1

نٓۚ وَاَلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Nun! (Allah swears by) the pen and whatever they, (the angels), write

2

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونࣲ‏

(Oh prophet), you are not, by the grace of your Lord, a mad man

3

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُونࣲ‏

In fact, you certainly have a perpetual and ever lasting reward (with your Lord)

4

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمࣲ‏

Indeed, you certainly bear the highest moral character

5

فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُونَ

Soon you will see, and so shall they

6

بِأَييِّكُمُ اُ۬لۡمَفۡتُونُ

Who is deranged _ (you or they)

7

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهۡوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِالۡمُهۡتَدِينَ

Indeed, your Lord knows well who has strayed from His path; and He (also) knows those who are the rightly guided

8

فَلَا تُطِعِ اِ۬لۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

Do not yield to those who have denied the truth

9

وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ

They would love it if you make concessions (and compromise the truth somewhat). They too, would then give in (some)

10

وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافࣲ مَّهِينٍ

And do not obey the contemptible oath-monger

11

هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّآءِۢ بِنَمِيمࣲ‏

The abusive mudslinger, who throws insults around (all the time)

12

مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

The one who prohibits the good, trespasses and defiantly indulges in sinful acts

13

عُتُلِّۢ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

Ignoble and greedy, in short, despised

14

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالࣲ وَبَنِينَ

(He acts that way), because he is wealthy and has (many) children

15

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ اُ۬لۡأَوَّلِينَ

When Our verses are recited to him, he remarks, "(Legends)! Tales of the earlier folks

16

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى اَ۬لۡخُرۡطُومِ

Very soon, We will (burn and) brand his snout

17

إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ اَ۬لۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ

Indeed, We have put them through a test, just as We tested the owners of an orchard. They swore to pick its fruit the next morning

18

وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ

They allowed no exception, (They did not say, "If Allah pleases)

19

فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ

So, while they slept, a calamity from their Lord visited that orchard (and destroyed it completely)

20

فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَاَلصَّرِيمِ

By the morning, it looked bare, as if it had already been picked clean

21

فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ

At daybreak they called each other

22

أَنِ اِ۟غۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ

Proceed to your field early in the morning, if you want to pick the fruit (today)

23

فَاَنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ

So they departed, muttering to each other

24

أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا اَ۬لۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينࣱ‏

Today, do not let the poor and the needy enter the orchard and pester you (for alms)

25

وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدࣲ قَٰدِرِينَ

With that resolve, and certain (in their minds) that they had the means (to harvest), they left in the morning

26

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

When they saw their orchard, they (failed to recognize it, and) cried out, "We have surely lost our way

27

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ

No! Rather, we have been deprived

28

قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

The moderate one among them said, "Did I not tell you? Why did you not chant (your Lord´s) praises

29

قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

They said, "Exalted is our Lord. In fact, we were the wrongdoers

30

فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ

Then they turned around, and began blaming each other

31

قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

They said, "Indeed, we had certainly acted arrogantly

32

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبَدِّلَنَا خَيۡرࣰ ا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

Hopefully, our Lord will grant us something better in its place. Of course, we do turn to our Lord for forgiveness

33

كَذَٰلِكَ اَ۬لۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ اُ۬لۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ

Such is the punishment (in this life), but the torment of the afterlife is far greater, if they only knew

34

۞إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتِ اِ۬لنَّعِيمِ

For the righteous, there exist with their Lord the blessings filled gardens

35

أَفَنَجۡعَلُ اُ۬لۡمُسۡلِمِينَ كَاَلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

Are We to treat the obedient ones the same as the criminals

36

مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ

What is wrong with you? How do you draw your conclusions

37

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَٰبࣱ فِيهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ

Or did you learn it from your scriptures

38

إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

That you shall have whatever you prefer

39

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَيۡمَٰنٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ اِ۬لۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ

Or, do you hold a binding contract over Us till the day of Resurrection, (guaranteeing) that whatever you order shall be yours

40

سَلۡهُمۡ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

Ask them. Who amongst them can claim that

41

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

Or, do they have (other gods as Allah´s) partners (offering them such a guarantee)? Let them produce these partners if they are truthful

42

يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقࣲ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى اَ۬لسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ

They would be asked to prostrate (before Allah) on that day when the reality is laid bare. But (that day), they shall find themselves unable (to prostrate)

43

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُواْ يُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى اَ۬لسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَٰلِمُونَ

Downcast would be their eyes (in shame); disgrace shall overwhelm them. They were asked to prostrate in this life, when they were sound and solid

44

فَذَرۡنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا اَ۬لۡحَدِيثِۖ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

So let Me handle (all) those who reject this Qur´an. Gradually, We would lead them (into Hell), by means they would seldom perceive

45

وَأُمۡلِي لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ كَيۡدِي مَتِينٌ

I will let them have a little respite. My scheme is a cinch _ (airtight and foolproof)

46

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰ ا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

Or, do you ask them for a fee (or a reward)? Are they laboring under the burden (of such a demand)

47

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ اُ۬لۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

Or, do they have the knowledge of the unseen so they may write (their own fate)

48

فَاَصۡبِر لِّحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ اِ۬لۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهۡوَ مَكۡظُومࣱ‏

So, wait patiently for your Lord´s decree. Do not act like the man of the fish, (the prophet Jonah), when he called (his Lord), choked with grief

49

لَّوۡلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِالۡعَرَآءِ وَهۡوَ مَذۡمُومࣱ‏

(In the fish he would still be), had the mercy of your Lord not reached him. He was tossed on the bare (and barren) beach _ censured (and chastised)

50

فَاَجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ اَ۬لصَّٰلِحِينَ

Eventually, his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous ones

51

وَإِن يَكَادُ اُ۬لَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصٰ۪رِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُواْ اُ۬لذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ‏

The unbelievers look at you with aversion (and animosity), and they almost trip you up with their eyes. They hear this reminder, the Qur´an, and say, "He is really a man possessed

52

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

Although it is (nothing but) a reminder for the whole world