Chapter 68, 52 verses
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona
Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write, -
نٓ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin
By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin
And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin
And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona
So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
Biayyikumu almaftoonu
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
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.
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.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena
So do not yield to the rejecters.
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona
They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin
And yield not to any mean swearer
Heed not the type of despicable men, - ready with oaths,
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
Hammazin mashshain binameemin
Defamer, going about with slander
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin
Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin
Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;
Violent (and cruel), - with all that, base - born, -
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
An kana tha malin wabaneena
Because he possesses wealth and sons.
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi
We will brand him on the nose.
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
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,
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.
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Wala yastathnoona
And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).
But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona
Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
Faasbahat kaalssareemi
So it became as black, barren land.
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
Fatanadaw musbiheena
And they called out to each other in the morning,
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another, -
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena
Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ
Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona
So they went, while they consulted together secretly,
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying) -
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun
Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena
And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَٰدِرِينَ
Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona
But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona
The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena
They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona
Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena
Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:
They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ
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 in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
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 is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter, - if only they knew!
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss.
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena
What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty?
Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona
What has happened to you? How do you judge?
What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona
Or have you a book wherein you read,
Or have ye a book through which ye learn -
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona
That you have surely therein what you choose?
That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
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 Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun
Ask them which of them will vouch for that,
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena
Or have they associates if they are truthful.
Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ
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,
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able, -
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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.
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).
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ
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:
Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun
And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt?
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt? -
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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.
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.
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
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 not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena
Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.
Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
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 the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena
And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.
But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ