Al Qalam

1 Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

1 In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),

2 Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

2 Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.

3 Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

3 And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.

4 Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

4 And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.

5 Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

5 And thou wilt see and they will see

6 Biayyikumu almaftoonu

6 Which of you is the demented.

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

7 Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.

8 Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

8 Therefor obey not thou the rejecters

9 Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

9 Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

10 Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

10 Neither obey thou each feeble oath - monger,

11 Hammazin mashshain binameemin

11 Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

12 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

12 Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

13 AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

13 Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

14 An kana tha malin wabaneena

14 It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

15 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

15 That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.

16 Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi

16 We shall brand him on the nose.

17 Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

17 Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,

18 Wala yastathnoona

18 And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);

19 Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

19 Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept

20 Faasbahat kaalssareemi

20 And in the morning it was as if plucked.

21 Fatanadaw musbiheena

21 And they cried out one unto another in the morning,

22 Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

22 Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).

23 Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

23 So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:

24 An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

24 No needy man shall enter it to - day against you.

25 Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

25 They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.

26 Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

26 But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!

27 Bal nahnu mahroomoona

27 Nay, but we are desolate!

28 Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

28 The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah) ?

29 Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

29 They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong - doers.

30 Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

30 Then some of them drew near unto others, self - reproaching.

31 Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

31 They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.

32 AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona

32 It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.

33 Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

33 Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.

34 Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

34 Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.

35 AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

35 Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty ?

36 Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

36 What aileth you ? How foolishly ye judge!

37 Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

37 Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn

38 Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona

38 That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose ?

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

39 Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain ?

40 Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

40 Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!

41 Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena

41 Or have they other gods ? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful

42 Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona

42 On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,

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

43 With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.

44 Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

44 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.

45 Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun

45 Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.

46 Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

46 Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed ?

47 Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona

47 Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof) ?

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

48 But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.

49 Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

49 Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.

50 Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena

50 But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.

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

51 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;

52 Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

52 When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.