قَالَ رَبِّ إِنِّى دَعَوْتُ قَوْمِى لَيْلًا وَنَهَارًا
- EnglishSaheeh International
- He said, "My Lord, indeed I invited my people [to truth] night and day.
- TamilJan Trust Foundation
- பின்னர் அவர், "என் இறைவா! நிச்சயமாக, நான் என் சமூகத்தாரை இரவிலும், பகலிலும் (நேர்வழியின்பால்) அழைத்தேன்.
- SinhalaRuwwad Center
- “මාගේ පරමාධිපතියාණනි! දිවා රාත්රියේ නියත වශයෙන් ම මම මාගේ ජනයාට ඇරයුම් කළෙමි” යැයි ඔහු පැවසී ය.
- UrduMaulana Muhammad Junagarhi
- (نوح علیہ السلام نے) کہا اے میرے پرورگار! میں نے اپنی قوم کو رات دن تیری طرف بلایا ہے.
- JapaneseRyoichi Mita
- かれ（ヌーフ）は申し上げた。「主よ，わたしは夜も昼も，わたしの人びとに呼びかけました 。
- ChineseMa Jian
- 他说：我的主啊！我确已日夜召唤我的宗族，
Tafsir of 71:5
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)
