Al-Qalam

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ﴿1﴾

Noon; walqalami wa maa yasturoon

68:1Nun. By the Pen and what they write:

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿2﴾

Maa anta bini'mati Rabbika bimajnoon

68:2by your Lord’s blessing, you are not, crazy,

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ ﴿3﴾

Wa inna laka la ajran ghaira mamnoon

68:3and yours indeed will be an everlasting reward,

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿4﴾

Wa innaka la'alaa khuluqin 'azeem

68:4and indeed you possess a great character.

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ﴿5﴾

Fasatubsiru wa yubsiroon

68:5You will see and they will see,

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ﴿6﴾

Bi ayyikumul maftoon

68:6which one of you is crazy.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ﴿7﴾

Innaa Rabbaka Huwa a'lamu biman dalla 'an sabeelihee wa Huwa a'lamu bilmuhtadeen

68:7Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided.

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿8﴾

Falaa tuti'il mukazzibeen

68:8So do not obey the deniers,

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ﴿9﴾

Waddoo law tudhinu fa-yudhinoon

68:9who are eager that you should be flexible, so that they [too] may be flexible [towards you].

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ ﴿10﴾

Wa laa tuti' kulla hallaa fim maheen

68:10And do not obey any vile swearer,

هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ ﴿11﴾

Hammaazim mash shaaa'im binameem

68:11scandal-monger, talebearer,

مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿12﴾

Mannaa'il lilkhairi mu'tadin aseem

68:12hinderer of all good, sinful transgressor,

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ﴿13﴾

'Utullim ba'da zaalika zaneem

68:13callous and, on top of that, baseborn

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ ﴿14﴾

An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen

68:14—[who behaves in such a manner only] because he has wealth and children.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿15﴾

Izaa tutlaa 'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

68:15When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ﴿16﴾

Sanasimuhoo 'alal khurtoom

68:16Soon We shall brand him on his snout.

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿17﴾

Innaa balawnaahum kamaa balawnaaa As-haabal jannati iz 'aqsamoo la-yasri munnahaa musbiheen

68:17Indeed we have tested them just as We tested the People of the Garden when they vowed they would gather its fruit at dawn,

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ﴿18﴾

Wa laa yastasnoon

68:18and they did not make any exception.

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ﴿19﴾

Fataafa 'alaihaa taaa'i fum mir rabbika wa hum naaa'imoon

68:19Then, a visitation from your Lord visited it while they were asleep.

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ﴿20﴾

Fa asbahat kassareem

68:20So, by dawn it was like a harvested field.

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿21﴾

Fatanaadaw musbiheen

68:21At dawn they called out to one another,

أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ ﴿22﴾

Anighdoo 'alaa harsikum in kuntum saarimeen

68:22‘Get off early to your field if you have to gather [the fruits].’

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ﴿23﴾

Fantalaqoo wa hum yatakhaafatoon

68:23So off they went, murmuring to one another:

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ ﴿24﴾

Al laa yadkhulannahal yawma 'alaikum miskeen

68:24‘Today no needy man shall come to you in it.’

وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ ﴿25﴾

Wa ghadaw 'alaa hardin qaadireen

68:25And they set out at early morning, [considering themselves] able to deprive [the poor of its fruit].

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿26﴾

Falammaa ra awhaa qaalooo innaa ladaaalloon

68:26But when they saw it, they said, ‘We have indeed lost our way!’

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿27﴾

Bal nahnu mahroomoon

68:27‘No, it is we who have been deprived!’

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ﴿28﴾

Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon

68:28The most upright among them said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘Why do you not glorify [Allah]?’’ ’

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ﴿29﴾

Qaaloo subhaana rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen

68:29They said, ‘Immaculate is our Lord! We have indeed been wrongdoers!’

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ﴿30﴾

Fa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatalaawamoon

68:30Then they turned to one another, blaming each other.

قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ﴿31﴾

Qaaloo yaa wailanaaa innaa kunnaa taagheen

68:31They said, ‘Woe to us! Indeed, we have been rebellious.

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ﴿32﴾

'Asaa rabbunaaa any yubdilanaa khairam minhaaa innaaa ilaa rabbinaa raaghiboon

68:32Maybe our Lord will give us a better one in its place. Indeed we earnestly beseech our Lord.’

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿33﴾

Kazaalikal azaab, wa la'azaabul aakhirati akbar; law kaanoo ya'lamoon

68:33Such was their punishment; and the punishment of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known.

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿34﴾

Inna lilmuttaqeena 'inda rabbihim jannaatin na'eem

68:34Indeed for the Godwary there will be gardens of bliss near their Lord.

أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿35﴾

Afanaj'alul muslimeena kalmujrimeen

68:35Shall We treat those who submit [to Us] as [We treat] the guilty?

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿36﴾

Maa lakum kaifa tahhkumoon

68:36What is the matter with you? How do you judge!

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ ﴿37﴾

Am lakum kitaabun feehi tadrusoon

68:37Do you possess a scripture in which you read

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿38﴾

Inna lakum feehi lamaa takhaiyaroon

68:38that you shall have in it whatever you choose?

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿39﴾

Am lakum aymaanun 'alainaa baalighatun ilaa yawmil qiyaamati inna lakum lamaa tahkumoon

68:39Do you have a pledge binding on Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall indeed have whatever you decide?

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ﴿40﴾

Salhum ayyuhum bizaa lika za'eem

68:40Ask them, which of them will aver [any of] that!

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿41﴾

Am lahum shurakaaa'u falyaatoo bishurakaaa 'ihim in kaanoo saadiqeen

68:41Do they have any ‘partners’ [that they claim for Allah]? Then let them produce their partners, if they are truthful.

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ﴿42﴾

Yawma yukshafu 'am saaqinw wa yud'awna ilas sujoodi falaa yastatee'oon

68:42The day when the catastrophe occurs and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able [to do it].

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ ﴿43﴾

Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillatunw wa qad kaanoo yud'awna ilassujoodi wa hum saalimoon

68:43With a humbled look [in their eyes], they will be overcast by abasement. Certainly, they were summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet sound.

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿44﴾

Fazarnee wa many yukazzibu bihaazal hadeesi sanastad rijuhum min haisu laa ya'lamoon

68:44So leave Me with those who deny this discourse. We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know.

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ ﴿45﴾

Wa umlee lahum; inna kaidee mateen

68:45I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure.

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿46﴾

Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon

68:46Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are weighed down with debt?

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿47﴾

Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon

68:47Do they possess [access to] the Unseen, so that they write it down?

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ ﴿48﴾

Fasbir lihkmi rabbika wa laa takun kasaahibil boot; iz naadaa wa huwa makzoom

68:48So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord, and do not be like the Man of the Fish who called out as he choked with grief.

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ ﴿49﴾

Law laaa an tadaara kahoo ni'matum mir rabbihee lanubiza bil'araaa'i wa huwa mazmoom

68:49Had it not been for a blessing that came to his rescue from his Lord, he would surely have been cast on the bare shore, being blameworthy.

فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ﴿50﴾

Fajtabaahu rabbuhoo faja'alahoo minas saaliheen

68:50So his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous.

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ ﴿51﴾

Wa iny-yakaadul lazeena kafaroo la-yuzliqoonaka biabsaarihim lammaa saml'uz-Zikra wa yaqooloona innahoo lamajnoon

68:51Indeed the faithless almost devour you with their eyes when they hear this Reminder, and they say, ‘He is indeed crazy.’

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿52﴾

Wa maa huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

68:52Yet it is just a reminder for all the nations.