Al Qalam

1 Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

1 Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write, -

2 Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

2 Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.

3 Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

3 Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:

4 Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

4 And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.

5 Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

5 Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,

6 Biayyikumu almaftoonu

6 Which of you is afflicted with madness.

7 Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena

7 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.

8 Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

8 So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).

9 Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

9 Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.

10 Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

10 Heed not the type of despicable men, - ready with oaths,

11 Hammazin mashshain binameemin

11 A slanderer, going about with calumnies,

12 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

12 (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,

13 AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

13 Violent (and cruel), - with all that, base - born, -

14 An kana tha malin wabaneena

14 Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.

15 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

15 When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!

16 Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi

16 Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!

17 Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

17 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.

18 Wala yastathnoona

18 But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").

19 Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

19 Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.

20 Faasbahat kaalssareemi

20 So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).

21 Fatanadaw musbiheena

21 As the morning broke, they called out, one to another, -

22 Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

22 "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."

23 Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

23 So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying) -

24 An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

24 "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."

25 Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

25 And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.

26 Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

26 But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:

27 Bal nahnu mahroomoona

27 "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"

28 Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

28 Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"

29 Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

29 They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"

30 Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

30 Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.

31 Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

31 They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!

32 AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona

32 "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"

33 Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

33 Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter, - if only they knew!

34 Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

34 Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.

35 AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

35 Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?

36 Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

36 What is the matter with you? How judge ye?

37 Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

37 Or have ye a book through which ye learn -

38 Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona

38 That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?

39 Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoona

39 Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?

40 Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

40 Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!

41 Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena

41 Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!

42 Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona

42 The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able, -

43 KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona

43 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).

44 Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

44 Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.

45 Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun

45 A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.

46 Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

46 Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt? -

47 Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona

47 Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?

48 Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun

48 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.

49 Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

49 Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.

50 Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena

50 Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.

51 Wain yakadu allatheena kafaroo layuzliqoonaka biabsarihim lamma samiAAoo alththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoonun

51 And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"

52 Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

52 But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.