Chapter 68, 52 verses
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Nun. [These letters (Nun, etc.) are one of the miracles of the Qur'an, and none but Allah (Alone) knows their meanings]. By the pen and by what they (the angels) write (in the Records of men).
নূন - শপথ কলমের এবং উহারা যাহা লিপিবদ্ধ করে তাহার,
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),
You (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم), by the Grace of your Lord, are not mad.
তোমার প্রতিপালকের অনুগ্রহে তুমি উন্মাদ নও।
By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.
Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.
And Verily, for you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) will be an endless reward.
তোমার জন্য অবশ্যই রহিয়াছে নিরবচ্ছিন্ন পুরস্কার,
And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.
And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.
And Verily, you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) are on an exalted (standard of) character.
তুমি অবশ্যই মহান চরিত্রে অধিষ্ঠিত।
And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.
You will see, and they will see,
শীঘ্রই তুমি দেখিবে এবং উহারাও দেখিবে -
So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,
And thou wilt see and they will see
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
তোমাদের মধ্যে কে বিকারগ্রস্ত।
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Which of you is the demented.
Verily, your Lord is the Best Knower of him who has gone astray from His Path, and He is the Best Knower of those who are guided.
তোমার প্রতিপালক তো সম্যক অবগত আছেন কে তাঁহার পথ হইতে বিচ্যুত হইয়াছে এবং তিনি সম্যক জানেন তাহাদেরকে, যাহারা সৎপথপ্রাপ্ত।
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.
So (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) obey you not the deniers [(of Islamic Monotheism - those who belie the Verses of Allah), the Oneness of Allah, and the Messengership of Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم]
সুতরাং তুমি মিথ্যাচারীদের অনুসরণ করিও না।
So do not yield to the rejecters.
Therefor obey not thou the rejecters
They wish that you should compromise (in religion out of courtesy) with them: so they (too) would compromise with you.
উহারা চায় যে, তুমি নমনীয় হও, তাহা হইলে উহারাও নমনীয় হইবে,
They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.
Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
And (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) obey you not everyone Hallaf Mahin (the one who swears much and is a liar or is worthless). [Tafsir At-Tabari]
এবং অনুসরণ করিও না তাহার - যে কথায় কথায় শপথ করে, যে লাঞ্ছিত,
And yield not to any mean swearer
Neither obey thou each feeble oath - monger,
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
পশ্চাতে নিন্দাকারী, যে একের কথা অপরের নিকট লাগাইয়া বেড়ায়,
Defamer, going about with slander
Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,
Hinderer of the good, transgressor, sinful,
যে কল্যাণের কার্যে বাধা দান করে, যে সীমালংঘনকারী, পাপিষ্ঠ,
Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,
Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor
Cruel, and moreover base-born (of illegitimate birth).
রূঢ় স্বভাব, তদুপরি কুখ্যাত ;
Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;
Greedy therewithal, intrusive.
(He was so) because he had wealth and children.
এইজন্য যে, সে ধন - সম্পদ ও সন্তান - সন্ততিতে সমৃদ্ধিশালী।
Because he possesses wealth and sons.
It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
When Our Verses (of the Qur'an) are recited to him, he says: "Tales of the men of old!"
উহার নিকট আমার আয়াতসমূহ আবৃত্তি করা হইলে সে বলে, ‘ইহা তো সেকালের উপকথা মাত্র।’
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.
We shall brand him on the snout (nose)!
আমি উহার শুঁড় দাগাইয়া দিব।
We will brand him on the nose.
We shall brand him on the nose.
Verily, We have tried them as We tried the people of the garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning,
আমি উহাদেরকে পরীক্ষা করিয়াছি, যেভাবে পরীক্ষা করিয়াছিলাম উদ্যান - অধিপতিগণকে, যখন উহারা শপথ করিয়াছিল যে, উহারা প্রত্যূষে আহরণ করিবে বাগানের ফল,
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,
Without saying: Insha' Allah (If Allah wills).
এবং তাহারা ‘ইন্শাআল্লাহ্’ বলে নাই।
And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).
And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);
Then there passed by on the (garden) a visitation (fire) from your Lord at night and burnt it while they were asleep.
অতঃপর তোমার প্রতিপালকের নিকট হইতে এক বিপর্যয় হানা দিল সেই উদ্যানে, যখন উহারা ছিল নিদ্রিত।
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
So the (garden) became black by the morning, like a pitch dark night (in complete ruins).
ফলে উহা দগ্ধ হইয়া কৃষ্ণবর্ণ ধারণ করিল।
So it became as black, barren land.
And in the morning it was as if plucked.
Then they called out one to another as soon as the morning broke.
প্রত্যূষে উহারা একে অপরকে ডাকিয়া বলিল,
And they called out to each other in the morning,
And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
Saying: "Go to your tilth in the morning, if you would pluck the fruits."
‘তোমরা যদি ফল আহরণ করিতে চাও তবে সকাল সকাল বাগানে চল।’
Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).
Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones (saying):
অতঃপর উহারা চলিল নিম্নস্বরে কথা বলিতে বলিতে,
So they went, while they consulted together secretly,
So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
"No Miskin (poor man) shall enter upon you into it today."
‘অদ্য যেন তোমাদের নিকটে কোন অভাবগ্রস্ত ব্যক্তি উহাতে প্রবেশ করিতে না পারে।’
Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.
No needy man shall enter it to - day against you.
And they went in the morning with strong intention, thinking that they have power (to prevent the poor taking anything of the fruits therefrom).
অতঃপর উহারা নিবৃত্ত করিতে সক্ষম - এই বিশ্বাস লইয়া প্রভাতকালে বাগানে যাত্রা করিল।
And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.
They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "Verily, we have gone astray."
অতঃপর উহারা যখন বাগানের অবস্থা প্রত্যক্ষ করিল, তখন বলিল, ‘আমরা তো দিশা হারাইয়া ফেলিয়াছি।
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!
(Then they said): "Nay! Indeed we are deprived of (the fruits)!"
‘বরং আমরা তো বঞ্চিত।’
Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
Nay, but we are desolate!
The best among them said: "Did I not tell you: why say you not: Insha' Allah (If Allah wills)."
উহাদের শ্রেষ্ঠ ব্যক্তি বলিল, ‘আমি কি তোমাদেরকে বলি নাই ? এখনও তোমরা র পবিত্রতা ও মহিমা ঘোষণা করিতেছ না কেন ?’
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) ?
They said: "Glory to Our Lord! Verily, we have been Zalimun (wrong-doers)."
তখন উহারা বলিল, ‘আমরা আমাদের প্রতিপালকের পবিত্রতা ও মহিমা ঘোষণা করিতেছি, আমরা তো সীমালংঘনকারী ছিলাম।’
They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.
They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong - doers.
Then they turned one against another, blaming.
অতঃপর উহারা একে অপরের প্রতি দোষারোপ করিতে লাগিল।
Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.
Then some of them drew near unto others, self - reproaching.
They said: "Woe to us! Verily, we were Taghun (transgressors and disobedient)
উহারা বলিল, ‘হায়, দুর্ভোগ আমাদের ! আমরা তো ছিলাম সীমালংঘনকারী।
Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:
They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
We hope that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this. Truly, we turn to our Lord (wishing for good that He may forgive our sins and reward us in the Hereafter).
সম্ভবত আমাদের প্রতিপালক ইহা হইতে আমাদেরকে উৎকৃষ্টতর বিনিময় দিবেন, আমরা আমাদের প্রতিপালকের অভিমুখী হইলাম।’
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.
Such is the punishment (in this life), but truly, the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they but knew.
শাস্তি এইরূপই হইয়া থাকে এবং আখিরাতের শাস্তি কঠিনতর। যদি উহারা জানিত।
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.
Verily, for the Muttaqun (the pious - See V.2:2) are Gardens of delight (Paradise) with their Lord.
মুত্তাকীদের জন্য অবশ্যই রহিয়াছে ভোগ - বিলাসপূর্ণ জান্নাত তাহাদের প্রতিপালকের নিকট।
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.
Shall We then treat the Muslims (believers of Islamic Monotheism, doers of righteous deeds) like the Mujrimun (criminals, polytheists and disbelievers, etc.)?
আমি কি আত্মসমর্পণ - কারীদেরকে অপরাধীদের সমতুল্য গণ্য করিব?
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 ?
What is the matter with you? How judge you?
তোমাদের কী হইয়াছে, তোমরা এ কেমন সিদ্ধান্ত দিতেছ?
What has happened to you? How do you judge?
What aileth you ? How foolishly ye judge!
Or have you a Book wherein you learn,
তোমাদের নিকট কী কোন কিতাব আছে যাহাতে তোমরা অধ্যয়ন কর -
Or have you a book wherein you read,
Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn
That you shall therein have all that you choose?
যে, তোমাদের জন্য উহাতে রহিয়াছে যাহা তোমরা পসন্দ কর?
That you have surely therein what you choose?
That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose ?
Or have you oaths from Us, reaching to the Day of Resurrection, that yours will be what you judge?
তোমাদের কি আমার সঙ্গে কিয়ামত পর্যন্ত বলবৎ এমন কোন অঙ্গীকার রহিয়াছে যে, তোমরা নিজেদের জন্য যাহা স্থির করিবে তাহাই পাইবে?
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 ?
Ask them, which of them will stand surety for that!
তুমি উহাদেরকে জিজ্ঞাসা কর উহাদের মধ্যে এই দাবির যিম্মাদার কে?
Ask them which of them will vouch for that,
Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!
Or have they "partners"? Then let them bring their "partners" if they are truthful!
উহাদের কি কোন দেব - দেবী আছে? থাকিলে উহারা উহাদের দেব - দেবীগুলিকে উপস্থিত করুক - যদি উহারা সত্যবাদী হয়।
Or have they associates if they are truthful.
Or have they other gods ? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful
(Remember) the Day when the Shin shall be laid bare (i.e. the Day of Resurrection) and they shall be called to prostrate themselves (to Allah), but they (hypocrites) shall not be able to do so.
স্মরণ কর সেই দিনের কথা, যেদিন পায়ের গোছা উন্মোচিত করা হইবে, সেই দিন উহাদেরকে আহ্বান করা হইবে সিজ্দা করিবার জন্য কিন্তু উহারা সক্ষম হইবে না;
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,
Their eyes will be cast down and ignominy will cover them; they used to be called to prostrate themselves (offer prayers), while they were healthy and good (in the life of the world, but they did not).
উহাদের দৃষ্টি অবনত, হীনতা উহাদেরকে আচ্ছন্ন করিবে অথচ যখন উহারা নিরাপদ ছিল তখন তো উহাদেরকে আহ্বান করা হইয়াছিল সিজ্দা করিতে।
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.
Then leave Me Alone with such as belie this Qur'an. We shall punish them gradually from directions they perceive not.
ছাড়িয়া দাও আমাকে এবং যাহারা এই বাণীকে প্রত্যাখ্যান করে তাহাদেরকে, আমি উহাদেরকে ক্রমে ক্রমে ধরিব এমনভাবে যে, উহারা জানিতে পারিবে না।
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.
And I will grant them a respite. Verily, My Plan is strong.
আর আমি উহাদেরকে সময় দিয়া থাকি, নিশ্চয়ই আমার কৌশল অত্যন্ত বলিষ্ঠ।
And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.
Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.
Or is it that you (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) ask them a wage, so that they are heavily burdened with debt?
তুমি কি উহাদের নিকট পারিশ্রমিক চাহিতেছ যে, তাহা উহাদের কাছে দুর্বহ দণ্ড মনে হয়?
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 ?
Or that the Ghaib (the Unseen - here in this Verse it means Al-Lauh Al-Mahfuz) is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
উহাদের কি অদৃশ্যের জ্ঞান আছে যে, উহারা তাহা লিখিয়া রাখে।
Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?
Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof) ?
So wait with patience for the Decision of your Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish - when he cried out (to Us) while he was in deep sorrow. (See the Qur'an, Verse 21:87).
অতএব তুমি ধৈর্য ধারণ কর তোমার প্রতিপালকের নির্দেশের অপেক্ষায়, তুমি মৎস্য - সহচরের ন্যায় অধৈর্য হইও না, সে বিষাদ - আচ্ছন্ন অবস্থায় কাতর প্রার্থনা করিয়াছিল।
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.
Had not a Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been (left in the stomach of the fish, but We forgave him): so he was cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed.
তাহার প্রতিপালকের অনুগ্রহ তাহার নিকট না পৌঁছিলে সে লাঞ্ছিত হইয়া নিক্ষিপ্ত হইত উন্মুক্ত প্রান্তরে।
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.
Then his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
পুনরায় তাহার প্রতিপালক তাহাকে মনোনীত করিলেন এবং তাহাকে সৎকর্মপরায়ণদের অন্তর্ভুক্ত করিলেন।
Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.
But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
And verily, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes (through hatred) when they hear the Reminder (the Qur'an), and they say: "Verily, he (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) is a madman!"
কাফিররা যখন কুরআন শ্রবণ করে তখন উহারা যেন উহাদের তীক্ষ্ণ দৃষ্টি দ্বারা তোমাকে আছড়াইয়া ফেলিবে এবং বলে, ‘এ তো এক পাগল!’
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;
But it is nothing else than a Reminder to all the 'Alamin (mankind, and jinn).
কুরআন তো বিশ্বজগতের জন্য উপদেশ।
And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.
When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.