Al Qalam

Pickthall

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),

Shakir

1 Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,

Pickthall

2 Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.

Shakir

2 By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.

Pickthall

3 And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.

Shakir

3 And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.

Pickthall

4 And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.

Shakir

4 And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.

Pickthall

5 And thou wilt see and they will see

Shakir

5 So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,

Pickthall

6 Which of you is the demented.

Shakir

6 Which of you is afflicted with madness.

Pickthall

7 Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.

Shakir

7 Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course.

Pickthall

8 Therefor obey not thou the rejecters

Shakir

8 So do not yield to the rejecters.

Pickthall

9 Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

Shakir

9 They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.

Pickthall

10 Neither obey thou each feeble oath - monger,

Shakir

10 And yield not to any mean swearer

Pickthall

11 Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

Shakir

11 Defamer, going about with slander

Pickthall

12 Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

Shakir

12 Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,

Pickthall

13 Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

Shakir

13 Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;

Pickthall

14 It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

Shakir

14 Because he possesses wealth and sons.

Pickthall

15 That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.

Shakir

15 When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.

Pickthall

16 We shall brand him on the nose.

Shakir

16 We will brand him on the nose.

Pickthall

17 Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,

Shakir

17 Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the morning,

Pickthall

18 And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);

Shakir

18 And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).

Pickthall

19 Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept

Shakir

19 Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.

Pickthall

20 And in the morning it was as if plucked.

Shakir

20 So it became as black, barren land.

Pickthall

21 And they cried out one unto another in the morning,

Shakir

21 And they called out to each other in the morning,

Pickthall

22 Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).

Shakir

22 Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).

Pickthall

23 So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:

Shakir

23 So they went, while they consulted together secretly,

Pickthall

24 No needy man shall enter it to - day against you.

Shakir

24 Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.

Pickthall

25 They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.

Shakir

25 And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.

Pickthall

26 But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!

Shakir

26 But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray

Pickthall

27 Nay, but we are desolate!

Shakir

27 Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

Pickthall

28 The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah) ?

Shakir

28 The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?

Pickthall

29 They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong - doers.

Shakir

29 They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.

Pickthall

30 Then some of them drew near unto others, self - reproaching.

Shakir

30 Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.

Pickthall

31 They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.

Shakir

31 Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:

Pickthall

32 It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.

Shakir

32 Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition.

Pickthall

33 Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.

Shakir

33 Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know!

Pickthall

34 Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.

Shakir

34 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss.

Pickthall

35 Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty ?

Shakir

35 What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty?

Pickthall

36 What aileth you ? How foolishly ye judge!

Shakir

36 What has happened to you? How do you judge?

Pickthall

37 Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn

Shakir

37 Or have you a book wherein you read,

Pickthall

38 That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose ?

Shakir

38 That you have surely therein what you choose?

Pickthall

39 Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain ?

Shakir

39 Or have you received from Us an agreement confirmed by an oath extending to the day of resurrection that you shall surely have what you demand?

Pickthall

40 Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!

Shakir

40 Ask them which of them will vouch for that,

Pickthall

41 Or have they other gods ? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful

Shakir

41 Or have they associates if they are truthful.

Pickthall

42 On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,

Shakir

42 On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able,

Pickthall

43 With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.

Shakir

43 Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.

Pickthall

44 Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.

Shakir

44 So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not:

Pickthall

45 Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.

Shakir

45 And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.

Pickthall

46 Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed ?

Shakir

46 Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt?

Pickthall

47 Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof) ?

Shakir

47 Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?

Pickthall

48 But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.

Shakir

48 So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress.

Pickthall

49 Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.

Shakir

49 Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found while he was blamed.

Pickthall

50 But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.

Shakir

50 Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.

Pickthall

51 And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;

Shakir

51 And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad.

Pickthall

52 When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.

Shakir

52 And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.