Al-Qalam

Noon; walqalami wa maa yasturoon

Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

Maa anta bini'mati Rabbika bimajnoon

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

Wa inna laka la ajran ghaira mamnoon

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

Wa innaka la'alaa khuluqin 'azeem

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

Fasatubsiru wa yubsiroon

So you will see and they will see

Bi ayyikumul maftoon

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

Innaa Rabbaka Huwa a'lamu biman dalla 'an sabeelihee wa Huwa a'lamu bilmuhtadeen

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

Falaa tuti'il mukazzibeen

Then do not obey the deniers.

Waddoo law tudhinu fa-yudhinoon

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

Wa laa tuti' kulla hallaa fim maheen

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

Hammaazim mash shaaa'im binameem

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

Mannaa'il lilkhairi mu'tadin aseem

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

'Utullim ba'da zaalika zaneem

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

Izaa tutlaa 'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

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

Sanasimuhoo 'alal khurtoom

We will brand him upon the snout.

Innaa balawnaahum kamaa balawnaaa As-haabal jannati iz 'aqsamoo la-yasri munnahaa musbiheen

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

Wa laa yastasnoon

Without making exception.

Fataafa 'alaihaa taaa'i fum mir rabbika wa hum naaa'imoon

So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

Fa asbahat kassareem

And it became as though reaped.

Fatanaadaw musbiheen

And they called one another at morning,

Anighdoo 'alaa harsikum in kuntum saarimeen

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

Fantalaqoo wa hum yatakhaafatoon

So they set out, while lowering their voices,

Al laa yadkhulannahal yawma 'alaikum miskeen

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

Wa ghadaw 'alaa hardin qaadireen

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

Falammaa ra awhaa qaalooo innaa ladaaalloon

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

Bal nahnu mahroomoon

Rather, we have been deprived."

Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon

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

Qaaloo subhaana rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen

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

Fa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatalaawamoon

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.