Nūn Wa Al-Qalami Wa Mā Yasţurūna  | 068.001 Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith), | نُون وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ |
Mā 'Anta Bini`mati Rabbika Bimajnūnin  | 068.002 Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman. | مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُون ٍ |
Wa 'Inna Laka La'ajrāan Ghayra Mamnūnin  | 068.003 And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing. | وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْراً غَيْرَ مَمْنُون ٍ |
Wa 'Innaka La`alá Khuluqin `Ažīmin  | 068.004 And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature. | وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيم ٍ |
Fasatubşiru Wa Yubşirūna  | 068.005 And thou wilt see and they will see | فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ |
Bi'ayyyikumu Al-Maftūnu  | 068.006 Which of you is the demented. | بِأَيّيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ |
'Inna Rabbaka Huwa 'A`lamu Biman Đalla `An Sabīlihi Wa Huwa 'A`lamu Bil-Muhtadīna  | 068.007 Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright. | إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِه ِِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ |
Falā Tuţi`i Al-Mukadhdhibīna  | 068.008 Therefor obey not thou the rejecters | فَلاَ تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ |
Wa Ddū Law Tud/hinu Fayud/hinūna  | 068.009 Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise. | وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ |
Wa Lā Tuţi` Kulla Ĥallāfin Mahīnin  | 068.010 Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger, | وَلاَ تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلاَّف ٍ مَهِين ٍ |
Hammāzin Mashshā'in Binamīmin  | 068.011 Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders, | هَمَّاز ٍ مَشَّاء ٍ بِنَمِيم ٍ |
Mannā`in Lilkhayri Mu`tadin 'Athīmin  | 068.012 Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor | مَنَّاع ٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيم ٍ |
`Utullin Ba`da Dhālika Zanīmin  | 068.013 Greedy therewithal, intrusive. | عُتُلّ ٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيم ٍ |
'An Kāna Dhā Mālin Wa Banīna  | 068.014 It is because he is possessed of wealth and children | أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَال ٍ وَبَنِينَ |
'Idhā Tutlá `Alayhi 'Āyātunā Qāla 'Asāţīru Al-'Awwalīna  | 068.015 That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old. | إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الأَوَّلِينَ |
Sanasimuhu `Alá Al-Khurţūmi  | 068.016 We shall brand him on the nose. | سَنَسِمُه ُُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ |
'Innā Balawnāhum Kamā Balawnā 'Aşĥāba Al-Jannati 'Idh 'Aqsamū Layaşrimunnahā Muşbiĥīna  | 068.017 Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning, | إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ |
Wa Lā Yastathnūna  | 068.018 And made no exception (for the Will of Allah); | وَلاَ يَسْتَثْنُونَ |
Faţāfa `Alayhā Ţā'ifun Min Rabbika Wa Hum Nā'imūna  | 068.019 Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept | فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِف ٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ |
Fa'aşbaĥat Kālşşarīmi  | 068.020 And in the morning it was as if plucked. | فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ |
Fatanādaw Muşbiĥīna  | 068.021 And they cried out one unto another in the morning, | فَتَنَادَوا مُصْبِحِينَ |
'Ani Aghdū `Alá Ĥarthikum 'In Kuntum Şārimīna  | 068.022 Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit). | أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ |
Fānţalaqū Wa Hum Yatakhāfatūna  | 068.023 So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones: | فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ |
'An Lā Yadkhulannahā Al-Yawma `Alaykum Miskīnun  | 068.024 No needy man shall enter it to-day against you. | أَنْ لاَ يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِين ٌ |
Waghadaw `Alá Ĥardin Qādirīna  | 068.025 They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose. | وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْد ٍ قَادِرِينَ |
Falammā Ra'awhā Qālū 'Innā Lađāllūna  | 068.026 But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error! | فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ |
Bal Naĥnu Maĥrūmūna  | 068.027 Nay, but we are desolate! | بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ |
Qāla 'Awsaţuhum 'Alam 'Aqul Lakum Lawlā Tusabbiĥūna  | 068.028 The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah) ? | قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلاَ تُسَبِّحُونَ |
Qālū Subĥāna Rabbinā 'Innā Kunnā Žālimīna  | 068.029 They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers. | قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ |
Fa'aqbala Ba`đuhum `Alá Ba`đin Yatalāwamūna  | 068.030 Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching. | فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْض ٍ يَتَلاَوَمُونَ |
Qālū Yā Waylanā 'Innā Kunnā Ţāghīna  | 068.031 They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous. | قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ |
`Asá Rabbunā 'An Yubdilanā Khayrāan Minhā 'Innā 'Ilá Rabbinā Rāghibūna  | 068.032 It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord. | عَسَى رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرا ً مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ |
Kadhālika Al-`Adhābu Wa La`adhābu Al-'Ākhirati 'Akbaru Law Kānū Ya`lamūna  | 068.033 Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know. | كَذَلِكَ الْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ |
'Inna Lilmuttaqīna `Inda Rabbihim Jannāti An-Na`īmi  | 068.034 Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord. | إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ |
'Afanaj`alu Al-Muslimīna Kālmujrimīna  | 068.035 Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty ? | أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ |
Mā Lakum Kayfa Taĥkumūna  | 068.036 What aileth you ? How foolishly ye judge! | مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ |
'Am Lakum Kitābun Fīhi Tadrusūna  | 068.037 Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn | أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَاب ٌ فِيه ِِ تَدْرُسُونَ |
'Inna Lakum Fīhi Lamā Takhayyarūna  | 068.038 That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose ? | إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيه ِِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ |
'Am Lakum 'Aymānun `Alaynā Bālighatun 'Ilá Yawmi Al-Qiyāmati 'Inna Lakum Lamā Taĥkumūna  | 068.039 Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain ? | أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَة ٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ |
Salhum 'Ayyuhum Bidhālika Za`īmun  | 068.040 Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that! | سَلْهُم أَيُّهُمْ بِذَلِكَ زَعِيم ٌ |
'Am Lahum Shurakā'u Falya'tū Bishurakā'ihim 'In Kānū Şādiqīna  | 068.041 Or have they other gods ? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful | أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ |
Yawma Yukshafu `An Sāqin Wa Yud`awna 'Ilá As-Sujūdi Falā Yastaţī`ūna  | 068.042 On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able, | يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاق ٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلاَ يَسْتَطِيعُونَ |
Khāshi`atan 'Abşāruhum Tarhaquhum Dhillatun Wa Qad Kānū Yud`awna 'Ilá As-Sujūdi Wa Hum Sālimūna  | 068.043 With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt. | خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّة ٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ |
Fadharnī Wa Man Yukadhdhibu Bihadhā Al-Ĥadīthi Sanastadrijuhum Min Ĥaythu Lā Ya`lamūna  | 068.044 Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not. | فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ |
Wa 'Umlī Lahum 'Inna Kaydī Matīnun  | 068.045 Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm. | وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِين ٌ |
'Am Tas'aluhum 'Ajrāan Fahum Min Maghramin Muthqalūna  | 068.046 Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed ? | أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرا ً فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَم ٍ مُثْقَلُونَ |
'Am `Indahumu Al-Ghaybu Fahum Yaktubūna  | 068.047 Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof) ? | أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ |
Fāşbir Liĥukmi Rabbika Wa Lā Takun Kaşāĥibi Al-Ĥūti 'Idh Nādá Wa Huwa Makžūmun  | 068.048 But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair. | فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلاَ تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَى وَهُوَ مَكْظُوم ٌ |
Lawlā 'An Tadārakahu Ni`matun Min Rabbihi Lanubidha Bil-`Arā'i Wa Huwa Madhmūmun  | 068.049 Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate. | لَوْلاَ أَنْ تَدَارَكَه ُُ نِعْمَة ٌ مِنْ رَبِّه ِِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُوم ٌ |
Fājtabāhu Rabbuhu Faja`alahu Mina Aş-Şāliĥīna  | 068.050 But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous. | فَاجْتَبَاه ُُ رَبُّه ُُ فَجَعَلَه ُُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ |
Wa 'In Yakādu Al-Ladhīna Kafarū Layuzliqūnaka Bi'abşārihim Lammā Sami`ū Adh-Dhikra Wa Yaqūlūna 'Innahu Lamajnūnun  | 068.051 And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad; | وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّه ُُ لَمَجْنُون ٌ |
Wa Mā Huwa 'Illā Dhikrun Lil`ālamīna  | 068.052 When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation. | وَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ ذِكْر ٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ |