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