Chapter 68, 52 verses
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ن ۚ والقلم وما يسطرون
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write, -
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin
ما أنت بنعمة ربك بمجنون
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin
وإن لك لأجرا غير ممنون
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin
وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona
فستبصر ويبصرون
So you will see and they will see
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
Biayyikumu almaftoonu
بأييكم المفتون
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena
إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بالمهتدين
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance.
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena
فلا تطع المكذبين
Then do not obey the deniers.
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona
ودوا لو تدهن فيدهنون
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin
ولا تطع كل حلاف مهين
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
Heed not the type of despicable men, - ready with oaths,
Hammazin mashshain binameemin
هماز مشاء بنميم
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin
مناع للخير معتد أثيم
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin
عتل بعد ذلك زنيم
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
Violent (and cruel), - with all that, base - born, -
An kana tha malin wabaneena
أن كان ذا مال وبنين
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi
سنسمه على الخرطوم
We will brand him upon the snout.
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena
إنا بلوناهم كما بلونا أصحاب الجنة إذ أقسموا ليصرمنها مصبحين
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
Wala yastathnoona
ولا يستثنون
Without making exception.
But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona
فطاف عليها طائف من ربك وهم نائمون
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
Faasbahat kaalssareemi
فأصبحت كالصريم
And it became as though reaped.
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
Fatanadaw musbiheena
فتنادوا مصبحين
And they called one another at morning,
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another, -
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena
أن اغدوا على حرثكم إن كنتم صارمين
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona
فانطلقوا وهم يتخافتون
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying) -
An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun
أن لا يدخلنها اليوم عليكم مسكين
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena
وغدوا على حرد قادرين
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona
فلما رأوها قالوا إنا لضالون
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
بل نحن محرومون
Rather, we have been deprived."
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona
قال أوسطهم ألم أقل لكم لولا تسبحون
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena
قالوا سبحان ربنا إنا كنا ظالمين
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona
فأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتلاومون
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena
قالوا يا ويلنا إنا كنا طاغين
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona
عسى ربنا أن يبدلنا خيرا منها إنا إلى ربنا راغبون
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona
كذلك العذاب ۖ ولعذاب الآخرة أكبر ۚ لو كانوا يعلمون
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter, - if only they knew!
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi
إن للمتقين عند ربهم جنات النعيم
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena
أفنجعل المسلمين كالمجرمين
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona
ما لكم كيف تحكمون
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona
أم لكم كتاب فيه تدرسون
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
Or have ye a book through which ye learn -
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona
إن لكم فيه لما تخيرون
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoona
أم لكم أيمان علينا بالغة إلى يوم القيامة ۙ إن لكم لما تحكمون
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun
سلهم أيهم بذلك زعيم
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena
أم لهم شركاء فليأتوا بشركائهم إن كانوا صادقين
Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona
يوم يكشف عن ساق ويدعون إلى السجود فلا يستطيعون
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able, -
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona
خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۖ وقد كانوا يدعون إلى السجود وهم سالمون
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
Their eyes will be cast down, - ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).
Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona
فذرني ومن يكذب بهذا الحديث ۖ سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون
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.
Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun
وأملي لهم ۚ إن كيدي متين
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt? -
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun
فاصبر لحكم ربك ولا تكن كصاحب الحوت إذ نادى وهو مكظوم
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.
So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish, - when he cried out in agony.
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun
لولا أن تداركه نعمة من ربه لنبذ بالعراء وهو مذموم
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena
فاجتباه ربه فجعله من الصالحين
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
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 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 the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
وما هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.
But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.