Al-Qalam

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ

Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith)

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

And thou wilt see and they will see

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

Which of you is the demented

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Therefor obey not thou the rejecters

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ

Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

Greedy therewithal, intrusive

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ

We shall brand him on the nose

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ

And made no exception (for the Will of Allah)

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

And in the morning it was as if plucked

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

And they cried out one unto another in the morning

أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ

Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit)

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ

So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ

No needy man shall enter it to-day against you

وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ

They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

Nay, but we are desolate

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ

Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching

قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ

They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord

أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ

Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ

With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

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

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate

فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ

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

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation