Al-Qur'an Surah Ash-Shu'ara Verse 116

Mufti Taqi Usmani

They said, “Should you not stop, O NūH, you will surely be stoned.”

Dr. Mustafa Khattab, the Clear Quran

They threatened, “If you do not desist, O  Noah, you will surely be stoned ˹to death˺.”

Ruwwad Translation Center

They said, “O Noah, if you do not desist, you will certainly be stoned.”

A. J. Arberry

They said, 'If thou givest not over, Noah, thou shalt assuredly be one of the stoned.'

Abdul Haleem

So they said, ‘Noah, if you do not stop this, you will be stoned.’

Abdul Majid Daryabadi

They said: if thou desistest not, thou shalt surely be of those stoned.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

They said; "If thou desist not, O Noah! thou shalt be stoned (to death)."

Abul Ala Maududi

They said: "O Noah! If you do not desist, you will certainly become one of the accursed."

Ahmed Ali

They said: "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will be stoned to death."

Ahmed Raza Khan

They said, “O Nooh, if you do not desist you will surely be stoned.”

Ali Quli Qarai

They said, ‘Noah, if you do not desist, you will certainly be stoned [to death].’

Ali Ünal

They said: "If you do not desist, O Noah, you will certainly be stoned to death in utter abjection."

Amatul Rahman Omar

`Noah!´ they said, `If you do not desist, you shall be excommunicated or done away with.´

English Literal

They said: "If (E) you do not end/terminate/stop, you Noah, you will be/become (E) from the stoned."261

Faridul Haque

They said, “O Nooh, if you do not desist you will surely be stoned.”

Hamid S. Aziz

"I am only a plain Warner."

Hilali & Khan

They said: "If you cease not, O Nuh (Noah)! You will surely be among those stoned (to death)."

Maulana Mohammad Ali

And I am not going to drive away the believers;

Mohammad Habib Shakir

They said: If you desist not, O Nuh, you shall most certainly be of those stoned to death.

Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall

They said: If thou cease not, O Noah, thou wilt surely be among those stoned (to death).

Muhammad Sarwar

They said, "Noah, if you do not desist, you will, certainly, be stoned to death."

Qaribullah & Darwish

'Noah' they replied, 'if you do not desist you shall be of those stoned'

Safi-ur-Rahman al-Mubarakpuri

They said: "If you cease not, O Nuh you will surely be among those stoned."

Wahiduddin Khan

They said, "Noah, if you do not desist, you will be stoned."

Talal Itani

They said, “If you do not refrain, O Noah, you will be stoned.”

Tafsir jalalayn

They said, `Lo! if you do not desist, O Noah, from what you say to us, you will assuredly be among those assailed', with stones or curses.

Tafseer Ibn Kathir

His People's Threat, Nuh's Prayer against Them, and Their Destruction

Nuh stayed among his people for a long time, calling them to Allah night and day, in secret and openly. The more he repeated his call to them, the more determined were they to cling to their extreme disbelief and resist his call. In the end, they said;

قَالُوا لَيِن لَّمْ تَنتَهِ يَا نُوحُ لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ



They said;If you cease not, O Nuh you will surely be among those stoned.

meaning, `if you do not stop calling us to your religion,'

لَتَكُونَنَّ مِنَ الْمَرْجُومِينَ
(you will surely be among those stoned),

meaning, `we will stone you.'

At that point, he prayed against them, and Allah responded to his prayer.

Nuh said;

قَالَ رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي كَذَّبُونِ