Chapter 68, 52 verses
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona
Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,
In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin
By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.
Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin
And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.
And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin
And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona
So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,
And thou wilt see and they will see
Biayyikumu almaftoonu
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Which of you is the demented.
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena
Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course.
Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena
So do not yield to the rejecters.
Therefor obey not thou the rejecters
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona
They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.
Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin
And yield not to any mean swearer
Neither obey thou each feeble oath - monger,
Hammazin mashshain binameemin
Defamer, going about with slander
Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin
Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,
Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin
Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;
Greedy therewithal, intrusive.
An kana tha malin wabaneena
Because he possesses wealth and sons.
It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi
We will brand him on the nose.
We shall brand him on the nose.
Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena
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,
Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,
Wala yastathnoona
And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).
And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);
Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona
Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.
Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept
Faasbahat kaalssareemi
So it became as black, barren land.
And in the morning it was as if plucked.
Fatanadaw musbiheena
And they called out to each other in the morning,
And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena
Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).
Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona
So they went, while they consulted together secretly,
So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun
Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.
No needy man shall enter it to - day against you.
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena
And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.
They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona
But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray
But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
Nay, but we are desolate!
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona
The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?
The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah) ?
Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena
They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.
They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong - doers.
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona
Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.
Then some of them drew near unto others, self - reproaching.
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena
Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:
They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona
Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition.
It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona
Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know!
Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss.
Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena
What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty?
Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty ?
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona
What has happened to you? How do you judge?
What aileth you ? How foolishly ye judge!
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona
Or have you a book wherein you read,
Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona
That you have surely therein what you choose?
That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose ?
Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoona
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 have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain ?
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun
Ask them which of them will vouch for that,
Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!
Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena
Or have they associates if they are truthful.
Or have they other gods ? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona
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,
On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona
Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.
With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.
Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona
So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not:
Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun
And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.
Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt?
Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed ?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?
Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof) ?
Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun
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.
But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun
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.
Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena
Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.
But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
Wain yakadu allatheena kafaroo layuzliqoonaka biabsarihim lamma samiAAoo alththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoonun
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 lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;
Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.
When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.