Child

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

coarse, and on top of all that, an imposter.

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

Just because he has wealth and sons,

يُرْسِلِ ٱلسَّمَآءَ عَلَيْكُم مِّدْرَارًا

He will send down abundant rain from the sky for you;

وَيُمْدِدْكُم بِأَمْوَٰلٍ وَبَنِينَ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ جَنَّـٰتٍ وَيَجْعَل لَّكُمْ أَنْهَـٰرًا

He will give you wealth and sons; He will provide you with gardens and rivers.

قَالَ نُوحٌ رَّبِّ إِنَّهُمْ عَصَوْنِى وَٱتَّبَعُوا۟ مَن لَّمْ يَزِدْهُ مَالُهُۥ وَوَلَدُهُۥٓ إِلَّا خَسَارًا

Noah said, ‘My Lord, they have disobeyed me and followed those whose riches and children only increase their ruin;

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

who have made a grand plan,

وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَـٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَـٰحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا

and that He––exalted be the glory of our Lord!––has neither spouse nor child.

فَكَيْفَ تَتَّقُونَ إِن كَفَرْتُمْ يَوْمًا يَجْعَلُ ٱلْوِلْدَٰنَ شِيبًا

So if you disbelieve, how can you guard yourselves against a Day that will turn children’s hair grey,

ذَرْنِى وَمَنْ خَلَقْتُ وَحِيدًا

[Prophet], leave Me to deal with the one I created helpless,

وَجَعَلْتُ لَهُۥ مَالًا مَّمْدُودًا

then gave vast wealth,

وَبَنِينَ شُهُودًا

and sons by his side,

فَإِذَا جَآءَتِ ٱلصَّآخَّةُ

When the Deafening Blast comes––

يَوْمَ يَفِرُّ ٱلْمَرْءُ مِنْ أَخِيهِ

the Day man will flee from his own brother,

وَأُمِّهِۦ وَأَبِيهِ

his mother, his father,

وَصَـٰحِبَتِهِۦ وَبَنِيهِ

his wife, his children:

وَإِذَا ٱلْمَوْءُۥدَةُ سُئِلَتْ

when the baby girl buried alive is asked

بِأَىِّ ذَنۢبٍ قُتِلَتْ

for what sin she was killed,