Surah Al-Qalam
بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِيْمِ
نۤ ۚوَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُوْنَۙ١
Nūn, wal-qalami wa mā yasṭurūn(a).
[1]
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
مَآ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُوْنٍ٢
Mā anta bini‘mati rabbika bimajnūn(in).
[2]
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
وَاِنَّ لَكَ لَاَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُوْنٍۚ٣
Wa inna laka la'ajran gaira mamnūn(in).
[3]
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
وَاِنَّكَ لَعَلٰى خُلُقٍ عَظِيْمٍ٤
Wa innaka la‘alā khuluqin ‘aẓīm(in).
[4]
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُوْنَۙ٥
Fasatubṣiru wa yubṣirūn(a).
[5]
So you will see and they will see
بِاَيِّىكُمُ الْمَفْتُوْنُ٦
Bi'ayyikumul-maftūn(u).
[6]
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِهٖۖ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِيْنَ٧
Inna rabbaka huwa a‘lamu biman ḍalla ‘an sabīlih(ī), wa huwa a‘lamu bil-muhtadīn(a).
[7]
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ٨
Falā tuṭi‘il-mukażżibīn(a).
[8]
Then do not obey the deniers.
وَدُّوْا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُوْنَۚ٩
Waddū lau tudhinu fayudhinūn(a).
[9]
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِيْنٍۙ١٠
Wa lā tuṭi‘ kulla ḥallāfim mahīn(in).
[10]
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاۤءٍۢ بِنَمِيْمٍۙ١١
Hammāzim masysyā'im binamīm(in).
[11]
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ اَثِيْمٍۙ١٢
Mannā‘il lil-khairi mu‘tadin aṡīm(in).
[12]
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
عُتُلٍّۢ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنِيْمٍۙ١٣
‘Utullim ba‘da żālika zanīm(in).
[13]
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
اَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَّبَنِيْنَۗ١٤
An kāna żā māliw wa banīn(a).
[14]
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ اٰيٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِيْرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَۗ١٥
Iżā tutlā ‘alaihi āyātunā qāla asāṭīrul-awwalīn(a).
[15]
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
سَنَسِمُهٗ عَلَى الْخُرْطُوْمِ١٦
Sanasimuhū ‘alal-khurṭūm(i).
[16]
We will brand him upon the snout.
اِنَّا بَلَوْنٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ اَصْحٰبَ الْجَنَّةِۚ اِذْ اَقْسَمُوْا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِيْنَۙ١٧
Innā balaunāhum kamā balaunā aṣḥābal-jannah(ti), iż aqsamū layaṣrimunnahā muṣbiḥīn(a).
[17]
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُوْنَ١٨
Wa lā yastaṡnūn(a).
[18]
Without making exception.
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَاۤىِٕفٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَاۤىِٕمُوْنَ١٩
Fa ṭāfa ‘alaihā ṭā'ifum mir rabbika wa hum nā'imūn(a).
[19]
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
فَاَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيْمِۙ٢٠
Fa aṣbaḥat kaṣ-ṣarīm(i).
[20]
And it became as though reaped.
فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِيْنَۙ٢١
Fa tanādau muṣbiḥīn(a).
[21]
And they called one another at morning,
اَنِ اغْدُوْا عَلٰى حَرْثِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰرِمِيْنَ٢٢
Anigdū ‘alā ḥarṡikum in kuntum ṣārimīn(a).
[22]
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
فَانْطَلَقُوْا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُوْنَۙ٢٣
Fanṭalaqū wa hum yatakhāfatūn(a).
[23]
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
اَنْ لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّسْكِيْنٌۙ٢٤
Allā yadkhulannahal-yauma ‘alaikum miskīn(un).
[24]
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
وَّغَدَوْا عَلٰى حَرْدٍ قٰدِرِيْنَ٢٥
Wa gadau ‘alā ḥardin qādirīn(a).
[25]
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهَا قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا لَضَاۤلُّوْنَۙ٢٦
Falammā ra'auhā qālū innā laḍāllūn(a).
[26]
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُوْمُوْنَ٢٧
Bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn(a).
[27]
Rather, we have been deprived."
قَالَ اَوْسَطُهُمْ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُوْنَ٢٨
Qāla ausaṭuhum alam aqul lakum lau lā tusabbiḥūn(a).
[28]
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' "
قَالُوْا سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّنَآ اِنَّا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيْنَ٢٩
Qālū subḥāna rabbinā innā kunnā ẓālimīn(a).
[29]
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ يَّتَلَاوَمُوْنَ٣٠
Fa'aqbala ba‘ḍuhum ‘alā ba‘ḍiy yatalāwamūn(a).
[30]
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
قَالُوْا يٰوَيْلَنَآ اِنَّا كُنَّا طٰغِيْنَ٣١
Qālū yā wailanā innā kunnā ṭāgīn(a).
[31]
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
عَسٰى رَبُّنَآ اَنْ يُّبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ اِنَّآ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا رٰغِبُوْنَ٣٢
‘Asā rabbunā ay yubdilanā khairam minhā innā ilā rabbinā rāgibūn(a).
[32]
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
كَذٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُۗ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۘ لَوْ كَانُوْا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ࣖ٣٣
Każālikal-‘ażāb(u), wa la‘ażābul-ākhirati akbar(u), lau kānū ya‘lamūn(a).
[33]
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِ٣٤
Inna lil-muttaqīna ‘inda rabbihim jannātin-na‘īm(i).
[34]
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
اَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ كَالْمُجْرِمِيْنَۗ٣٥
Afanaj‘alul-muslimīna kal-mujrimīn(a).
[35]
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
مَا لَكُمْۗ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُوْنَۚ٣٦
Mā lakum, kaifa taḥkumūn(a).
[36]
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
اَمْ لَكُمْ كِتٰبٌ فِيْهِ تَدْرُسُوْنَۙ٣٧
Am lakum kitābun fīhi tadrusūn(a).
[37]
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
اِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيْهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُوْنَۚ٣٨
Inna lakum fīhi lamā takhayyarūn(a).
[38]
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
اَمْ لَكُمْ اَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ اِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُوْنَۚ٣٩
Am lakum aimānun ‘alainā bāligatun ilā yaumil-qiyāmah(ti), inna lakum lamā taḥkumūn(a).
[39]
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
سَلْهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ زَعِيْمٌۚ٤٠
Salhum ayyuhum biżālika za‘īm(un).
[40]
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
اَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاۤءُۚ فَلْيَأْتُوْا بِشُرَكَاۤىِٕهِمْ اِنْ كَانُوْا صٰدِقِيْنَ٤١
Am lahum syurakā'(u), falya'tū bisyurakā'ihim in kānū ṣādiqīn(a).
[41]
Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَّيُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُوْدِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَۙ٤٢
Yauma yuksyafu ‘an sāqiw wa yud‘auna ilas-sujūdi falā yastaṭī‘ūn(a).
[42]
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,
خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۗوَقَدْ كَانُوْا يُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُوْدِ وَهُمْ سٰلِمُوْنَ٤٣
Khāsyi‘atan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum żillah(tun), wa qad kānū yud‘auna ilas-sujūdi wa hum sālimun(a).
[43]
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
فَذَرْنِيْ وَمَنْ يُّكَذِّبُ بِهٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِۗ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَۙ٤٤
Fażarnī wa may yukażżibu bihāżal-ḥadīṡi sanastadrijuhum min ḥaiṡu lā ya‘lamūn(a).
[44]
So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.
وَاُمْلِيْ لَهُمْۗ اِنَّ كَيْدِيْ مَتِيْنٌ٤٥
Wa umlī lahum, inna kaidī matīn(un).
[45]
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
اَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ اَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِّنْ مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُوْنَۚ٤٦
Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim magramim muṡqalūn(a).
[46]
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
اَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُوْنَ٤٧
Am ‘indahumul-gaibu fahum yaktubūn(a).
[47]
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوْتِۘ اِذْ نَادٰى وَهُوَ مَكْظُوْمٌۗ٤٨
Faṣbir liḥukmi rabbika wa lā takun kaṣāḥibil-ḥūt(i), iż nādā wa huwa makẓūm(un).
[48]
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
لَوْلَآ اَنْ تَدٰرَكَهٗ نِعْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُوْمٌ٤٩
Lau lā an tadārakahū ni‘matum mir rabbihī lanubiża bil-‘arā'i wa huwa mażmūm(un).
[49]
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
فَاجْتَبٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَجَعَلَهٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ٥٠
Fajtabāhu rabbuhū faja‘alahū minaṣ-ṣāliḥīn(a).
[50]
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
وَاِنْ يَّكَادُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَيُزْلِقُوْنَكَ بِاَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ اِنَّهٗ لَمَجْنُوْنٌ ۘ٥١
Wa iy yakādul-lażīna kafarū layuzliqūnaka bi'abṣārihim lammā sami‘uż żikra wa yaqūlūna innahū lamajnūn(un).
[51]
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
وَمَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَ ࣖ٥٢
Wa mā huwa illā żikrul lil-‘ālamīn(a).
[52]
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.