Al-Qalam · سُوْرَةُ الْقَلَمِ

Surah 68 — Al-Qalam

1. 1نٓnoonNunوَالْقَلَمِwal-qalamiBy the penوَمَاwamāand whatيَسْطُرُونَyasṭurūnathey write
2. 2مَاmāNotأَنْتَantayou (are)بِنِعْمَةِbiniʿ'matiby (the) Graceرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordبِمَجْنُونٍbimajnūnina madman
3. 3وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeedلَكَlakafor youلَأَجْرًاla-ajransurely (is) a rewardغَيْرَghayrawithoutمَمْنُونٍmamnūninend
4. 4وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed youلَعَلَىlaʿalāsurely (are)خُلُقٍkhuluqin(of) a moral characterعَظِيمٍʿaẓīmingreat
5. 5فَسَتُبْصِرُfasatub'ṣiruSo soon you will seeوَيُبْصِرُونَwayub'ṣirūnaand they will see
6. 6بِأَيِّيكُمُbi-ayyikumuWhich of youالْمَفْتُونُl-maftūnu(is) the afflicted one
7. 7إِنَّinnaIndeedرَبَّكَrabbakayour LordهُوَhuwaHeأَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowingبِمَنْbimanof (he) whoضَلَّḍallahas strayedعَنْʿanfromسَبِيلِهِsabīlihiHis wayوَهُوَwahuwaand Heأَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowingبِالْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīnaof the guided ones
8. 8فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتُطِعِtuṭiʿiobeyالْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīnathe deniers
9. 9وَدُّواwaddūThey wishلَوْlawthatتُدْهِنُtud'hinuyou should compromiseفَيُدْهِنُونَfayud'hinūnaso they would compromise
10. 10وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُطِعْtuṭiʿobeyكُلَّkullaeveryحَلَّافٍḥallāfinhabitual swearerمَهِينٍmahīninworthless
11. 11هَمَّازٍhammāzinDefamerمَشَّاءٍmashāingoing aboutبِنَمِيمٍbinamīminwith malicious gossip
12. 12مَنَّاعٍmannāʿinA preventerلِلْخَيْرِlil'khayriof (the) goodمُعْتَدٍmuʿ'tadintransgressorأَثِيمٍathīminsinful
13. 13عُتُلٍّʿutullinCruelبَعْدَbaʿdaafterذَلِكَdhālika(all) thatزَنِيمٍzanīminutterly useless
14. 14أَنْanBecauseكَانَkāna(he) isذَاdhāa possessorمَالٍmālin(of) wealthوَبَنِينَwabanīnaand children
15. 15إِذَاidhāWhenتُتْلَىtut'lāare recitedعَلَيْهِʿalayhito himءَايَاتُنَاāyātunāOur Versesقَالَqālahe saysأَسَاطِيرُasāṭīruStoriesالْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)
16. 16سَنَسِمُهُsanasimuhuWe will brand himعَلَىʿalāonالْخُرْطُومِl-khur'ṭūmithe snout
17. 17إِنَّاinnāIndeed Weبَلَوْنَاهُمْbalawnāhumhave tried themكَمَاkamāasبَلَوْنَاbalawnāWe triedأَصْحَابَaṣḥāba(the) companionsالْجَنَّةِl-janati(of) the gardenإِذْidhwhenأَقْسَمُواaqsamūthey sworeلَيَصْرِمُنَّهَاlayaṣrimunnahāto pluck its fruitمُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(in the) morning
18. 18وَلَاwalāAnd notيَسْتَثْنُونَyastathnūnamaking exception
19. 19فَطَافَfaṭāfaSo there cameعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon itطَائِفٌṭāifuna visitationمِنْminfromرَبِّكَrabbikayour Lordوَهُمْwahumwhile theyنَائِمُونَnāimūnawere asleep
20. 20فَأَصْبَحَتْfa-aṣbaḥatSo it becameكَالصَّرِيمِkal-ṣarīmias if reaped
21. 21فَتَنَادَوْاfatanādawAnd they called one anotherمُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(at) morning
22. 22أَنِaniThatاغْدُواigh'dūGo earlyعَلَىʿalātoحَرْثِكُمْḥarthikumyour cropإِنْinifكُنْتُمْkuntumyou wouldصَارِمِينَṣārimīnapluck (the) fruit
23. 23فَانْطَلَقُواfa-inṭalaqūSo they wentوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَتَخَافَتُونَyatakhāfatūnalowered (their) voices
24. 24أَنْanThatلَاlāNotيَدْخُلَنَّهَاyadkhulannahāwill enter itالْيَوْمَl-yawmatodayعَلَيْكُمْʿalaykumupon youمِسْكِينٌmis'kīnunany poor person
25. 25وَغَدَوْاwaghadawAnd they went earlyعَلَىʿalāwithحَرْدٍḥardindeterminationقَادِرِينَqādirīnaable
26. 26فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenرَأَوْهَاra-awhāthey saw itقَالُواqālūthey saidإِنَّاinnāIndeed weلَضَالُّونَlaḍāllūna(are) surely lost
27. 27بَلْbalNay!نَحْنُnaḥnuWeمَحْرُومُونَmaḥrūmūna(are) deprived
28. 28قَالَqālaSaidأَوْسَطُهُمْawsaṭuhum(the) most moderate of themأَلَمْalamDid notأَقُلْaqulI tellلَكُمْlakumyouلَوْلَاlawlāWhy notتُسَبِّحُونَtusabbiḥūnayou glorify (Allah)
29. 29قَالُواqālūThey saidسُبْحَانَsub'ḥānaGlory beرَبِّنَاrabbinā(to) our Lord!إِنَّاinnāIndeed weكُنَّاkunnā[we] wereظَالِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers
30. 30فَأَقْبَلَfa-aqbalaThen approachedبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of themعَلَىʿalātoبَعْضٍbaʿḍinothersيَتَلَاوَمُونَyatalāwamūnablaming each other
31. 31قَالُواqālūThey saidيَاوَيْلَنَاyāwaylanāO woe to us!إِنَّاinnāIndeed weكُنَّاkunnā[we] wereطَاغِينَṭāghīnatransgressors
32. 32عَسَىʿasāPerhapsرَبُّنَاrabbunāour Lordأَنْan[that]يُبْدِلَنَاyub'dilanāwill substitute for usخَيْرًاkhayrana betterمِنْهَاmin'hāthan itإِنَّاinnāIndeed weإِلَىilātoرَبِّنَاrabbināour Lordرَاغِبُونَrāghibūnaturn devoutly
33. 33كَذَلِكَkadhālikaSuchالْعَذَابُl-ʿadhābu(is) the punishmentوَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuAnd surely the punishmentالْءَاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafterأَكْبَرُakbaru(is) greaterلَوْlawifكَانُواkānūtheyيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow
34. 34إِنَّinnaIndeedلِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteousعِنْدَʿindawithرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordجَنَّاتِjannāti(are) Gardensالنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) Delight
35. 35أَفَنَجْعَلُafanajʿaluThen will We treatالْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathe Muslimsكَالْمُجْرِمِينَkal-muj'rimīnalike the criminals
36. 36مَاmāWhatلَكُمْlakum(is) for youكَيْفَkayfaHowتَحْكُمُونَtaḥkumūna(do) you judge
37. 37أَمْamOrلَكُمْlakum(is) for youكِتَابٌkitābuna bookفِيهِfīhiwhereinتَدْرُسُونَtadrusūnayou learn
38. 38إِنَّinnaThatلَكُمْlakumfor youفِيهِfīhithereinلَمَاlamāwhatتَخَيَّرُونَtakhayyarūnayou choose
39. 39أَمْamOrلَكُمْlakum(do) you haveأَيْمَانٌaymānunoathsعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāfrom usبَالِغَةٌbālighatunreachingإِلَىilātoيَوْمِyawmi(the) Dayالْقِيَامَةِl-qiyāmati(of) the ResurrectionإِنَّinnaThatلَكُمْlakumfor youلَمَاlamā(is) whatتَحْكُمُونَtaḥkumūnayou judge
40. 40سَلْهُمْsalhumAsk themأَيُّهُمْayyuhumwhich of themبِذَلِكَbidhālikafor thatزَعِيمٌzaʿīmun(is) responsible
41. 41أَمْamOrلَهُمْlahum(do) they haveشُرَكَاءُshurakāupartnersفَلْيَأْتُواfalyatūThen let them bringبِشُرَكَائِهِمْbishurakāihimtheir partnersإِنْinifكَانُواkānūthey areصَادِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful
42. 42يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيُكْشَفُyuk'shafuwill be uncoveredعَنْʿanfromسَاقٍsāqinthe shinوَيُدْعَوْنَwayud'ʿawnaand they will be calledإِلَىilātoالسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrateفَلَاfalābut notيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey will be able
43. 43خَاشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanHumbledأَبْصَارُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyesتَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhumwill cover themذِلَّةٌdhillatunhumiliationوَقَدْwaqadAnd indeedكَانُواkānūthey wereيُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnacalledإِلَىilātoالسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrateوَهُمْwahumwhile theyسَالِمُونَsālimūna(were) sound
44. 44فَذَرْنِيfadharnīSo leave Meوَمَنْwamanand whoeverيُكَذِّبُyukadhibudeniesبِهَذَاbihādhāthisالْحَدِيثِl-ḥadīthiStatementسَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْsanastadrijuhumWe will progressively lead themمِنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereلَاlānotيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know
45. 45وَأُمْلِيwa-um'līAnd I will give respiteلَهُمْlahumto themإِنَّinnaIndeedكَيْدِيkaydīMy planمَتِينٌmatīnun(is) firm
46. 46أَمْamOrتَسْءَلُهُمْtasaluhumyou ask themأَجْرًاajrana paymentفَهُمْfahumso theyمِنْminfromمَغْرَمٍmaghramin(the) debtمُثْقَلُونَmuth'qalūna(are) burdened
47. 47أَمْamOrعِنْدَهُمُʿindahumu(is) with themالْغَيْبُl-ghaybuthe unseenفَهُمْfahumso theyيَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnawrite it
48. 48فَاصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patientلِحُكْمِliḥuk'mifor (the) decisionرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَكُنْtakunbeكَصَاحِبِkaṣāḥibilike (the) companionالْحُوتِl-ḥūti(of) the fishإِذْidhwhenنَادَىnādāhe called outوَهُوَwahuwawhile heمَكْظُومٌmakẓūmun(was) distressed
49. 49لَوْلَاlawlāIf notأَنْanthatتَدَارَكَهُtadārakahuovertook himنِعْمَةٌniʿ'matuna Favorمِنْminfromرَبِّهِrabbihihis Lordلَنُبِذَlanubidhasurely he would have been thrownبِالْعَرَاءِbil-ʿarāionto (the) naked shoreوَهُوَwahuwawhile heمَذْمُومٌmadhmūmun(was) blamed
50. 50فَاجْتَبَاهُfa-ij'tabāhuBut chose himرَبُّهُrabbuhuhis Lordفَجَعَلَهُfajaʿalahuand made himمِنَminaofالصَّالِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous
51. 51وَإِنْwa-inAnd indeedيَكَادُyakāduwould almostالَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُواkafarūdisbelieveلَيُزْلِقُونَكَlayuz'liqūnakasurely make you slipبِأَبْصَارِهِمْbi-abṣārihimwith their eyesلَمَّاlammāwhenسَمِعُواsamiʿūthey hearالذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Messageوَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they sayإِنَّهُinnahuIndeed heلَمَجْنُونٌlamajnūnun(is) surely mad
52. 52وَمَاwamāAnd notهُوَhuwait (is)إِلَّاillābutذِكْرٌdhik'runa Reminderلِلْعَالَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnato the worlds