ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ (1)
Nun. By the pen and by what they Yastur |
مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ (2)
You, by the grace of your Lord, are not insane |
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ (3)
And verily, for you will be reward that is not Mamnun |
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ (4)
And verily, you are on an exalted character |
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ (5)
You will see, and they will see |
بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ (6)
Which of you is afflicted with madness |
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ (7)
Verily, your Lord is the best Knower of him who has gone astray from His path, and He is the best Knower of those who are guided |
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ (8)
So, do not obey the deniers |
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ (9)
They wish that you should compromise with them, so they (too) would compromise with you |
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ (10)
And do not obey every Hallaf Mahin |
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ (11)
A Hammaz, going about with Namim |
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ (12)
Hinderer of the good, transgressor, sinful |
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ (13)
Utul, and moreover Zanim |
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ (14)
(He was so) because he had wealth and children |
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ (15)
When Our Ayat are recited to him, he says: "Tales of the men of old |
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ (16)
We shall brand him on the snout (nose) |
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ (17)
Verily, We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits in the morning |
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ (18)
Without saying: "If Allah wills |
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ (19)
Then there passed over it a Ta'if from your Lord while they were asleep |
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ (20)
So by the morning, it became like As-Sarim |
فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ (21)
Then they called out (one to another as soon) as the morning broke |
أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ (22)
Saying: "Go to your tilth in the morning, if you would pluck (the fruits) |
فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ (23)
So they departed, and they were whispering |
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ (24)
No poor person shall enter upon you into it today |
وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ (25)
And they went in the morning with Hard Qadirin |
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ (26)
But when they saw it, they said: "Verily, we have gone astray |
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ (27)
Nay! Indeed we are deprived |
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ (28)
The Awsat among them said; "Did I not tell you, `Why do you not Tusabbihun |
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ (29)
They said: "Glory to Our Lord! Verily, we have been wrongdoers |
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ (30)
Then they turned one against another, blaming |
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ (31)
They said: "Woe to us! Verily, we were Taghin |
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ (32)
We hope that our Lord will give us in exchange better than it. Truly, we hope in our Lord |
كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ (33)
Such is the punishment, but truly, the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they but knew |
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ (34)
Verily, for those who have Taqwa are Gardens of Delight with their Lord |
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ (35)
Shall We then treat the Muslims like the criminals |
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ (36)
What is the matter with you How judge you |
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ (37)
Or have you a Book wherein you learn |
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ (38)
That you shall therein have all that you choose |
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ (39)
Or have you oaths from Us, lasting until the Day of Judgement, that yours will be what you judge |
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ (40)
Ask them, which of them will stand as surety for that |
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ (41)
Or have they "partners" Then let them bring their "partners" if they are truthful |
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ (42)
The Day when the Shin shall be laid bare and they shall be called to prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able to do so |
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ (43)
Their eyes will be cast down and ignominy will cover them; they used to be called to prostrate themselves, while they were |
فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ (44)
Then leave Me alone with whoever denies this narration. We shall punish them gradually from directions they perceive not |
وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ (45)
And I will grant them a respite. Verily, My plan is strong |
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ (46)
Or is it that you ask them a wage, so that they are heavily burdened with debt |
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ (47)
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down |
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ (48)
So, wait with patience for the decision of your Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish when he cried out (to Us) while he was Makzum |
لَّوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ (49)
Had not a grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been (left in the stomach of the fish, but We forgave him), so he was cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed |
فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ (50)
Then his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous |
وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ (51)
And verily, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes (through hatred) when they hear the Reminder (the Qur'an), and they say: "Verily, he is a madman |
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ (52)
But it is nothing else than a Reminder to all the creatures (`Alamin) |
