Al Qalam

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

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

1 Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

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

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

2 Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

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

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

3 Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

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

4 And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.

4 Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

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

5 And thou wilt see and they will see

5 Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

6 Which of you is afflicted with madness.

6 Which of you is the demented.

6 Biayyikumu almaftoonu

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

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

7 Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena

8 So do not yield to the rejecters.

8 Therefor obey not thou the rejecters

8 Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

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

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

9 Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

10 And yield not to any mean swearer

10 Neither obey thou each feeble oath - monger,

10 Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

11 Defamer, going about with slander

11 Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

11 Hammazin mashshain binameemin

12 Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,

12 Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

12 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

13 Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;

13 Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

13 AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

14 Because he possesses wealth and sons.

14 It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

14 An kana tha malin wabaneena

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

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

15 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

16 We will brand him on the nose.

16 We shall brand him on the nose.

16 Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi

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,

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,

17 Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

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

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

18 Wala yastathnoona

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

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

19 Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

20 So it became as black, barren land.

20 And in the morning it was as if plucked.

20 Faasbahat kaalssareemi

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

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

21 Fatanadaw musbiheena

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

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

22 Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

23 So they went, while they consulted together secretly,

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

23 Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

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

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

24 An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

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

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

25 Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

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

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

26 Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

27 Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

27 Nay, but we are desolate!

27 Bal nahnu mahroomoona

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

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

28 Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

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

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

29 Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

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

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

30 Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

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

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

31 Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

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

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

32 AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona

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

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

33 Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

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

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

34 Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

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

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

35 AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

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

36 What aileth you ? How foolishly ye judge!

36 Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

37 Or have you a book wherein you read,

37 Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn

37 Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

38 That you have surely therein what you choose?

38 That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose ?

38 Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona

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?

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 ?

39 Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoona

40 Ask them which of them will vouch for that,

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

40 Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

41 Or have they associates if they are truthful.

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

41 Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena

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,

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

42 Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona

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

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

43 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona

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

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.

44 Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

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

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

45 Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun

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

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

46 Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

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

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

47 Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona

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.

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

48 Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun

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.

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.

49 Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

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

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

50 Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena

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.

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;

51 Wain yakadu allatheena kafaroo layuzliqoonaka biabsarihim lamma samiAAoo alththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoonun

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

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

52 Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena