القلم

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. 68:1

   نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ۝١

   Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe,

2. 68:2

   مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ ۝٢

   You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.

3. 68:3

   وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ ۝٣

   And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

4. 68:4

   وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ ۝٤

   And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

5. 68:5

   فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ۝٥

   So you will see and they will see

6. 68:6

   بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ۝٦

   Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

7. 68:7

   إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ۝٧

   Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.

8. 68:8

   فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ۝٨

   Then do not obey the deniers.

9. 68:9

   وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ۝٩

   They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].

10. 68:10

    وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ ۝١٠

    And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

11. 68:11

    هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ ۝١١

    [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

12. 68:12

    مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ۝١٢

    A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

13. 68:13

    عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ۝١٣

    Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

14. 68:14

    أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ ۝١٤

    Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

15. 68:15

    إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٥

    When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

16. 68:16

    سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ۝١٦

    We will brand him upon the snout.

17. 68:17

    إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ۝١٧

    Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

18. 68:18

    وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ۝١٨

    Without making exception.

19. 68:19

    فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ۝١٩

    So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

20. 68:20

    فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ۝٢٠

    And it became as though reaped.

21. 68:21

    فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ۝٢١

    And they called one another at morning,

22. 68:22

    أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ ۝٢٢

    [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."

23. 68:23

    فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ۝٢٣

    So they set out, while lowering their voices,

24. 68:24

    أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ ۝٢٤

    [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."

25. 68:25

    وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَٰدِرِينَ ۝٢٥

    And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.

26. 68:26

    فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ۝٢٦

    But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;

27. 68:27

    بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ۝٢٧

    Rather, we have been deprived."

28. 68:28

    قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ۝٢٨

    The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"

29. 68:29

    قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ۝٢٩

    They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."

30. 68:30

    فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ۝٣٠

    Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

31. 68:31

    قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ۝٣١

    They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.

32. 68:32

    عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ۝٣٢

    Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."

33. 68:33

    كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٣

    Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.

34. 68:34

    إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝٣٤

    Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.

35. 68:35

    أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝٣٥

    Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

36. 68:36

    مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ۝٣٦

    What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?

37. 68:37

    أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ ۝٣٧

    Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

38. 68:38

    إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ۝٣٨

    That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

39. 68:39

    أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ ۝٣٩

    Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?

40. 68:40

    سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ۝٤٠

    Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.

41. 68:41

    أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٤١

    Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.

42. 68:42

    يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ۝٤٢

    The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,

43. 68:43

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ ۝٤٣

    Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

44. 68:44

    فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤٤

    So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.

45. 68:45

    وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ ۝٤٥

    And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

46. 68:46

    أَمْ تَسَْٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ۝٤٦

    Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

47. 68:47

    أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ۝٤٧

    Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

48. 68:48

    فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ ۝٤٨

    Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.

49. 68:49

    لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ ۝٤٩

    If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

50. 68:50

    فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝٥٠

    And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

51. 68:51

    وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ ۝٥١

    And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."

52. 68:52

    وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٥٢

    But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.