Chapter 68, 52 verses
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ن ۚ والقلم وما يسطرون
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin
ما أنت بنعمة ربك بمجنون
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin
وإن لك لأجرا غير ممنون
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin
وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona
فستبصر ويبصرون
So you will see and they will see
Biayyikumu almaftoonu
بأييكم المفتون
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
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.
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena
فلا تطع المكذبين
Then do not obey the deniers.
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona
ودوا لو تدهن فيدهنون
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin
ولا تطع كل حلاف مهين
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
Hammazin mashshain binameemin
هماز مشاء بنميم
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin
مناع للخير معتد أثيم
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin
عتل بعد ذلك زنيم
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
An kana tha malin wabaneena
أن كان ذا مال وبنين
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
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."
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi
سنسمه على الخرطوم
We will brand him upon 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
Wala yastathnoona
ولا يستثنون
Without making exception.
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.
Faasbahat kaalssareemi
فأصبحت كالصريم
And it became as though reaped.
Fatanadaw musbiheena
فتنادوا مصبحين
And they called one another at morning,
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."
Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona
فانطلقوا وهم يتخافتون
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
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."
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena
وغدوا على حرد قادرين
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona
فلما رأوها قالوا إنا لضالون
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
بل نحن محرومون
Rather, we have been deprived."
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]?' "
Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena
قالوا سبحان ربنا إنا كنا ظالمين
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona
فأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتلاومون
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena
قالوا يا ويلنا إنا كنا طاغين
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
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."
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.
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi
إن للمتقين عند ربهم جنات النعيم
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena
أفنجعل المسلمين كالمجرمين
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona
ما لكم كيف تحكمون
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona
أم لكم كتاب فيه تدرسون
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona
إن لكم فيه لما تخيرون
That indeed for you is whatever you 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?
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun
سلهم أيهم بذلك زعيم
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
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.
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,
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.
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.
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun
وأملي لهم ۚ إن كيدي متين
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
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?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they 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.
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.
Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena
فاجتباه ربه فجعله من الصالحين
And his Lord chose him and made him 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."
Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
وما هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.