Al Qalam

1 Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

1 Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,

2 Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

2 By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.

3 Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

3 And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.

4 Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

4 And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.

5 Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

5 So you shall see, and they (too) shall 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 Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course.

8 Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

8 So do not yield to the rejecters.

9 Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

9 They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.

10 Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

10 And yield not to any mean swearer

11 Hammazin mashshain binameemin

11 Defamer, going about with slander

12 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

12 Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,

13 AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

13 Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;

14 An kana tha malin wabaneena

14 Because he possesses wealth and sons.

15 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

15 When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.

16 Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi

16 We will brand him on the nose.

17 Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

17 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,

18 Wala yastathnoona

18 And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).

19 Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

19 Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.

20 Faasbahat kaalssareemi

20 So it became as black, barren land.

21 Fatanadaw musbiheena

21 And they called out to each other in the morning,

22 Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

22 Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).

23 Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

23 So they went, while they consulted together secretly,

24 An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

24 Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.

25 Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

25 And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.

26 Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

26 But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray

27 Bal nahnu mahroomoona

27 Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

28 Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

28 The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?

29 Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

29 They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.

30 Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

30 Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.

31 Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

31 Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:

32 AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona

32 Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition.

33 Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

33 Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know!

34 Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

34 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss.

35 AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

35 What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty?

36 Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

36 What has happened to you? How do you judge?

37 Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

37 Or have you a book wherein you read,

38 Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona

38 That you have surely therein what you choose?

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

39 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?

40 Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

40 Ask them which of them will vouch for that,

41 Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena

41 Or have they associates if they are truthful.

42 Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona

42 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,

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

43 Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.

44 Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

44 So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not:

45 Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun

45 And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.

46 Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

46 Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt?

47 Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona

47 Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?

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

48 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.

49 Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

49 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.

50 Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena

50 Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.

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

51 And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad.

52 Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

52 And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.