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The story of Surah Nuh for children, in pictures

Asking forgiveness opens doors of mercy and provision, and Noah kept calling night and day

28 verses · 9 lessons · Juz Tabarak

Meaning from Tafsir Al-Muyassar, simplified for children. Reviewed by Sherif Alkady, 17 October 2026.

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The lessons

  1. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: dark rain clouds gathering far away over a calm wide sea, a small lantern glowing on a green hilltop in the foreground
    1 · Verses 1–4

    Warn your people

    Allah sent Noah, peace be upon him, to his people to warn them before a painful punishment came. He said: my people, I am a clear warner to you: worship Allah, fear Him and obey me, and He will forgive your sins and give you time until a set term.

  2. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: a quiet old Arabian village of mud-brick houses along a sandy path, the sky half golden sunset and half deep blue night with a crescent moon rising
    2 · Verses 5–7

    Night and day

    Noah said: my Lord, I called my people night and day, but my calling only made them run away more. Each time I called them so that You would forgive them, they put their fingers in their ears, covered themselves with their clothes, insisted and were proud.

  3. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: a soft dawn breaking over a quiet sleeping old Arabian village of mud-brick houses and palms, the first warm light touching the rooftops
    3 · Verses 8–10

    Ask your Lord's forgiveness

    Then I called them openly in front of everyone, then I spoke to them sometimes aloud and sometimes in secret, and I said: ask your Lord for forgiveness; He is always ready to forgive whoever repents and returns to Him.

  4. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: gentle rain falling from soft clouds over lush green gardens full of fruit trees and a clear winding river, sunlight breaking through
    4 · Verses 11–12

    Rain and gardens

    If you ask forgiveness, Allah will send down plenty of rain on you, one shower after another, give you more wealth and children, and give you gardens and rivers.

  5. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: a twilight sky over soft hills with the golden sun setting on one side and a pale full moon rising on the other, the first stars appearing
    5 · Verses 13–16

    The sun is a lamp

    What is wrong with you that you do not honour Allah's greatness, when He created you stage after stage? Do you not see how Allah created seven heavens one above another, made the moon a light in them, and made the sun a shining lamp?

  6. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: a wide flat green plain spreading like a carpet with patches of fields and young seedlings, wide sandy roads crossing it toward far hills
    6 · Verses 17–20

    The earth is a carpet

    Allah made you grow from the earth as plants grow, then He returns you into it after death, then He brings you out on the Day of Resurrection. And He spread the earth for you like a carpet, so that you may walk along its wide roads.

  7. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: five empty cracked stone pedestals standing in a dry windswept desert under a grey sky, sand drifting over their bases
    7 · Verses 21–24

    Never leave your gods

    Noah said: my Lord, my people disobeyed me and followed the rich whose wealth only brought them loss. They plotted a great plot and said: never leave your idols Wadd, Suwa', Yaghuth, Ya'uq and Nasr. And they led many astray.

  8. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: a large wooden ark riding high waves on a vast sea under heavy storm clouds, a thin ray of light breaking through the clouds onto it
    8 · Verse 25

    They were drowned

    Because of their sins and their insisting on disbelief, they were drowned in the flood and then put into the Fire, and they found no one besides Allah to help them.

  9. Paper-cut picture from Surah Nuh: a warm house with its door open and golden light spilling out at evening, a calm sea and a resting wooden ark far behind it
    9 · Verses 26–28

    My Lord, forgive me and my parents

    Noah said: my Lord, do not leave a single disbeliever on the earth, for they lead Your servants astray. My Lord, forgive me and my parents, and whoever enters my house as a believer, and the believing men and women.

Surah Nuh at a glance

Surah Nuh is a Makki surah with 28 verses; it is number 71 in the mushaf, in juz 29 (Juz Tabarak), and starts on page 570.

Order in the mushaf
71
Number of verses
28 verses
Makki or Madani
Makki (revealed in Makkah)
Juz
29 (Juz Tabarak)
Starts on page
570
What its name means
Nuh is the Prophet Noah, peace be upon him: the whole surah is about his call to his people, night and day, and what became of them.

Classification, verse count and page numbers follow the Madinah Mushaf (Hafs from Asim, Kufi count).

Word meanings in Surah Nuh for kids

Meanings from Tafsir Al-Muyassar, in simple words.

أَنذِرْ
warn (Verse 1)
أَلِيمٌۭ
painful (Verse 1)
نَذِيرٌۭ مُّبِينٌ
a clear warner (Verse 2)
أَجَلٍۢ مُّسَمًّى
an appointed time (Verse 4)
فِرَارًۭا
running away (Verse 6)
وَٱسْتَغْشَوْا۟ ثِيَابَهُمْ
covered themselves with their clothes (Verse 7)
وَأَصَرُّوا۟
persisted (Verse 7)
جِهَارًۭا
openly (Verse 8)
وَأَسْرَرْتُ
spoke to them in private (Verse 9)
غَفَّارًۭا
ever-forgiving (Verse 10)
مِّدْرَارًۭا
abundant rain (Verse 11)
وَيُمْدِدْكُم
and give you plenty of (Verse 12)
جَنَّٰتٍۢ
gardens (Verse 12)
لَا تَرْجُونَ لِلَّهِ وَقَارًۭا
you do not respect Allah's greatness (Verse 13)
أَطْوَارًا
in stages (Verse 14)
طِبَاقًۭا
one above another (Verse 15)
سِرَاجًۭا
a shining lamp (Verse 16)
أَنۢبَتَكُم
made you grow from the earth (Verse 17)
بِسَاطًۭا
spread out like a carpet (Verse 19)
سُبُلًۭا فِجَاجًۭا
wide paths (Verse 20)
خَسَارًۭا
loss (Verse 21)
كُبَّارًۭا
huge (Verse 22)
وَدًّۭا وَلَا سُوَاعًۭا وَلَا يَغُوثَ وَيَعُوقَ وَنَسْرًۭا
names of idols Nuh's people worshipped (Verse 23)
خَطِيٓـَٰٔتِهِمْ
their sins (Verse 25)
دَيَّارًا
a single one (Verse 26)
تَبَارًۢا
ruin (Verse 28)

Check your understanding of Surah Nuh: questions for kids

Read the question, think, then tap the answer you choose.

  1. 1. Why did Allah send Nuh to his people?

  2. 2. When did Nuh call his people?

  3. 3. What did his people do when he called them?

  4. 4. What does Allah give those who ask forgiveness, as Nuh said?

  5. 5. What did Allah make the sun?

  6. 6. How did Allah make the earth for us?

  7. 7. How were Nuh's people destroyed?

Questions parents ask

What is a simple explanation of Surah Nuh for children?

Allah sent Noah, peace be upon him, to warn his people and call them to worship Allah alone. He called them night and day, openly and in secret, and said: ask your Lord for forgiveness. But they put their fingers in their ears and kept worshipping idols, so they were drowned in the flood. Noah ended with the prayer: my Lord, forgive me and my parents.

What does Allah give to those who ask His forgiveness?

Noah, peace be upon him, told his people: if you ask forgiveness, Allah will send down plenty of rain on you, one shower after another, give you more wealth and children, and give you gardens and rivers.

What is the lesson of Surah Nuh?

That asking forgiveness opens doors of mercy and provision, and that Noah, peace be upon him, kept calling night and day. And we learn his prayer: my Lord, forgive me and my parents.

Why is Surah Nuh called by this name?

Nuh is the Prophet Noah, peace be upon him: the whole surah is about his call to his people, night and day, and what became of them.

What are the main facts about Surah Nuh?

Surah Nuh is a Makki surah with 28 verses; it is number 71 in the mushaf, in juz 29 (Juz Tabarak), and starts on page 570. Its big idea: Asking forgiveness opens doors of mercy and provision, and Noah kept calling night and day.

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