Rowwad Translation Center — 343

23:18 We send down water from the sky in due measure and cause it to stay in the earth, and We are surely able to take it away.

23:19 With this [water] We produce for you gardens of palm trees and grapevines, in which there are many fruits from which you eat,

23:20 and [olive] tree that grows at Mount Sinai, producing oil and condiment for those who eat.

23:21 And there is certainly a lesson for you in livestock animals. We provide you with a drink out of what they have in their bellies, and for you there are many benefits in them, and from their [meat] you eat,

23:22 and on them and on boats you are carried.

23:23 We sent Noah to his people. He said, “O my people, worship Allah; you have no god other than Him. Will you not then fear Him?”

23:24 The disbelieving chiefs of his people said, “This is only a man like yourselves who wants to be superior to you. If Allah had willed, He could have sent down angels. We have not heard such a thing from our forefathers.

23:25 He is just a madman, so bear with him for a while[1].”

23:26 Noah said, “My Lord, help me, for they have rejected me.”

23:27 So We inspired him [saying], “Make the Ark under Our Eyes and according to Our directions. Then when Our command comes and the oven bursts with water[1], take on board a pair of each species and your family, except those against whom the decree has already been passed. And do not plead with Me concerning those who have done wrong, for they will surely be drowned.”