Al Qalam

1 Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

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

1 Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

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

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

2 Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

3 And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

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

3 Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

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

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

4 Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

5 So you will see and they will see

5 So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,

5 Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

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

6 Which of you is afflicted with madness.

6 Biayyikumu almaftoonu

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

7 Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course.

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

8 Then do not obey the deniers.

8 So do not yield to the rejecters.

8 Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

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

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

9 Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

10 And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

10 And yield not to any mean swearer

10 Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

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

11 Defamer, going about with slander

11 Hammazin mashshain binameemin

12 A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

12 Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,

12 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

13 Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

13 Ignoble, besides all that, base - born;

13 AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

14 Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

14 Because he possesses wealth and sons.

14 An kana tha malin wabaneena

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

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

15 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

16 We will brand him upon the snout.

16 We will brand him on the nose.

16 Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi

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

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,

17 Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

18 Without making exception.

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

18 Wala yastathnoona

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

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

19 Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

20 And it became as though reaped.

20 So it became as black, barren land.

20 Faasbahat kaalssareemi

21 And they called one another at morning,

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

21 Fatanadaw musbiheena

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

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

22 Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

23 So they set out, while lowering their voices,

23 So they went, while they consulted together secretly,

23 Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

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

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

24 An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

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

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

25 Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

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

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

26 Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

27 Rather, we have been deprived."

27 Nay! we are made to suffer privation.

27 Bal nahnu mahroomoona

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

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

28 Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

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

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

29 Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

30 Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

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

30 Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

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

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

31 Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

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

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

32 AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona

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

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

33 Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

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

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

34 Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

35 Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

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

35 AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

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

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

36 Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

37 Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

37 Or have you a book wherein you read,

37 Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

38 That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

38 That you have surely therein what you choose?

38 Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona

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

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?

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

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

40 Ask them which of them will vouch for that,

40 Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

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

41 Or have they associates if they are truthful.

41 Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena

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

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,

42 Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona

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

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

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

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.

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

44 Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

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

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

45 Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun

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

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

46 Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

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

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

47 Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona

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.

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.

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

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

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.

49 Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

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

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

50 Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena

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."

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.

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

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

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

52 Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena