Al Qalam

1 Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

1 Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

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

2 Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

3 And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

3 Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

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

4 Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

5 So you will see and they will see

5 Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

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

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 Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena

8 Then do not obey the deniers.

8 Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

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

9 Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

10 And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

10 Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

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

11 Hammazin mashshain binameemin

12 A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

12 MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

13 Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

13 AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

14 Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

14 An kana tha malin wabaneena

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

15 Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

16 We will brand him upon the snout.

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 Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

18 Without making exception.

18 Wala yastathnoona

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

19 Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

20 And it became as though reaped.

20 Faasbahat kaalssareemi

21 And they called one another at morning,

21 Fatanadaw musbiheena

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

22 Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

23 So they set out, while lowering their voices,

23 Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

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

24 An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

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

25 Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

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

26 Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

27 Rather, we have been deprived."

27 Bal nahnu mahroomoona

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

28 Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

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

29 Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

30 Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

30 Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

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

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 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 Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

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

34 Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

35 Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

35 AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

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

36 Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

37 Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

37 Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

38 That indeed for you is whatever 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 Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoona

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

40 Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

41 Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be 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 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 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 Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

45 And I will give them time. Indeed, 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 Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

47 Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so 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 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 Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

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

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

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

52 Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena