'He will send rain to you
in abundance; (11) 'And give you increase in wealth and
children, and bestow on you gardens and bestow on you rivers.' " (12) What is the matter with you, that [you fear
not Allâh (His punishment), and] you hope not for reward (from Allâh or you
believe not in His Oneness). (13) While He has created you in (different)
stages [i.e. first Nutfah, then 'Alaqah and then Mudghah, see (VV.23:13,14)]. (14) See you not how Allâh
has created the seven heavens one above another, (15) And
has made the moon a light therein, and made the sun a lamp? (16) And Allâh has brought
you forth from the (dust of) earth. (Tafsir At-Tabarî) (17) Afterwards He will
return you into it (the earth), and bring you forth (again on the Day of
Resurrection)? (18) And Allâh has made for you the earth a wide expanse. (19) That you may go about
therein in broad roads. (20) Nûh (Noah) said: "My Lord! They have
disobeyed me, and followed one whose wealth and children give him no increase
but loss. (21) "And they have plotted a mighty plot. (22) "And they have
said: 'You shall not leave your gods, nor shall you leave Wadd, nor Suwâ', nor
Yaghûth, nor Ya'ûq, nor Nasr (these are the names of their idols). (23) "And indeed they
have led many astray. And (O Allâh): 'Grant no increase to the Zâlimûn
(polytheists, wrong-doers, and disbelievers) save error.' "
(24) Because of their sins they were drowned, then were made to enter
the Fire, and they found none to help them instead of Allâh. (25) And Nûh (Noah) said:
"My Lord! Leave not one of the disbelievers on the earth! (26) "If You leave them, they will mislead Your slaves, and they will
beget none but wicked disbelievers." (27) "My Lord! Forgive
me, and my parents, and him who enters my home as a believer, and all the
believing men and women. And to the Zâlimûn (polytheists, wrong-doers, and
disbelievers) grant You no increase but
destruction!" (28)