Al-Qalam

Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe

Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

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

Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted

Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

And indeed, you are of a great moral character

Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

So you will see and they will see

Biayyikumu almaftoonu

Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]

Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena

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

Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

Then do not obey the deniers

Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

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

Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

Hammazin mashshain binameemin

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip

MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful

AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender

An kana tha malin wabaneena

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena

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

Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi

We will brand him upon the snout

Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena

Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

Wala yastathnoona

Without making exception

Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona

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

Faasbahat kaalssareemi

And it became as though reaped

Fatanadaw musbiheena

And they called one another at morning

Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena

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

Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona

So they set out, while lowering their voices

An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun

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

Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena

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

Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona

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

Bal nahnu mahroomoona

Rather, we have been deprived

Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona

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

Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena

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

Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdin yatalawamoona

Then they approached one another, blaming each other

Qaloo ya waylana inna kunna tagheena

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

AAasa rabbuna an yubdilana khayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboona

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

Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu alakhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona

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

Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi

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

AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals

Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona

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

Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona

Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona

That indeed for you is whatever you choose

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

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

Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun

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

Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena

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

Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona

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

KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona

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

Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona

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

Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun

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

Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona

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

Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona

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

Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun

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

Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun

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

Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena

And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous

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

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

Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds