Surah 68
Al-Qalam القلم
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
- Juz 29 · page 564
نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ﴿١﴾
Noon; walqalami wa maa yasturoon
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
- Juz 29 · page 564
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿٢﴾
Maa anta bini'mati Rabbika bimajnoon
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
- Juz 29 · page 564
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ ﴿٣﴾
Wa inna laka la ajran ghaira mamnoon
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
- Juz 29 · page 564
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿٤﴾
Wa innaka la'alaa khuluqin 'azeem
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
- Juz 29 · page 564
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٥﴾
Fasatubsiru wa yubsiroon
So you will see and they will see
- Juz 29 · page 564
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ﴿٦﴾
Bi ayyikumul maftoon
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
- Juz 29 · page 564
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ﴿٧﴾
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.
- Juz 29 · page 564
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٨﴾
Falaa tuti'il mukazzibeen
Then do not obey the deniers.
- Juz 29 · page 564
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ﴿٩﴾
Waddoo law tudhinu fa-yudhinoon
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
- Juz 29 · page 564
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ ﴿١٠﴾
Wa laa tuti' kulla hallaa fim maheen
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
- Juz 29 · page 564
هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ ﴿١١﴾
Hammaazim mash shaaa'im binameem
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
- Juz 29 · page 564
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾
Mannaa'il lilkhairi mu'tadin aseem
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
- Juz 29 · page 564
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ﴿١٣﴾
'Utullim ba'da zaalika zaneem
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
- Juz 29 · page 564
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ ﴿١٤﴾
An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
- Juz 29 · page 564
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٥﴾
Izaa tutlaa 'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
- Juz 29 · page 565
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ﴿١٦﴾
Sanasimuhoo 'alal khurtoom
We will brand him upon the snout.
- Juz 29 · page 565
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿١٧﴾
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
- Juz 29 · page 565
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ﴿١٨﴾
Wa laa yastasnoon
Without making exception.
- Juz 29 · page 565
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ﴿١٩﴾
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.
- Juz 29 · page 565
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ﴿٢٠﴾
Fa asbahat kassareem
And it became as though reaped.
- Juz 29 · page 565
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿٢١﴾
Fatanaadaw musbiheen
And they called one another at morning,
- Juz 29 · page 565
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ ﴿٢٢﴾
Anighdoo 'alaa harsikum in kuntum saarimeen
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
- Juz 29 · page 565
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾
Fantalaqoo wa hum yatakhaafatoon
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
- Juz 29 · page 565
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ ﴿٢٤﴾
Al laa yadkhulannahal yawma 'alaikum miskeen
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
- Juz 29 · page 565
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾
Wa ghadaw 'alaa hardin qaadireen
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.
- Juz 29 · page 565
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٢٦﴾
Falammaa ra awhaa qaalooo innaa ladaaalloon
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
- Juz 29 · page 565
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
Rather, we have been deprived."
- Juz 29 · page 565
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾
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]?' "
- Juz 29 · page 565
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾
Qaaloo subhaana rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
- Juz 29 · page 565
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾
Fa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatalaawamoon
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
- Juz 29 · page 565
قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ﴿٣١﴾
Qaaloo yaa wailanaaa innaa kunnaa taagheen
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
- Juz 29 · page 565
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾
'Asaa rabbunaaa any yubdilanaa khairam minhaaa innaaa ilaa rabbinaa raaghiboon
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."
- Juz 29 · page 565
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾
Kazaalikal azaab, wa la'azaabul aakhirati akbar; law kaanoo ya'lamoon
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
- Juz 29 · page 565
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٣٤﴾
Inna lilmuttaqeena 'inda rabbihim jannaatin na'eem
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
- Juz 29 · page 565
أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾
Afanaj'alul muslimeena kalmujrimeen
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
- Juz 29 · page 565
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾
Maa lakum kaifa tahhkumoon
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
- Juz 29 · page 565
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾
Am lakum kitaabun feehi tadrusoon
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
- Juz 29 · page 565
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾
Inna lakum feehi lamaa takhaiyaroon
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
- Juz 29 · page 565
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾
Am lakum aymaanun 'alainaa baalighatun ilaa yawmil qiyaamati inna lakum lamaa tahkumoon
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
- Juz 29 · page 565
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ﴿٤٠﴾
Salhum ayyuhum bizaa lika za'eem
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
- Juz 29 · page 565
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿٤١﴾
Am lahum shurakaaa'u falyaatoo bishurakaaa 'ihim in kaanoo saadiqeen
Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
- Juz 29 · page 565
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾
Yawma yukshafu 'am saaqinw wa yud'awna ilas sujoodi falaa yastatee'oon
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able,
- Juz 29 · page 566
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾
Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillatunw wa qad kaanoo yud'awna ilassujoodi wa hum saalimoon
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
- Juz 29 · page 566
فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾
Fazarnee wa many yukazzibu bihaazal hadeesi sanastad rijuhum min haisu laa ya'lamoon
So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.
- Juz 29 · page 566
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ ﴿٤٥﴾
Wa umlee lahum; inna kaidee mateen
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
- Juz 29 · page 566
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾
Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
- Juz 29 · page 566
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾
Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
- Juz 29 · page 566
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ ﴿٤٨﴾
Fasbir lihkmi rabbika wa laa takun kasaahibil boot; iz naadaa wa huwa makzoom
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
- Juz 29 · page 566
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ ﴿٤٩﴾
Law laaa an tadaara kahoo ni'matum mir rabbihee lanubiza bil'araaa'i wa huwa mazmoom
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.
- Juz 29 · page 566
فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ﴿٥٠﴾
Fajtabaahu rabbuhoo faja'alahoo minas saaliheen
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
- Juz 29 · page 566
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ ﴿٥١﴾
Wa iny-yakaadul lazeena kafaroo la-yuzliqoonaka biabsaarihim lammaa saml'uz-Zikra wa yaqooloona innahoo lamajnoon
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
- Juz 29 · page 566
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٥٢﴾
Wa maa huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.