Chapter 68, 52 verses
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم ن ۚ والقلم وما يسطرون
Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
ما أنت بنعمة ربك بمجنون
By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
وإن لك لأجرا غير ممنون
And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
وإنك لعلى خلق عظيم
And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin
So you will see and they will see
فستبصر ويبصرون
So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
بأييكم المفتون
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Biayyikumu almaftoonu
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
إن ربك هو أعلم بمن ضل عن سبيله وهو أعلم بالمهتدين
Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course.
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena
Then do not obey the deniers.
فلا تطع المكذبين
So do not yield to the rejecters.
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
ودوا لو تدهن فيدهنون
They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
ولا تطع كل حلاف مهين
And yield not to any mean swearer
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
هماز مشاء بنميم
Defamer, going about with slander
Hammazin mashshain binameemin
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
مناع للخير معتد أثيم
Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
عتل بعد ذلك زنيم
Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
أن كان ذا مال وبنين
Because he possesses wealth and sons.
An kana tha malin wabaneena
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
إذا تتلى عليه آياتنا قال أساطير الأولين
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena
We will brand him upon the snout.
سنسمه على الخرطوم
We will brand him on the nose.
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
إنا بلوناهم كما بلونا أصحاب الجنة إذ أقسموا ليصرمنها مصبحين
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,
Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena
Without making exception.
ولا يستثنون
And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).
Wala yastathnoona
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
فطاف عليها طائف من ربك وهم نائمون
Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.
Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona
And it became as though reaped.
فأصبحت كالصريم
So it became as black, barren land.
Faasbahat kaalssareemi
And they called one another at morning,
فتنادوا مصبحين
And they called out to each other in the morning,
Fatanadaw musbiheena
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
أن اغدوا على حرثكم إن كنتم صارمين
Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
فانطلقوا وهم يتخافتون
So they went, while they consulted together secretly,
Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
أن لا يدخلنها اليوم عليكم مسكين
Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.
An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
وغدوا على حرد قادرين
And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
فلما رأوها قالوا إنا لضالون
But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray
Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona
Rather, we have been deprived."
بل نحن محرومون
Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
Bal nahnu mahroomoona
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "
قال أوسطهم ألم أقل لكم لولا تسبحون
The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
قالوا سبحان ربنا إنا كنا ظالمين
They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.
Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
فأقبل بعضهم على بعض يتلاومون
Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
قالوا يا ويلنا إنا كنا طاغين
Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate:
Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
عسى ربنا أن يبدلنا خيرا منها إنا إلى ربنا راغبون
Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition.
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
كذلك العذاب ۖ ولعذاب الآخرة أكبر ۚ لو كانوا يعلمون
Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know!
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
إن للمتقين عند ربهم جنات النعيم
Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss.
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
أفنجعل المسلمين كالمجرمين
What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty?
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
ما لكم كيف تحكمون
What has happened to you? How do you judge?
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
أم لكم كتاب فيه تدرسون
Or have you a book wherein you read,
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
إن لكم فيه لما تخيرون
That you have surely therein what you choose?
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
أم لكم أيمان علينا بالغة إلى يوم القيامة ۙ إن لكم لما تحكمون
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?
Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoona
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
سلهم أيهم بذلك زعيم
Ask them which of them will vouch for that,
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun
Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
أم لهم شركاء فليأتوا بشركائهم إن كانوا صادقين
Or have they associates if they are truthful.
Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,
يوم يكشف عن ساق ويدعون إلى السجود فلا يستطيعون
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,
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
خاشعة أبصارهم ترهقهم ذلة ۖ وقد كانوا يدعون إلى السجود وهم سالمون
Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe.
KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona
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.
فذرني ومن يكذب بهذا الحديث ۖ سنستدرجهم من حيث لا يعلمون
So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not:
Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
وأملي لهم ۚ إن كيدي متين
And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm.
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أم تسألهم أجرا فهم من مغرم مثقلون
Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt?
Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
أم عندهم الغيب فهم يكتبون
Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down?
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona
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.
فاصبر لحكم ربك ولا تكن كصاحب الحوت إذ نادى وهو مكظوم
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.
Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
لولا أن تداركه نعمة من ربه لنبذ بالعراء وهو مذموم
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.
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
فاجتباه ربه فجعله من الصالحين
Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good.
Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena
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."
وإن يكاد الذين كفروا ليزلقونك بأبصارهم لما سمعوا الذكر ويقولون إنه لمجنون
And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad.
Wain yakadu allatheena kafaroo layuzliqoonaka biabsarihim lamma samiAAoo alththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoonun
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.
وما هو إلا ذكر للعالمين
And it is naught but a reminder to the nations.
Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena