Chapter 68, 52 verses
Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ن ۚ والقلم وما يسطرون
By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin
ما أنت بنعمة ربك بمجنون
And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin
وإن لك لأجرا غير ممنون
And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin
وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم
So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona
فستبصر ويبصرون
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Biayyikumu almaftoonu
بأييكم المفتون
Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course.
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena
إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بالمهتدين
So do not yield to the rejecters.
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena
فلا تطع المكذبين
They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona
ودوا لو تدهن فيدهنون
And yield not to any mean swearer
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin
ولا تطع كل حلاف مهين
Defamer, going about with slander
Hammazin mashshain binameemin
هماز مشاء بنميم
Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin
مناع للخير معتد أثيم
Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin
عتل بعد ذلك زنيم
Because he possesses wealth and sons.
An kana tha malin wabaneena
أن كان ذا مال وبنين
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
We will brand him on the nose.
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi
سنسمه على الخرطوم
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,
Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena
إنا بلوناهم كما بلونا أصحاب الجنة إذ أقسموا ليصرمنها مصبحين
And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).
Wala yastathnoona
ولا يستثنون
Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.
Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona
فطاف عليها طائف من ربك وهم نائمون
So it became as black, barren land.
Faasbahat kaalssareemi
فأصبحت كالصريم
And they called out to each other in the morning,
Fatanadaw musbiheena
فتنادوا مصبحين
Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena
أن اغدوا على حرثكم إن كنتم صارمين
So they went, while they consulted together secretly,
Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona
فانطلقوا وهم يتخافتون
Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.
An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun
أن لا يدخلنها اليوم عليكم مسكين
And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena
وغدوا على حرد قادرين
But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray
Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona
فلما رأوها قالوا إنا لضالون
Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
بل نحن محرومون
The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona
قال أوسطهم ألم أقل لكم لولا تسبحون
They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.
Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena
قالوا سبحان ربنا إنا كنا ظالمين
Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona
فأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتلاومون
Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena
قالوا يا ويلنا إنا كنا طاغين
Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition.
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona
عسى ربنا أن يبدلنا خيرا منها إنا إلى ربنا راغبون
Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know!
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona
كذلك العذاب ۖ ولعذاب الآخرة أكبر ۚ لو كانوا يعلمون
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss.
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi
إن للمتقين عند ربهم جنات النعيم
What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty?
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena
أفنجعل المسلمين كالمجرمين
What has happened to you? How do you judge?
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona
ما لكم كيف تحكمون
Or have you a book wherein you read,
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona
أم لكم كتاب فيه تدرسون
That you have surely therein what you choose?
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona
إن لكم فيه لما تخيرون
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?
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 which of them will vouch for that,
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun
سلهم أيهم بذلك زعيم
Or have they associates if they are truthful.
Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena
أم لهم شركاء فليأتوا بشركائهم إن كانوا صادقين
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,
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona
يوم يكشف عن ساق ويدعون إلى السجود فلا يستطيعون
Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona
خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۖ وقد كانوا يدعون إلى السجود وهم سالمون
So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not:
Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona
فذرني ومن يكذب بهذا الحديث ۖ سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون
And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun
وأملي لهم ۚ إن كيدي متين
Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
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.
Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun
فاصبر لحكم ربك ولا تكن كصاحب الحوت إذ نادى وهو مكظوم
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.
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun
لولا أن تداركه نعمة من ربه لنبذ بالعراء وهو مذموم
Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.
Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena
فاجتباه ربه فجعله من الصالحين
And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is 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
And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.
Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
وما هو إلا ذكر للعالمين