بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِیمِ نۤۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا یَسۡطُرُونَ

Nun. By the Pen, and what they inscribe,

مَاۤ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونࣲ

thou art not, by the blessing of thy Lord, a man possessed.

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَیۡرَ مَمۡنُونࣲ

Surely thou shalt have a wage unfailing;

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِیمࣲ

surely thou art upon a mighty morality.

فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَیُبۡصِرُونَ

So thou shalt see, and they will see,

بِأَییِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ

which of you is the demented.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِیلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِینَ

Surely thy Lord knows very well those who have gone astray from His way, and He knows very well those who are guided.

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ

So obey thou not those who cry lies.

وَدُّوا۟ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَیُدۡهِنُونَ

They wish that thou shouldst compromise, then they would compromise.

وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافࣲ مَّهِینٍ

And obey thou not every mean swearer,

هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّاۤءِۭ بِنَمِیمࣲ

backbiter, going about with slander,

مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلۡخَیۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِیمٍ

hinderer of good, guilty aggressor, coarse-grained,

عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ زَنِیمٍ

moreover ignoble,

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالࣲ وَبَنِینَ

because he has wealth and sons.

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡهِ ءَایَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ

When Our signs are recited to him, he says, 'Fairy-tales of the ancients!'

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ

We shall brand him upon the muzzle!

إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَـٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُوا۟ لَیَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِینَ

Now We have tried them, even as We tried the owners of the garden when they swore they would pluck in the morning

وَلَا یَسۡتَثۡنُونَ

and they added not the saving words.

فَطَافَ عَلَیۡهَا طَاۤىِٕفࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَاۤىِٕمُونَ

Then a visitation from thy Lord visited it, while they were sleeping,

فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِیمِ

and in the morning it was as if it were a garden plucked.

فَتَنَادَوۡا۟ مُصۡبِحِینَ

In the morning they called to one another,

أَنِ ٱغۡدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰرِمِینَ

'Come forth betimes upon your tillage, if you would pluck!'

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمۡ یَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ

So they departed, whispering together,

أَن لَّا یَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡیَوۡمَ عَلَیۡكُم مِّسۡكِینࣱ

'No needy man shall enter it today against your will.'

وَغَدَوۡا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدࣲ قَـٰدِرِینَ

And they went forth early, determined upon their purpose.

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا لَضَاۤلُّونَ

But when they saw it, they said, 'Surely we are gone astray;

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ

nay, rather we have been robbed!'

قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

Said the most moderate of them, 'Did I not say to you, "Why do you not give glory?"'

قَالُوا۟ سُبۡحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَاۤ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِینَ

They said, 'Glory be to God, our Lord; truly, we were evildoers.'

فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ

And they advanced one upon another, blaming each other.

قَالُوا۟ یَـٰوَیۡلَنَاۤ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِینَ

They said, 'Woe, alas for us! Truly, we were insolent.

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَاۤ أَن یُبۡدِلَنَا خَیۡرࣰا مِّنۡهَاۤ إِنَّاۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَ ٰ⁠غِبُونَ

It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better than it; to our Lord we humbly turn.'

كَذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ یَعۡلَمُونَ

Such is the chastisement; and the chastisement of the world to come, is assuredly greater, did they but know.

إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِینَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ

Surely for the godfearing shall be Gardens of Bliss with their Lord.

أَفَنَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِینَ كَٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ

What, shall we make those who have surrendered like to the sinners?

مَا لَكُمۡ كَیۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ

What ails you then, how you judge?

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَـٰبࣱ فِیهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ

Or have you a Book wherein you study?

إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِیهِ لَمَا تَخَیَّرُونَ

Surely therein you shall have whatever you choose!

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَیۡمَـٰنٌ عَلَیۡنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ

Or have you oaths from Us, reaching to the Day of Resurrection? Surely you shall have whatever you judge!

سَلۡهُمۡ أَیُّهُم بِذَ ٰ⁠لِكَ زَعِیمٌ

Ask them, which of them will guarantee that!

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَاۤءُ فَلۡیَأۡتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَاۤىِٕهِمۡ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِینَ

Or do they have associates? Then let them bring their associates, if they speak truly.

یَوۡمَ یُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقࣲ وَیُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ

Upon the day when the leg shall be bared, and they shall be summoned to bow themselves, but they cannot;

خَـٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُوا۟ یُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَـٰلِمُونَ

humbled shall be their eyes, and abasement shall overspread them, for they had been summoned to bow themselves while they were whole.

فَذَرۡنِی وَمَن یُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِۖ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم مِّنۡ حَیۡثُ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ

So leave Me with him who cries lies to this discourse! We will draw them on little by little whence they know not;

وَأُمۡلِی لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ كَیۡدِی مَتِینٌ

and I shall respite them -- assuredly My guile is sure.

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

Or askest thou them for a wage, and so they are weighed down with debt?

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبُ فَهُمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ

Or is the Unseen in their keeping, and so they are writing it down?

فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومࣱ

So be thou patient under the judgment of thy Lord, and be not as the Man of the Fish, when he called, choking inwardly.

لَّوۡلَاۤ أَن تَدَ ٰ⁠رَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومࣱ

Had there not overtaken him a blessing from his Lord he would have been cast upon the wilderness, being condemned.

فَٱجۡتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ

But his Lord had chosen him, and He placed him among the righteous.

وَإِن یَكَادُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَیُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَـٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَیَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ

The unbelievers wellnigh strike thee down with their glances, when they hear the Reminder, and they say, 'Surely he is a man possessed!'

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ

And it is nothing but a Reminder unto all beings.