68) Sūrat Al-Qalam

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68) سُورَة القَلَم

n Wa Al-Qalami Wa Mā Yasţurūna 068-001. Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write, نُون وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
Mā 'Anta Bini`mati Rabbika Bimajnūnin 068-002. By the grace of your Lord you are not mad. مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُون ٍ
Wa 'Inna Laka La'ajrāan Ghayra Mamnūnin 068-003. And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off. وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْراً غَيْرَ مَمْنُون ٍ
Wa 'Innaka La`alá Khuluqin `Ažīmin 068-004. And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality. وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيم ٍ
Fasatubşiru Wa Yubşirūna 068-005. So you shall see, and they (too) shall see, فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
Bi'ayyyikumu Al-Maftūnu 068-006. Which of you is afflicted with madness. بِأَيّيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
'Inna Rabbaka Huwa 'A`lamu Biman Đalla `An Sabīlihi Wa Huwa 'A`lamu Bil-Muhtadīna 068-007. Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِه ِِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
Falā Tuţi`i Al-Mukadhdhibīna 068-008. So do not yield to the rejecters. فَلاَ تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Wa Ddū Law Tud/hinu Fayud/hinūna 068-009. They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant. وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Wa Lā Tuţi` Kulla Ĥallāfin Mahīnin 068-010. And yield not to any mean swearer وَلاَ تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلاَّف ٍ مَهِين ٍ
Hammāzin Mashshā'in Binamīmin 068-011. Defamer, going about with slander هَمَّاز ٍ مَشَّاء ٍ بِنَمِيم ٍ
Mannā`in Lilkhayri Mu`tadin 'Athīmin 068-012. Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful, مَنَّاع ٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيم ٍ
`Utullin Ba`da Dhālika Zanīmin 068-013. Ignoble, besides all that, base-born; عُتُلّ ٍ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيم ٍ
'An Kāna Dhā Mālin Wa Banīna 068-014. Because he possesses wealth and sons. أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَال ٍ وَبَنِينَ
'Idhā Tutlá `Alayhi 'Āyātunā Qāla 'Asāţīru Al-'Awwalīna 068-015. When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore. إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الأَوَّلِينَ
Sanasimuhu `Alá Al-Khurţūmi 068-016. We will brand him on the nose. سَنَسِمُه ُُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
'Innā Balawnāhum Kamā Balawnā 'Aşĥāba Al-Jannati 'Idh 'Aqsamū Layaşrimunnahā Muşbiĥīna 068-017. Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the morning, إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Wa Lā Yastathnūna 068-018. And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor). وَلاَ يَسْتَثْنُونَ
Faţāfa `Alayhā Ţā'ifun Min Rabbika Wa Hum Nā'imūna 068-019. Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping. فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِف ٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
Fa'aşbaĥat Kālşşarīmi 068-020. So it became as black, barren land. فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
Fatanādaw Muşbiĥīna 068-021. And they called out to each other in the morning, فَتَنَادَوا مُصْبِحِينَ
'Ani Aghdū `Alá Ĥarthikum 'In Kuntum Şārimīna 068-022. Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce). أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
nţalaqū Wa Hum Yatakhāfatūna 068-023. So they went, while they consulted together secretly, فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
'An Lā Yadkhulannahā Al-Yawma `Alaykum Miskīnun 068-024. Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you. أَنْ لاَ يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِين ٌ
Waghadaw `Alá Ĥardin Qādirīna 068-025. And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent. وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْد ٍ قَادِرِينَ
Falammā Ra'awhā Qālū 'Innā Lađāllūna 068-026. But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
Bal Naĥnu Maĥrūmūna 068-027. Nay! we are made to suffer privation. بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Qāla 'Awsaţuhum 'Alam 'Aqul Lakum Lawlā Tusabbiĥūna 068-028. The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)? قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلاَ تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qālū Subĥāna Rabbinā 'Innā Kunnā Žālimīna 068-029. They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust. قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
Fa'aqbala Ba`đuhum `Alá Ba`đin Yatalāwamūna 068-030. Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other. فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْض ٍ يَتَلاَوَمُونَ
Qālū Yā Waylanā 'Innā Kunnā Ţāghīna 068-031. Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate: قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ
`Asá Rabbunā 'An Yubdilanā Khayrāan Minhā 'Innā 'Ilá Rabbinā Rāghibūna 068-032. Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition. 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 is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know! كَذَلِكَ الْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ الآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
'Inna Lilmuttaqīna `Inda Rabbihim Jannāti An-Na`īmi 068-034. Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss. إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
'Afanaj`alu Al-Muslimīna Kālmujrimīna 068-035. What! shall We then make (i.e. treat) those who submit as the guilty? أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
Mā Lakum Kayfa Taĥkumūna 068-036. What has happened to you? How do you judge? مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
'Am Lakum Kitābun Fīhi Tadrusūna 068-037. Or have you a book wherein you read, أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَاب ٌ فِيه ِِ تَدْرُسُونَ
'Inna Lakum Fīhi Lamā Takhayyarūna 068-038. That you have surely therein what you choose? إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيه ِِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
'Am Lakum 'Aymānun `Alaynā Bālighatun 'Ilá Yawmi Al-Qiyāmati 'Inna Lakum Lamā Taĥkumūna 068-039. Or have you received from Us an agreement confirmed by an oath extending to the day of resurrection that you shall surely have what you demand? أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَة ٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
Salhum 'Ayyuhum Bidhālika Za`īmun 068-040. Ask them 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 associates 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 there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be 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. Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe. 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. So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not: فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لاَ يَعْلَمُونَ
Wa 'Umlī Lahum 'Inna Kaydī Matīnun 068-045. And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm. وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِين ٌ
'Am Tas'aluhum 'Ajrāan Fahum Min Maghramin Muthqalūna 068-046. Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt? أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرا ً فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَم ٍ مُثْقَلُونَ
'Am `Indahumu Al-Ghaybu Fahum Yaktubūna 068-047. Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down? أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Fāşbir Liĥukmi Rabbika Wa Lā Takun Kaşāĥibi Al-Ĥūti 'Idh Nādá Wa Huwa Makžūmun 068-048. So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress. 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. Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found while he was blamed. لَوْلاَ أَنْ تَدَارَكَه ُُ نِعْمَة ٌ مِنْ رَبِّه ِِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُوم ٌ
jtabāhu Rabbuhu Faja`alahu Mina Aş-Şāliĥīna 068-050. Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good. 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 those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad. وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّه ُُ لَمَجْنُون ٌ
Wa Mā Huwa 'Illā Dhikrun Lil`ālamīna 068-052. And it is naught but a reminder to the nations. وَمَا هُوَ إِلاَّ ذِكْر ٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ