Kitab

Al Qalam

Chapter 68, 52 verses

  • Shakir
  • Arabic
  • Word by word
Shakir

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

Arabic

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ن ۚ والقلم وما يسطرون

Word by word

نٓ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ

Shakir

By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.

Arabic

ما أنت بنعمة ربك بمجنون

Word by word

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

Shakir

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

Arabic

وإن لك لأجرا غير ممنون

Word by word

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

Shakir

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

Arabic

وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم

Word by word

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

Shakir

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

Arabic

فستبصر ويبصرون

Word by word

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

Shakir

Which of you is afflicted with madness.

Arabic

بأييكم المفتون

Word by word

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

Shakir

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

Arabic

إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بالمهتدين

Word by word

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Shakir

So do not yield to the rejecters.

Arabic

فلا تطع المكذبين

Word by word

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

ودوا لو تدهن فيدهنون

Word by word

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

Shakir

And yield not to any mean swearer

Arabic

ولا تطع كل حلاف مهين

Word by word

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

Shakir

Defamer, going about with slander

Arabic

هماز مشاء بنميم

Word by word

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ

Shakir

Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,

Arabic

مناع للخير معتد أثيم

Word by word

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Shakir

Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;

Arabic

عتل بعد ذلك زنيم

Word by word

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

Shakir

Because he possesses wealth and sons.

Arabic

أن كان ذا مال وبنين

Word by word

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين

Word by word

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

Shakir

We will brand him on the nose.

Arabic

سنسمه على الخرطوم

Word by word

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ

Shakir

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,

Arabic

إنا بلوناهم كما بلونا أصحاب الجنة إذ أقسموا ليصرمنها مصبحين

Word by word

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

ولا يستثنون

Word by word

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

فطاف عليها طائف من ربك وهم نائمون

Word by word

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

Shakir

So it became as black, barren land.

Arabic

فأصبحت كالصريم

Word by word

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

Shakir

And they called out to each other in the morning,

Arabic

فتنادوا مصبحين

Word by word

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

أن اغدوا على حرثكم إن كنتم صارمين

Word by word

أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ

Shakir

So they went, while they consulted together secretly,

Arabic

فانطلقوا وهم يتخافتون

Word by word

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

أن لا يدخلنها اليوم عليكم مسكين

Word by word

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ

Shakir

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

Arabic

وغدوا على حرد قادرين

Word by word

وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَٰدِرِينَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

فلما رأوها قالوا إنا لضالون

Word by word

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

Shakir

Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

Arabic

بل نحن محرومون

Word by word

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

قال أوسطهم ألم أقل لكم لولا تسبحون

Word by word

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

قالوا سبحان ربنا إنا كنا ظالمين

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

فأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتلاومون

Word by word

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

قالوا يا ويلنا إنا كنا طاغين

Word by word

قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

عسى ربنا أن يبدلنا خيرا منها إنا إلى ربنا راغبون

Word by word

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

كذلك العذاب ۖ ولعذاب الآخرة أكبر ۚ لو كانوا يعلمون

Word by word

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

إن للمتقين عند ربهم جنات النعيم

Word by word

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Shakir

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

Arabic

أفنجعل المسلمين كالمجرمين

Word by word

أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Shakir

What has happened to you? How do you judge?

Arabic

ما لكم كيف تحكمون

Word by word

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

Shakir

Or have you a book wherein you read,

Arabic

أم لكم كتاب فيه تدرسون

Word by word

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ

Shakir

That you have surely therein what you choose?

Arabic

إن لكم فيه لما تخيرون

Word by word

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

Shakir

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?

Arabic

أم لكم أيمان علينا بالغة إلى يوم القيامة ۙ إن لكم لما تحكمون

Word by word

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

Shakir

Ask them which of them will vouch for that,

Arabic

سلهم أيهم بذلك زعيم

Word by word

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

Shakir

Or have they associates if they are truthful.

Arabic

أم لهم شركاء فليأتوا بشركائهم إن كانوا صادقين

Word by word

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ

Shakir

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,

Arabic

يوم يكشف عن ساق ويدعون إلى السجود فلا يستطيعون

Word by word

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۖ وقد كانوا يدعون إلى السجود وهم سالمون

Word by word

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

فذرني ومن يكذب بهذا الحديث ۖ سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون

Word by word

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

وأملي لهم ۚ إن كيدي متين

Word by word

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

Shakir

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

Arabic

أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون

Word by word

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون

Word by word

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Shakir

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.

Arabic

فاصبر لحكم ربك ولا تكن كصاحب الحوت إذ نادى وهو مكظوم

Word by word

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

Shakir

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.

Arabic

لولا أن تداركه نعمة من ربه لنبذ بالعراء وهو مذموم

Word by word

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Shakir

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

Arabic

فاجتباه ربه فجعله من الصالحين

Word by word

فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

Shakir

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

Arabic

وإن يكاد الذين كفروا ليزلقونك بأبصارهم لما سمعوا الذكر ويقولون إنه لمجنون

Word by word

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Shakir

And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.

Arabic

وما هو إلا ذكر للعالمين

Word by word

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ

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