Al Qalam

1 Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

1 Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

2 Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

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

3 Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

3 And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

4 Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

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

5 Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

5 So you will see and they will see

6 Biayyikumu almaftoonu

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

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

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

8 Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

8 Then do not obey the deniers.

9 Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

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

10 Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

10 And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

11 Hammazin mashshain binameemin

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

12 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

12 A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

13 AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

13 Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

14 An kana tha malin wabaneena

14 Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

15 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

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

16 Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi

16 We will brand him upon the snout.

17 Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

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

18 Wala yastathnoona

18 Without making exception.

19 Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

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

20 Faasbahat kaalssareemi

20 And it became as though reaped.

21 Fatanadaw musbiheena

21 And they called one another at morning,

22 Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

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

23 Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

23 So they set out, while lowering their voices,

24 An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

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

25 Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

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

26 Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

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

27 Bal nahnu mahroomoona

27 Rather, we have been deprived."

28 Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

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

29 Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

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

30 Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

30 Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

31 Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

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

32 AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona

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

33 Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

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

34 Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

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

35 AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

35 Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

36 Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

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

37 Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

37 Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

38 Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona

38 That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

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

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

40 Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

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

41 Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena

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

42 Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona

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

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

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

44 Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

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.

45 Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun

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

46 Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

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

47 Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona

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

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

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.

49 Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

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

50 Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena

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

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

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."

52 Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

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