القلم al qalam | 68 | The Pen

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بِسْمِ ٱللَّـهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ |  | In the name of God, the Almighty,1 the Merciful.
نٓ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ |  | 682 1 nūn1 By the pen, and what they inscribe!
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ |  | 2 Thou art not, by the favour of thy Lord, possessed;1
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ |  | 3 And for thee is a reward unending.
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ |  | 4 And thou art upon a tremendous tradition.1
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ |  | 5 And thou wilt see, and they will see
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ |  | 6 Which of you is mad.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ |  | 7 Thy Lord best knows who has strayed from His path, and He best knows the guided.
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ |  | 8 Then obey thou not the deniers
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ |  | 9 (They wish that thou shouldst compromise, then would they compromise)
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ |  | 10 Neither obey thou every despised swearer of oaths,
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ |  | 11 Backbiter, going about with calumny,
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ |  | 12 Hinderer of good, transgressor, sinful,
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ |  | 13 Relentless and1 useless,2
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ |  | 14 Because he is possessed of wealth and sons.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ |  | 15 When Our proofs1 are recited to him, he says: “Legends of the former peoples!”
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ |  | 16 We will brand him on the snout.1
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ |  | 17 We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore they would reap its fruit in the morning,
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ |  | 18 And made no allowance.1
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ |  | 19 Then an itinerant1 from thy Lord went about2 it while they slept,
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ |  | 20 And in the morning it was as if reaped.
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ |  | 21 Then called they to one another in the morning:
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ |  | 22 “Go early to your tilth, if you would be reaping!”
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ |  | 23 So they departed, whispering together:
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ |  | 24 “No needy one will enter it this day against your will.”1
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ |  | 25 And they went early, determined upon their purpose.1
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ |  | 26 Then when they saw it they said: “We have gone astray!1
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ |  | 27 “Nay,1 we have been deprived!”2
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ |  | 28 Said the most moderate of them: “Said I not to you: ‘Oh, that you did but1 give glory!’”2
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ |  | 29 They said: “Glory1 be to our Lord! We were wrongdoers!”2
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ |  | 30 Then they approached one other, blaming one another.
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ |  | 31 They said: “Woe is us! We transgressed all bounds.1
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ |  | 32 “It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange better than it; to our Lord do we turn in hope.”
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ |  | 33 Thus1 is the punishment — and the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, had they but known.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ |  | 34 For those of prudent fear,1 with their Lord are the Gardens of Bliss.
أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ |  | 35 Shall We then make1 those submitting2 like the lawbreakers?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ |  | 36 What ails you? How judge you?
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ |  | 37 If1 you have a Writ2 wherein you study:3 —
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ |  | 38 “You have therein whatever you choose!”1
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ |  | 39 Or if1 you have oaths binding upon Us reaching to the Day of Resurrection:2 — “You have whatever you decide!”3
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ |  | 40 Ask thou them which of them is, for that, guarantor!
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ |  | 41 If1 they have partners:2 then let them bring their partners,3 if they be truthful.
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ |  | 42 The day the shin1 is uncovered — and they are invited to the Submission,2 but they are not able3 —
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ |  | 43 Their eyes will be humbled,1 humiliation covering them, for they had been invited to the Submission2 when they were whole.
فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ |  | 44 So leave thou Me with those who deny this narrative.1 We will lead them by degrees, whence2 they know not;
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ |  | 45 And I will grant them respite — My plan is firm.1
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ |  | 46 If1 thou askest of them a reward:2 then are they burdened by debt!
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ |  | 47 If1 the Unseen be with them:2 then are they writing!3
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ |  | 48 And be thou patient for the judgment of thy Lord; and be thou not like the companion of the fish1 when he called and was angry.2
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ |  | 49 Had not favour from his Lord overtaken him, he would have been cast on the bare shore when he was condemned.
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