وَلَقَدْ And verily walaqad We sent arsalnā Nuh nūḥan to ilā his people qawmihi Indeed, I am innī to you lakum a warner nadhīrun clear mubīnun
And We had certainly sent Noah to his people, [saying], "Indeed, I am to you a clear warner
أَن That an (do) not lā worship taʿbudū except illā Allah l-laha Indeed, I innī [I] fear akhāfu for you ʿalaykum (the) punishment ʿadhāba (of) a Day yawmin painful alīmin
That you not worship except Allāh. Indeed, I fear for you the punishment of a painful day."
فَقَالَ So said faqāla the chiefs l-mala-u (of) those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū from min his people qawmihi Not mā we see you narāka but illā a man basharan like us mith'lanā and not wamā we see you narāka followed [you] ittabaʿaka except illā those who alladhīna [they] hum (are) the lowest of us arādhilunā immature in opinion bādiya immature in opinion l-rayi And not wamā we see narā in you lakum over us ʿalaynā any min merit faḍlin nay bal we think you naẓunnukum (are) liars kādhibīna
So the eminent among those who disbelieved from his people said, "We do not see you but as a man like ourselves, and we do not see you followed except by those who are the lowest of us [and] at first suggestion. And we do not see in you over us any merit; rather, we think you are liars."