if you [could] perceive.وَمَآ أَنَا۠ بِطَارِدِ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَAnd I am not one to drive away the believers.إِنْ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٌ مُّبِينٌI am only a clear warner."قَالُوا۟ لَئِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَـٰنُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ ٱلْمَرْجُومِينَThey said, "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will surely be of those who are stoned."قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِى كَذَّبُونِHe said, "My Lord, indeed my people have denied me.فَٱفْتَحْ بَيْنِى وَبَيْنَهُمْ فَتْحًا وَنَجِّنِى وَمَن مَّعِىَ مِنَ ٱلْمُؤْمِنِينَThen judge between me and them with decisive judgement and save me and those with me of the believers."فَأَنجَيْنَـٰهُ وَمَن مَّعَهُۥ فِى ٱلْفُلْكِ ٱلْمَشْحُونِSo We saved him and those with him in the laden ship.ثُمَّ أَغْرَقْنَا بَعْدُ ٱلْبَاقِينَThen We drowned thereafter the remaining ones.إِنَّ فِى ذَٰلِكَ لَـَٔايَةً وَمَا كَانَ أَكْثَرُهُم مُّؤْمِنِينَIndeed in that is a sign, but most of them were not to be believers.وَإِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَهُوَ ٱلْعَزِيزُ ٱلرَّحِيمُAnd indeed, your Lord - He is the Exalted in Might, the Merciful.كَذَّبَتْ عَادٌ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَʿAad denied the messengersإِذْ قَالَ لَهُمْ أَخُوهُمْ هُودٌ أَلَا تَتَّقُونَWhen their brother Hūd said to them, "Will you not fear Allāh?إِنِّى لَكُمْ رَسُولٌ أَمِينٌIndeed, I am to you a trustworthy messenger.فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِSo fear Allāh and obey me.وَمَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍ إِنْ أَجْرِىَ إِلَّا عَلَىٰ رَبِّ ٱلْعَـٰلَمِينَAnd I do not ask you for it any payment. My payment is only from the Lord of the worlds.أَتَبْنُونَ بِكُلِّ رِيعٍ ءَايَةً تَعْبَثُونَDo you construct on every elevation a sign, amusing yourselves,وَتَتَّخِذُونَ مَصَانِعَ لَعَلَّكُمْ تَخْلُدُونَAnd take for yourselves constructions [i.e., palaces and fortresses] that you might abide eternally?وَإِذَا بَطَشْتُم بَطَشْتُمْ جَبَّارِينَAnd when you strike, you strike as tyrants.فَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُونِSo fear Allāh and obey me.وَٱتَّقُوا۟ ٱلَّذِىٓ أَمَدَّكُم بِمَا تَعْلَمُونَAnd fear He who provided you with that which you know,أَمَدَّكُم بِأَنْعَـٰمٍ وَبَنِينَProvided you with grazing livestock and childrenوَجَنَّـٰتٍ وَعُيُونٍAnd gardens and springs.إِنِّىٓ أَخَافُ عَلَيْكُمْ عَذَابَ يَوْمٍ عَظِيمٍIndeed, I fear for you the punishment of a terrible day."قَالُوا۟ سَوَآءٌ عَلَيْنَآ أَوَعَظْتَ أَمْ لَمْ تَكُن مِّنَ ٱلْوَٰعِظِينَThey said, "It is all the same to us whether you advise or are not of the advisors.