Al Qalam

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1 Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

Saheeh International

1 Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

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2 Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

Saheeh International

2 You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.

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3 Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

Saheeh International

3 And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

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4 Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

Saheeh International

4 And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

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5 Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

Saheeh International

5 So you will see and they will see

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6 Biayyikumu almaftoonu

Saheeh International

6 Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

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

Saheeh International

7 Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

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8 Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

Saheeh International

8 Then do not obey the deniers.

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9 Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

Saheeh International

9 They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].

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10 Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

Saheeh International

10 And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

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11 Hammazin mashshain binameemin

Saheeh International

11 [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

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12 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

Saheeh International

12 A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

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13 AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

Saheeh International

13 Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

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14 An kana tha malin wabaneena

Saheeh International

14 Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

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15 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

Saheeh International

15 When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

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16 Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi

Saheeh International

16 We will brand him upon the snout.

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17 Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

Saheeh International

17 Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

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18 Wala yastathnoona

Saheeh International

18 Without making exception.

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19 Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

Saheeh International

19 So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

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20 Faasbahat kaalssareemi

Saheeh International

20 And it became as though reaped.

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21 Fatanadaw musbiheena

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21 And they called one another at morning,

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22 Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

Saheeh International

22 [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."

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23 Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

Saheeh International

23 So they set out, while lowering their voices,

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24 An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

Saheeh International

24 [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

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25 Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

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25 And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

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26 Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

Saheeh International

26 But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;

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27 Bal nahnu mahroomoona

Saheeh International

27 Rather, we have been deprived."

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28 Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

Saheeh International

28 The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "

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29 Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

Saheeh International

29 They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

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30 Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

Saheeh International

30 Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

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31 Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

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31 They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

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32 AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona

Saheeh International

32 Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."

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33 Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

Saheeh International

33 Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

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34 Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

Saheeh International

34 Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.

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35 AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

Saheeh International

35 Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

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36 Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

Saheeh International

36 What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?

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37 Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

Saheeh International

37 Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

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38 Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona

Saheeh International

38 That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

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

Saheeh International

39 Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?

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40 Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

Saheeh International

40 Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.

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41 Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena

Saheeh International

41 Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.

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42 Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona

Saheeh International

42 The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,

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

Saheeh International

43 Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

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44 Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

Saheeh International

44 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.

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45 Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun

Saheeh International

45 And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

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46 Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

Saheeh International

46 Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

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47 Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona

Saheeh International

47 Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

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

Saheeh International

48 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.

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49 Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

Saheeh International

49 If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

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50 Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena

Saheeh International

50 And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

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

Saheeh International

51 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."

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52 Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

Saheeh International

52 But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.