Ali Quli Qarai, The Qur’ān with a Phrase-by-Phrase English Translation (2005)

‘Build the ark before Our eyes
and by Our revelation.
When Our edict comes
and the oven gushes [a stream of water],
bring into it a pair of every kind ¹ [of animal],
and your family,
except
those of them against whom the decree has gone beforehand,
and do not plead with Me
for those who are wrongdoers:
they shall indeed be drowned.’
28 ‘When you, and those who are with you, are settled
in the ark,
say, “All praise belongs to Allah,
who has delivered us
from the wrongdoing lot.”
29 And say, “My Lord!
Land me with a blessed landing,
for You are the best of those who bring ashore.” ’
30 There are indeed signs in this;
and indeed We have been testing.

31 Then after them We brought forth
another generation,
32 and We sent them an apostle from among themselves,
saying, ‘Worship Allah!
You have no other god besides Him.
Will you not then be wary [of Him]?’
33 Said the elite of his people,