ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ (1)
Nūn. By the pen and what they write |
مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ (2)
By the grace of your Lord [O Prophet], you are not madman |
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ (3)
You will surely have a never-ending reward |
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ (4)
Indeed, you are of a great moral character |
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ (5)
Soon 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)
Indeed, your Lord alone knows best who has strayed from His way and those who are rightly guided |
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ (8)
So do not obey the deniers |
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ (9)
They wish that you would compromise so they would too compromise |
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ (10)
And do not obey every disgraceful swearer |
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ (11)
backbiter, gossip-monger |
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ (12)
withholder of good, transgressor, sinful |
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ (13)
coarse, and furthermore, an illegitimate child |
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ (14)
Simply because he has wealth and children |
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ (15)
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!” |
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ (16)
We will soon brand him on the snout |
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ (17)
Indeed, We have tested them [the Makkans] as We tested the people of the garden, when they swore to harvest its fruits in the early morning |
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ (18)
and made no exception [by saying: if Allah wills] |
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ (19)
Then it was struck by an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep |
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ (20)
and it turned to ashes as black as night |
فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ (21)
Then in the early morning they called out to one another |
أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ (22)
“Go early to your garden if you really wish to harvest.” |
فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ (23)
So they set out, whispering to one another |
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ (24)
“Not a single poor person should enter your garden today.” |
وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ (25)
And they left early, fully determined to stick to their plan |
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ (26)
But when they saw the garden, they said, “We must have lost our way |
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ (27)
Rather, we have been deprived.” |
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ (28)
The best among them said, “Did I not say to you to glorify Allah?” |
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ (29)
They said, “Glory be to our Lord! We were truly wrongdoers.” |
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ (30)
Then they turned to one another, throwing blame |
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ (31)
They said, “Woe to us! We were surely transgressors |
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ (32)
Our Lord may give us something better than this. We certainly turn to our Lord in hope.” |
كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ (33)
Such is the punishment [in this world]; but the punishment of the Hereafter is far worse, if only they knew |
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ (34)
Indeed, the righteous will have gardens of bliss with their Lord |
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ (35)
Should We then treat Muslims like the wicked |
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ (36)
What is the matter with you that you make such a judgment |
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ (37)
Or do you have a scripture in which you read |
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ (38)
that you will be given whatever you choose |
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ (39)
Or do you have a solemn promise binding upon Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you will have whatever you decide for yourselves |
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ (40)
Ask them which of them can guarantee that |
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ (41)
Or do they have associate-gods? Then let them bring forth their associate-gods, if they are truthful |
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ (42)
On the Day when the Shin [of Allah] will be uncovered, and they are invited to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so |
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ (43)
Their eyes will be downcast, overwhelmed with humiliation, for they were invited to prostrate when they were capable [but they refused] |
فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ (44)
So leave to Me those who reject this message [O Prophet]. We will gradually lead them to their ruin in ways that they do not perceive |
وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ (45)
I will give them respite, but My plan is firm |
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ (46)
Or are you asking them for a reward, so they find it too burdensome |
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ (47)
Or do they have knowledge of the unseen, so they write it down |
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ (48)
So be patient with the decree of your Lord, and do not be like [Jonah], the man of the Whale, when he cried out in anguish |
لَّوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ (49)
Had it not been for the grace that he received from his Lord, he would have surely been thrown at the barren shore, blameworthy |
فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ (50)
But his Lord chose him, and made him one of the righteous |
وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ (51)
The disbelievers would almost strike you down with their malicious gazes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, “He is certainly mad.” |
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ (52)
But it is nothing other than a reminder to the whole world |
