Meccan·Surah 71

نوح

Surah Nuh — Ayah 20

Noah

28 Ayahs·Verse 71:20
71:20

لِّتَسْلُكُوا۟ مِنْهَا سُبُلًا فِجَاجًا

That you may follow therein roads of passage.' "

Context in Surah Nuh

Nearby ayahs help place verse 71:20 in sequence and meaning.

ثُمَّ يُعِيدُكُمْ فِيهَا وَيُخْرِجُكُمْ إِخْرَاجًا

Then He will return you into it and extract you [another] extraction.

وَٱللَّهُ جَعَلَ لَكُمُ ٱلْأَرْضَ بِسَاطًا

And Allah has made for you the earth an expanse

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

Noah said, "My Lord, indeed they have disobeyed me and followed him whose wealth and children will not increase him except in loss.

وَمَكَرُوا۟ مَكْرًا كُبَّارًا

And they conspired an immense conspiracy.