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