Surah Al-Qalam

ن࢜ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُوْنَ ۝١ۙ

1Nun. By the Pen and what they write:

مَا͏ٓ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُوْنٍ ۝٢ۚ

2by your Lord’s blessing, you are not, crazy,

وَاِنَّ لَكَ لَاَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُوْنٍ ۝٣ۚ

3and yours indeed will be an everlasting reward,

وَاِنَّكَ لَعَلٰي خُلُقٍ عَظِيْمٍ ۝٤

4and indeed you possess a great character.

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُوْنَ ۝٥ۙ

5You will see and they will see,

بِاَيِّىكُمُ الْمَفْتُوْنُ ۝٦

6which one of you is crazy.

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِهٖࣕ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِيْنَ ۝٧

7Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided.

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ ۝٨

8So do not obey the deniers,

وَدُّوْا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُوْنَ ۝٩

9who are eager that you should be flexible, so that they [too] may be flexible [towards you].

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِيْنٍ ۝١٠ۙ

10And do not obey any vile swearer,

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّا࢜ءٍۭ بِنَمِيْمٍ ۝١١ۙ

11scandal-monger, talebearer,

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ اَثِيْمٍ ۝١٢ۙ

12hinderer of all good, sinful transgressor,

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنِيْمٍ ۝١٣ۙ

13callous and, on top of that, baseborn

اَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَّبَنِيْنَ ۝١٤ؕ

14—[who behaves in such a manner only] because he has wealth and children.

اِذَا تُتْلٰي عَلَيْهِ اٰيٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِيْرُ الْاَوَّلِيْنَ ۝١٥

15When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’

سَنَسِمُهٗ عَلَي الْخُرْطُوْمِ ۝١٦

16Soon We shall brand him on his snout.

اِنَّا بَلَوْنٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا͏ٓ اَصْحٰبَ الْجَنَّةِۚ اِذْ اَقْسَمُوْا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِيْنَ ۝١٧ۙ

17Indeed we have tested them just as We tested the People of the Garden when they vowed they would gather its fruit at dawn,

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُوْنَ ۝١٨

18and they did not make any exception.

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَا࢜ىِٕفٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَا࢜ىِٕمُوْنَ ۝١٩

19Then, a visitation from your Lord visited it while they were asleep.

فَاَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيْمِ ۝٢٠ۙ

20So, by dawn it was like a harvested field.

فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِيْنَ ۝٢١ۙ

21At dawn they called out to one another,

اَنِ اغْدُوْا عَلٰي حَرْثِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰرِمِيْنَ ۝٢٢

22‘Get off early to your field if you have to gather [the fruits].’

فَانْطَلَقُوْا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُوْنَ ۝٢٣ۙ

23So off they went, murmuring to one another:

اَنْ لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِّسْكِيْنٌ ۝٢٤ۙ

24‘Today no needy man shall come to you in it.’

وَّغَدَوْا عَلٰي حَرْدٍ قٰدِرِيْنَ ۝٢٥

25And they set out at early morning, [considering themselves] able to deprive [the poor of its fruit].

فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهَا قَالُوْٓا اِنَّا لَضَا࢜لُّوْنَ ۝٢٦ۙ

26But when they saw it, they said, ‘We have indeed lost our way!’

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُوْمُوْنَ ۝٢٧

27‘No, it is we who have been deprived!’

قَالَ اَوْسَطُهُمْ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُوْنَ ۝٢٨

28The most upright among them said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘Why do you not glorify [Allah]?’’ ’

قَالُوْا سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّنَا͏ٓ اِنَّا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيْنَ ۝٢٩

29They said, ‘Immaculate is our Lord! We have indeed been wrongdoers!’

فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰي بَعْضٍ يَّتَلَاوَمُوْنَ ۝٣٠

30Then they turned to one another, blaming each other.

قَالُوْا يٰوَيْلَنَا͏ٓ اِنَّا كُنَّا طٰغِيْنَ ۝٣١

31They said, ‘Woe to us! Indeed, we have been rebellious.

عَسٰي رَبُّنَا͏ٓ اَنْ يُّبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا͏ٓ اِنَّا͏ٓ اِلٰي رَبِّنَا رٰغِبُوْنَ ۝٣٢

32Maybe our Lord will give us a better one in its place. Indeed we earnestly beseech our Lord.’

كَذٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُؕ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۘ لَوْ كَانُوْا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٣٣ࣖ

33Such was their punishment; and the punishment of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known.

اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِيْنَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيْمِ ۝٣٤

34Indeed for the Godwary there will be gardens of bliss near their Lord.

اَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِيْنَ كَالْمُجْرِمِيْنَ ۝٣٥ؕ

35Shall We treat those who submit [to Us] as [We treat] the guilty?

مَا لَكُمْࣟ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُوْنَ ۝٣٦ۚ

36What is the matter with you? How do you judge!

اَمْ لَكُمْ كِتٰبٌ فِيْهِ تَدْرُسُوْنَ ۝٣٧ۙ

37Do you possess a scripture in which you read

اِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيْهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُوْنَ ۝٣٨ۚ

38that you shall have in it whatever you choose?

اَمْ لَكُمْ اَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ اِلٰي يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ اِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُوْنَ ۝٣٩ۚ

39Do you have a pledge binding on Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall indeed have whatever you decide?

سَلْهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ زَعِيْمٌ ۝٤٠ۚۛ

40Ask them, which of them will aver [any of] that!

اَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَا࢜ءُۚۛ فَلْيَاْتُوْا بِشُرَكَا࢜ىِٕهِمْ اِنْ كَانُوْا صٰدِقِيْنَ ۝٤١

41Do they have any ‘partners’ [that they claim for Allah]? Then let them produce their partners, if they are truthful.

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَّيُدْعَوْنَ اِلَي السُّجُوْدِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيْعُوْنَ ۝٤٢ۙ

42The day when the catastrophe occurs and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able [to do it].

خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌؕ وَقَدْ كَانُوْا يُدْعَوْنَ اِلَي السُّجُوْدِ وَهُمْ سٰلِمُوْنَ ۝٤٣

43With a humbled look [in their eyes], they will be overcast by abasement. Certainly, they were summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet sound.

فَذَرْنِيْ وَمَنْ يُّكَذِّبُ بِهٰذَا الْحَدِيْثِؕ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُوْنَ ۝٤٤ۙ

44So leave Me with those who deny this discourse. We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know.

وَاُمْلِيْ لَهُمْؕ اِنَّ كَيْدِيْ مَتِيْنٌ ۝٤٥

45I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure.

اَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ اَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِّنْ مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُوْنَ ۝٤٦ۚ

46Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are weighed down with debt?

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُوْنَ ۝٤٧

47Do they possess [access to] the Unseen, so that they write it down?

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوْتِۘ اِذْ نَادٰي وَهُوَ مَكْظُوْمٌ ۝٤٨ؕ

48So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord, and do not be like the Man of the Fish who called out as he choked with grief.

لَوْلَا͏ٓ اَنْ تَدٰرَكَهٗ نِعْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَا࢜ءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُوْمٌ ۝٤٩

49Had it not been for a blessing that came to his rescue from his Lord, he would surely have been cast on the bare shore, being blameworthy.

فَاجْتَبٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَجَعَلَهٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيْنَ ۝٥٠

50So his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous.

وَاِنْ يَّكَادُ الَّذِيْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَيُزْلِقُوْنَكَ بِاَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُوْلُوْنَ اِنَّهٗ لَمَجْنُوْنٌ ۝٥١ۘ

51Indeed the faithless almost devour you with their eyes when they hear this Reminder, and they say, ‘He is indeed crazy.’

وَمَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِيْنَ ۝٥٢ࣖ

52Yet it is just a reminder for all the nations.