Chapter 68, 52 verses
Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona
So you will see and they will see
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Biayyikumu almaftoonu
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
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
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
So do not yield to the rejecters.
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena
Then do not obey the deniers.
They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
And yield not to any mean swearer
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
Defamer, going about with slander
Hammazin mashshain binameemin
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
Because he possesses wealth and sons.
An kana tha malin wabaneena
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
We will brand him on the nose.
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi
We will brand him upon the snout.
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
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).
Wala yastathnoona
Without making exception.
Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.
Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
So it became as black, barren land.
Faasbahat kaalssareemi
And it became as though reaped.
And they called out to each other in the morning,
Fatanadaw musbiheena
And they called one another at morning,
Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
So they went, while they consulted together secretly,
Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.
An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray
Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
Rather, we have been deprived."
The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "
They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.
Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
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
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
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
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss.
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty?
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
What has happened to you? How do you judge?
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
Or have you a book wherein you read,
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
That you have surely therein what you choose?
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
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
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
Ask them which of them will vouch for that,
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
Or have they associates if they are truthful.
Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena
Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
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
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,
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
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
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
So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.
And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
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
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
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
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.
Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
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
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.
Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.