The Pen

سورة الـقـلـم

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful.
﴿١﴾ ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
1Nuun. By the pen, and by what they write.
﴿٢﴾ مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
2By the grace of your Lord, you are not insane.
﴿٣﴾ وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
3In fact, you will have an unending reward.
﴿٤﴾ وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
4And you are of a great moral character.
﴿٥﴾ فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
5You will see, and they will see.
﴿٦﴾ بِأَيْيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
6Which of you is the afflicted.
﴿٧﴾ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
7Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best the well-guided.
﴿٨﴾ فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
8So do not obey the deniers.
﴿٩﴾ وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
9They wish that you would compromise, so they would compromise.
﴿١٠﴾ وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ
10And do not obey any vile swearer.
﴿١١﴾ هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ
11Backbiter, spreader of slander.
﴿١٢﴾ مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
12Preventer of good, transgressor, sinful.
﴿١٣﴾ عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
13Rude and fake besides.
﴿١٤﴾ أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
14Just because he has money and children.
﴿١٥﴾ إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
15When Our Verses are recited to him, he says, “Myths of the ancients!”
﴿١٦﴾ سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
16We will mark him on the snout.
﴿١٧﴾ إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
17We tested them, as We tested the owners of the garden—when they vowed to harvest it in the morning.
﴿١٨﴾ وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
18And they made no exception.
﴿١٩﴾ فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
19But a disaster from your Lord went around it while they slept.
﴿٢٠﴾ فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
20And it became as if picked.
﴿٢١﴾ فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ
21In the morning, they called one another.
﴿٢٢﴾ أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
22“Go early to your plantation, if you want to harvest.”
﴿٢٣﴾ فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
23So they set out, whispering to one another.
﴿٢٤﴾ أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِينٌ
24“No poor person is to enter it upon you today.”
﴿٢٥﴾ وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
25And they proceeded early, resolved in intent.
﴿٢٦﴾ فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
26But when they saw it, they said, “We are lost.
﴿٢٧﴾ بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
27In fact, we are deprived.”
﴿٢٨﴾ قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
28The most moderate of them said, “Did I not say to you, ‘if only you would praise?’”
﴿٢٩﴾ قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
29They said, “Glory be to our Lord—We were in the wrong.”
﴿٣٠﴾ فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ
30Then they turned to one another, blaming one another.
﴿٣١﴾ قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ
31They said, “Woe to us—we were domineering.
﴿٣٢﴾ عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
32Perhaps our Lord will give us a better substitute for it. We are turning to our Lord in hope .”
﴿٣٣﴾ كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
33Such is the punishment. But the punishment of the Hereafter is greater—if they only knew.
﴿٣٤﴾ إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
34For the righteous are Gardens of Delight with their Lord.
﴿٣٥﴾ أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
35Shall We treat the submitters like the villains?
﴿٣٦﴾ مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
36What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
﴿٣٧﴾ أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
37Or do you have a scripture in which you study?
﴿٣٨﴾ إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
38That you will have in it whatever you choose?
﴿٣٩﴾ أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
39Or do you have oaths from Us, binding until Resurrection Day, that whatever you demand is yours?
﴿٤٠﴾ سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
40Ask them, which of them will guarantee that!
﴿٤١﴾ أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ
41Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners—if they are truthful.
﴿٤٢﴾ يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
42On the Day when the Shin will be exposed, and they will be called to bow down, but they will be unable.
﴿٤٣﴾ خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
43Their eyes subdued, covered with shame. They were invited to prostrate when they were sound.
﴿٤٤﴾ فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
44So leave Me to those who reject this message. We will proceed against them gradually, from where they do not know.
﴿٤٥﴾ وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
45And I will give them time. My plan is firm.
﴿٤٦﴾ أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ
46Or are you asking them for a fee, so they are burdened with debt?
﴿٤٧﴾ أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
47Or do they know the future, and so they write it down?
﴿٤٨﴾ فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
48So be patient with your Lord’s Judgment. And do not be like the Fellow of the Whale who cried out in despair.
﴿٤٩﴾ لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
49Had the blessing from his Lord not reached him, he would have been thrown onto the barren shore, and he was blamed.
﴿٥٠﴾ فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
50But his Lord chose him, and He made him of the righteous.
﴿٥١﴾ وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ
51Those who disbelieve almost stab you with their glances when they hear the message, and they say, “He is crazy!”
﴿٥٢﴾ وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
52But it is only a reminder for humankind.