68. Al-Qalam (1 to 52)
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe, You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted…
1 نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
nʔ j wa’lqalami wama’ yasṭuruwna
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
2 مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
ma’ʔ ‘ʔanta biniʕmati rab:ika bimajnuwninm
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
3 وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ
wa’ʔin:a laka la’ʔajran’ ɣayra mamnuwninm
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
4 وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
wa’ʔin:aka laʕalay’ xuluqin ʕaẓiyminm
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
5 فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
fasatubṣiru wayubṣiruwna
So you will see and they will see
6 بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
bi’ʔayy:ikumu ‘lmaftuwnu
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
7 إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
‘ʔin:a rab:aka huwa ‘ʔaʕlamu biman ḍal:a ʕan sabiylihiy wahuwa ‘ʔaʕlamu bi’lmuhtadiyna
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
8 فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
fala’ tuṭiʕi ‘lmukað:ibiyna
Then do not obey the deniers.
9 وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
wad:uw’ law tudhinu fayudhinuwna
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
10 وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ
wala’ tuṭiʕ kul:a ḥal:a’finm m:ahiynin
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
11 هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ
ham:a’zinm m:aʃ:a’ʔʔinm binamiyminm
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
12 مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
m:an:a’ʕinm l:ilxayri muʕtadin ‘ʔaèiymin
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
13 عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
ʕutul:inm baʕda ًalika zaniymin
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
14 أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ
‘ʔan ka’na ًa’ ma’linm wabaniyna
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
15 إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَتُنَا قَالَ أَسَطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
‘ʔiًa’ tutlay’ ʕalayhi ʔa’yatuna’ qa’la ‘ʔasaṭiyru ‘l’ʔaw:aliyna
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
16 سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
sanasimuhuw ʕalay ‘lxurṭuwmi
We will brand him upon the snout.
17 إِنَّا بَلَوْنَهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
‘ʔin:a’ balawnahum kama’ balawna’ʔ ‘ʔaṣḥaba ‘ljan:ati ‘ʔiً ‘ʔaqsamuw’ layaṣrimun:aha’ muṣbiḥiyna
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 وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
wala’ yastaènuwna
Without making exception.
19 فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
faṭa’fa ʕalayha’ ṭa’ʔyʔifunm m:in r:ab:ika wahum na’ʔyʔimuwna
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
20 فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
fa’ʔaṣbaḥat ka’lṣ:ariymi
And it became as though reaped.
21 فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
fatana’daw’ muṣbiḥiyna
And they called one another at morning,
22 أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَرِمِينَ
‘ʔani ‘ɣduw’ ʕalay’ ḥarèikum ‘ʔin kuntum ṣarimiyna
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
23 فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَفَتُونَ
fa’nṭalaquw’ wahum yataxafatuwna
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
24 أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ
‘ʔan l:a’ yadxulan:aha’ ‘lyawma ʕalaykum m:iskiynunm
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
25 وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَدِرِينَ
waɣadaw’ ʕalay’ ḥardinm qadiriyna
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
26 فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
falam:a’ ra’ʔawha’ qa’luwʔ’ ‘ʔin:a’ laḍa’ʔl:uwna
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
27 بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
bal naḥnu maḥruwmuwna
Rather, we have been deprived."
28 قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
qa’la ‘ʔawsaṭuhum ‘ʔalam ‘ʔaqul l:akum lawla’ tusab:iḥuwna
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [ Allah ]?' "
29 قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَلِمِينَ
qa’luw’ subḥana rab:ina’ʔ ‘ʔin:a’ kun:a’ ẓalimiyna
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
30 فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَوَمُونَ
fa’ʔaqbala baʕḍuhum ʕalay’ baʕḍinm yatalawamuwna
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
31 قَالُوا۟ يَوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَغِينَ
qa’luw’ yawaylana’ʔ ‘ʔin:a’ kun:a’ ṭaɣiyna
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
32 عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَغِبُونَ
ʕasay’ rab:una’ʔ ‘ʔan yubdilana’ xayranm’ m:inha’ʔ ‘ʔin:a’ʔ ‘ʔilay’ rab:ina’ raɣibuwna
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
33 كَذَلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
kaًalika ‘lʕaًa’bu sl’ walaʕaًa’bu ‘lʔa’xirati ‘ʔakbaru j law ka’nuw’ yaʕlamuwna
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
34 إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
‘ʔin:a lilmut:aqiyna ʕinda rab:ihim jan:ati ‘ln:aʕiymi
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
35 أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
‘ʔafanajʕalu ‘lmuslimiyna ka’lmujrimiyna
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
36 مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
ma’ lakum kayfa taḥkumuwna
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
37 أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
‘ʔam lakum kitabunm fiyhi tadrusuwna
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
38 إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
‘ʔin:a lakum fiyhi lama’ taxay:aruwna
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
39 أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
‘ʔam lakum ‘ʔaymanun ʕalayna’ baliɣatun ‘ʔilay’ yawmi ‘lqiyamati l’ ‘ʔin:a lakum lama’ taḥkumuwna
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
40 سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
salhum ‘ʔay:uhum biًalika zaʕiymun
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
41 أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَدِقِينَ
‘ʔam lahum ʃuraka’ʔʔu falya’ʔtuw’ biʃuraka’ʔyʔihim ‘ʔin ka’nuw’ ṣadiqiyna
Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
42 يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
yawma yukʃafu ʕan sa’qinm wayudʕawna ‘ʔilay ‘ls:ujuwdi fala’ yastaṭiyʕuwna
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,
43 خَشِعَةً أَبْصَرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَلِمُونَ
xaʃiʕatan ‘ʔabṣaruhum tarhaquhum ًil:atunm sl’ waqad ka’nuw’ yudʕawna ‘ʔilay ‘ls:ujuwdi wahum salimuwna
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
44 فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
faًarniy waman yukaً:ibu bihaًa’ ‘lḥadiyèi sl’ sanastadrijuhum m:in ḥayèu la’ yaʕlamuwna
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.
45 وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
wa’ʔumliy lahum j ‘ʔin:a kaydiy matiynun
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
46 أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ
‘ʔam tasʔaluhum ‘ʔajranm’ fahum m:in m:aɣraminm m:uèqaluwna
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
47 أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
‘ʔam ʕindahumu ‘lɣaybu fahum yaktubuwna
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
48 فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ
fa’ṣbir liḥukmi rab:ika wala’ takun kaṣa’ḥibi ‘lḥuwti ‘ʔiً na’day’ wahuwa makẓuwmunm
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.
49 لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ
l:awla’ʔ ‘ʔan tadarakahuw niʕmatunm m:in r:ab:ihiy lanubiًa bi’lʕara’ʔʔi wahuwa maًmuwmunm
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
50 فَٱجْتَبَهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّلِحِينَ
fa’jtabahu rab:uhuw fajaʕalahuw mina ‘lṣ:aliḥiyna
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
51 وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ
wa’ʔin yaka’du ‘l:aًiyna kafaruw’ layuzliquwnaka bi’ʔabṣarihim lam:a’ samiʕuw’ ‘lً:ikra wayaquwluwna ‘ʔin:ahuw lamajnuwnunm
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."
52 وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَلَمِينَ
wama’ huwa ‘ʔil:a’ ًikrunm l:ilʕalamiyna
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.
