وَلَقَدْ أَرْسَلْنَا نُوحاً إِلَى قَوْمِهِ إِنِّی لَکُمْ نَذِیرٌ مُبِینٌ(( 25 ))

25- AND WE SENT NOAH TO HIS PEOPLE (SAYING TO THEM); I AM A PERSPICUOUS WARNER FOR YOU.

أَنْ لاَ تَعْبُدُوا إِلاَّ اللهَ إِنِّی أَخَافُ عَلَیْکُمْ عَذَابَ یَوْم أَلِیم(( 26 ))

26- THAT YOU WORSHIP NONE EXCEPT ALLAH. I FEAR FOR YOU THE TORMENT OF A PAINFUL DAY.

فَقَالَ الْمَلاَُ الَّذِینَ کَفَرُوا مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مَا نَرَاکَ إِلاَّ بَشَراً مِثْلَنَا وَمَا نَرَاکَ اتَّبَعَکَ إِلاَّ الَّذِینَ هُمْ أَرَاذِلُنَا بَادِی الرَّأْىِ وَمَا نَرَى لَکُمْ عَلَیْنَا مِنْ فَضْلِ بَلْ نَظُنُّکُمْ کَاذِبِینَ(( 27 ))

27- BUT THE ELDERS OF THE UNBELIEVERS OF HIS PEOPLE SAID:ِ ``WE DON'T SEE YOU OTHER THAN A MAN LIKE OURSELVES, NOR DO WE SEE AMONG YOUR FOLLOWERS EXCEPT SOME IGNOBLE AND SIMPLE-MINDED PEOPLE, AND NEITHER WE SEE FOR YOU ANY SUPERIORITY OVER US. WE RATHER THINK YOU TO BE LIARS.''

قَالَ یَا قَوْمِ أَرَأَیْتُمْ إِنْ کُنتُ عَلَى بَیِّنَة مِّنْ رَّبِّی وَآتَانِی رَحْمَةً مِنْ عِنْدِهِ فَعُمِّیَتْ عَلَیْکُمْ أَنُلْزِمُکُمُوهَا وَأَنْتُمْ لَهَا کَارِهُونَ(( 28 ))

28- HE SAID:ِ ``O, MY PEOPLE! HAVE YOU CONSIDERED IF I WAS WITH EVIDENCES FROM MY LORD, AND HAS GIVEN ME A MERCY FROM HIM WHICH IS OBSCURED FOR YOU. SHOULD I COMPEL YOU TO IT WHILE YOU DISLIKE IT?''