وَاللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ الْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا ١٩
"'And Allah has made the earth for you as a carpet (spread out),
71:20
لِتَسْلُكُوا مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا ٢٠
"'That ye may go about therein, in spacious roads.'"
71:21
قَالَ نُوحٌ رَبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِي وَاتَّبَعُوا مَنْ لَمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُ وَوَلَدُهُ إِلَّا خَسَارًا ٢١
Noah said: "O my Lord! They have disobeyed me, but they follow (men) whose wealth and children give them no increase but only Loss.
71:22
وَمَكَرُوا مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا ٢٢
"And they have devised a tremendous Plot.
71:23
وَقَالُوا لَا تَذَرُنَّ آلِهَتَكُمْ وَلَا تَذَرُنَّ وَدًّا وَلَا سُوَاعًا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًا ٢٣
"And they have said (to each other), 'Abandon not your gods: Abandon neither Wadd nor Suwa', neither Yaguth nor Ya'uq, nor Nasr';-