ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
Noon walqalami wama yasturoon
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoon
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
Wa-inna laka laajran ghayra mamnoon
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
Wa-innaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheem
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroon
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
بِأَيْيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
Bi-ayyikumu almaftoon
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dallaAAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bilmuhtadeen
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance.
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeen
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoon
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafinmaheen
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ
Hammazin mashsha-in binameem
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheem
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneem
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
An kana tha malinwabaneen
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoom
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Inna balawnahum kamabalawna as-haba aljannati ith aqsamoolayasrimunnaha musbiheen
Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
Wala yastathnoon
But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
Fatafa AAalayha ta-ifunmin rabbika wahum na-imoon
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
Faasbahat kassareem
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ
Fatanadaw musbiheen
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum inkuntum sarimeen
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
Fantalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoon
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِينٌ
An la yadkhulannaha alyawmaAAalaykum miskeen
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireen
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
Falamma raawha qalooinna ladalloon
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakumlawla tusabbihoon
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
Qaloo subhana rabbinainna kunna thalimeen
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdinyatalawamoon
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ
Qaloo ya waylana innakunna tagheen
They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilanakhayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboon
"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabual-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon
Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannatiannaAAeem
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kalmujrimeen
ShallWe then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoon
What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoon
Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroon
That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatunila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoon
Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeem
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ
Am lahum shurakao falya/too bishuraka-ihimin kanoo sadiqeen
Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawnaila assujoodi fala yastateeAAoon
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ilaassujoodi wahum salimoon
Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).
فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Fatharnee waman yukaththibubihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythula yaAAlamoon
Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateen
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ
Am tas-aluhum ajran fahum min maghraminmuthqaloon
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-
أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboon
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nadawahuwa makthoom
So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.
لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatunmin rabbihi lanubitha bilAAara-i wahuwa mathmoom
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
Fajtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahumina assaliheen
Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ
Wa-in yakadu allatheenakafaroo layuzliqoonaka bi-absarihim lamma samiAAooaththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoon
And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
Wama huwa illa thikrunlilAAalameen
But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.