Chapter 68, 52 verses
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ن ۚ والقلم وما يسطرون
Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin
ما أنت بنعمة ربك بمجنون
And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin
وإن لك لأجرا غير ممنون
And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin
وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم
And thou wilt see and they will see
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona
فستبصر ويبصرون
Which of you is the demented.
Biayyikumu almaftoonu
بأييكم المفتون
Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena
إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بالمهتدين
Therefor obey not thou the rejecters
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena
فلا تطع المكذبين
Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona
ودوا لو تدهن فيدهنون
Neither obey thou each feeble oath - monger,
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin
ولا تطع كل حلاف مهين
Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,
Hammazin mashshain binameemin
هماز مشاء بنميم
Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin
مناع للخير معتد أثيم
Greedy therewithal, intrusive.
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin
عتل بعد ذلك زنيم
It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
An kana tha malin wabaneena
أن كان ذا مال وبنين
That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
We shall brand him on the nose.
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi
سنسمه على الخرطوم
Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,
Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena
إنا بلوناهم كما بلونا أصحاب الجنة إذ أقسموا ليصرمنها مصبحين
And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);
Wala yastathnoona
ولا يستثنون
Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept
Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona
فطاف عليها طائف من ربك وهم نائمون
And in the morning it was as if plucked.
Faasbahat kaalssareemi
فأصبحت كالصريم
And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
Fatanadaw musbiheena
فتنادوا مصبحين
Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena
أن اغدوا على حرثكم إن كنتم صارمين
So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona
فانطلقوا وهم يتخافتون
No needy man shall enter it to - day against you.
An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun
أن لا يدخلنها اليوم عليكم مسكين
They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena
وغدوا على حرد قادرين
But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona
فلما رأوها قالوا إنا لضالون
Nay, but we are desolate!
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
بل نحن محرومون
The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah) ?
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona
قال أوسطهم ألم أقل لكم لولا تسبحون
They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong - doers.
Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena
قالوا سبحان ربنا إنا كنا ظالمين
Then some of them drew near unto others, self - reproaching.
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona
فأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتلاومون
They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena
قالوا يا ويلنا إنا كنا طاغين
It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona
عسى ربنا أن يبدلنا خيرا منها إنا إلى ربنا راغبون
Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona
كذلك العذاب ۖ ولعذاب الآخرة أكبر ۚ لو كانوا يعلمون
Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi
إن للمتقين عند ربهم جنات النعيم
Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty ?
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena
أفنجعل المسلمين كالمجرمين
What aileth you ? How foolishly ye judge!
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona
ما لكم كيف تحكمون
Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona
أم لكم كتاب فيه تدرسون
That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose ?
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona
إن لكم فيه لما تخيرون
Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain ?
Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoona
أم لكم أيمان علينا بالغة إلى يوم القيامة ۙ إن لكم لما تحكمون
Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun
سلهم أيهم بذلك زعيم
Or have they other gods ? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful
Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena
أم لهم شركاء فليأتوا بشركائهم إن كانوا صادقين
On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona
يوم يكشف عن ساق ويدعون إلى السجود فلا يستطيعون
With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona
خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۖ وقد كانوا يدعون إلى السجود وهم سالمون
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.
Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona
فذرني ومن يكذب بهذا الحديث ۖ سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون
Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun
وأملي لهم ۚ إن كيدي متين
Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed ?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof) ?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.
Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun
فاصبر لحكم ربك ولا تكن كصاحب الحوت إذ نادى وهو مكظوم
Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun
لولا أن تداركه نعمة من ربه لنبذ بالعراء وهو مذموم
But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena
فاجتباه ربه فجعله من الصالحين
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;
Wain yakadu allatheena kafaroo layuzliqoonaka biabsarihim lamma samiAAoo alththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoonun
وإن يكاد الذين كفروا ليزلقونك بأبصارهم لما سمعوا الذكر ويقولون إنه لمجنون
When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.
Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
وما هو إلا ذكر للعالمين