Al-Qalam القلم

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ

bismillah ar-rahman ar-rahim nun wal-qalam wa-ma yasturun

Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

ma anta bi-ni'mat rabbak bi-majnun

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

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

wa-inna laka la-ajran ghayra mamnunin

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

wa-innaka la-'ala khuluq 'azim

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

fa-satubsiru wa-yubsirun

So you will see and they will see

بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ

bi-ayyikum al-maftun

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

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ

inna rabbak huwa a'lam biman dalla 'an sabilih wa-huwa a'lam bil-muhtadin

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

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ

fa-la tuti' al-mukadhdhibin

Then do not obey the deniers.

وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

waddu law tudhin fayudhinun

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

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

wa la tuti' kulla hallafin mahin

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ

hammazin mashshain binamim

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

mannan lil-khayr mu'tadi athim

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

'utullin ba'd dhalik zanimin

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

an kana dha mal wa-banin

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

idha tutla 'alayhi ayatuna qala asatir al-awwalin

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

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ

sanasimuhu 'ala al-khurtum

We will brand him upon the snout.

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

inna balawnahum kama balawna ashab al-jannah idh aqsamu la-yasrimunnaha musbihin

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

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ

wa-la yastathnun

Without making exception.

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ

fatafa 'alayha ta'ifun min rabbik wa-hum na'imun

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

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ

fa-asbahat ka-as-sarim

And it became as though reaped.

فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ

fa-tanadaw musbihin

And they called one another at morning,

أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ

ani aghdu 'ala harthakum in kuntum sarimin

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

فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ

fa-intalaqu wa-hum yatakhafatun

So they set out, while lowering their voices,

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ

an la yadkhulanna-ha al-yawm 'alaykum miskin

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

وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ

wa-ghadaw 'ala hardin qadirin

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

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ

fa-lamma ra'awha qalu inna la-dallun

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

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

bal nahn mahrumun

Rather, we have been deprived."

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihun

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

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

qalu subhan rabbina inna kunna zalimin

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

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ

fa-aqbala ba'duhum 'ala ba'd yatalawamun

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ

qalu ya waylana inna kunna taghin

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

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ

'asa rabbu-na an yubdila-na khayr minha inna ila rabbina raghibun

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

كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

kadhalika al-'adhab wa-la-'adhab al-akhirah akbar law kanu ya'lamun

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

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

inna lil-muttaqin 'inda rabbihim jannat an-na'im

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

أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ

a-fanaj'al al-muslimin ka-l-mujrimin

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

ma lakum kayfa tahkumun

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

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ

am lakum kitab fihi tadrsun

Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

inna lakum fihi lama takhayyaruna

That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

am lakum ayman 'alayna balighah ila yawm al-qiyamah inna lakum lama tahkumun

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

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

salhum ayyuhum bidhalika za'im

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

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ

am lahum shuraka'u fal-ya'tu bi-shuraka'ihim in kanu sadiqin

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

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

yawm yukshaf 'an saq wa-yud'awn ila as-sujud fa-la yastati'un

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

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ

khashi'atan absaruhum tarhaquhum dhillat wa-qad kanu yud'awna ila as-sujud wa-hum salimun

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

فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

fa-dharni wa-man yukadhdhibu bi-hadha al-hadith sanastadrijuhum min haythu la ya'lamun

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.

وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ

wa-umli lahum inna kaydi matin

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

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

am tas'aluhum ajran fa-hum min maghramin muthqalun

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

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

am 'indahum al-ghayb fa-hum yaktubun

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

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

fa-sbir li-hukm rabbak wa-la takun ka-sahib al-hut idh nada wa-huwa makzum

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.

لَّوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

lawla an tadarakahu ni'mat min rabbih lanubidh bi-al-'ara' wa-huwa madhmum

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

فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

fa-ijtabah rabbuh fa-ja'alah min as-salihin

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

وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ

wa-in yakad alladhina kafaru layuzliqunaka bi-absarihim lamma sami'u adh-dhkr wa-yaquluna innahu lamajnun

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."

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

wa-ma huwa illa dhikr lil-'alamin

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.