Quran 71:20

Surah Nuh, Verse 20

Verse 20 of 28 in Surah Nuh (نوح), chapter 71 of the Quran — in Arabic with Tamil, Sinhala and English translation, tafsir and MP3 recitation.

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

EnglishSaheeh International: That you may follow therein roads of passage.'"
TamilJan Trust Foundation: "அதில் நீங்கள் செல்வதற்காக விசாலமான பாதைகளையும் அமைத்தான்" (என்றும் போதித்தார்).
SinhalaRuwwad Center: නුඹලා එහි විවෘත මංමාවත්වල ගමන් කිරීම පිණිස.
UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi: تاکہ تم اس کی کشاده راہوں میں چلو پھرو.
JapaneseRyoichi Mita: そこであなたがたは，広い大道を往来するであろう。』といって聞かせました。」
ChineseMa Jian: 以便你们在大地上走著宽阔的道路。

Tafsir of 71:20

Nuh complains about his Encounter with His People Allah tells about His servant and Messenger, Nuh, and that he complained to his Lord about the response he received from his people, and how he was patient with them for this long period of time -- which was nine hundred and fifty years. He complained due to his explaining and clarifying matters for them and his calling them to guidance and the straightest path. So he (Nuh) said, رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلاً وَنَهَاراً (O my Lord! Verily, I have called to my people night and day,) meaning, `I did not abandon calling them night and day, carrying out Your command and in obediance to You.' فَلَمْ يَزِدْهُمْ دُعَآئِى إِلاَّ فِرَاراً (But all my calling added nothing but to (their) flight.) meaning, `the more I called them to come to the truth, the more they fled from it and avoided it.' وَإِنِّى كُلَّمَا دَعَوْتُهُمْ لِتَغْفِرَ لَهُمْ جَعَلُواْ أَصَبِعَهُمْ فِى ءَاذَنِهِمْ وَاسْتَغْشَوْاْ ثِيَابَهُمْ (And verily, every time I called unto them that You might forgive them, they thrust their fingers into their ears, covered themselves up with their garments,) meaning, `they closed up their ears so that they could not hear what I w…

Source: Ibn Kathir (Abridged)