Surah Al-Qalam

نٓوَٱلْقَلَمِوَمَايَسْطُرُونَ

Nun. CONSIDER the pen, and all that they write [therewith]!

مَآأَنتَبِنِعْمَةِرَبِّكَبِمَجْنُونٍۢ

Thou art not, by thy Sustainer's grace, a madman!

وَإِنَّلَكَلَأَجْرًاغَيْرَمَمْنُونٍۢ

And, verily, thine shall be a reward neverending –

وَإِنَّكَلَعَلَىٰخُلُقٍعَظِيمٍۢ

for, behold, thou keepest indeed to a sublime way of life;

فَسَتُبْصِرُوَيُبْصِرُونَ

and [one day] thou shalt see, and they [who now deride thee] shall see,

بِأَييِّكُمُٱلْمَفْتُونُ

which of you was bereft of reason.

إِنَّرَبَّكَهُوَأَعْلَمُبِمَنضَلَّعَنسَبِيلِهِۦوَهُوَأَعْلَمُبِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Verily, thy Sustainer alone is fully aware as to who has strayed from His path, Just as He alone is fully aware of those who have found the right way.

فَلَاتُطِعِٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Hence, defer not to [the likes and dislikes of] those who give the lie to the truth:

وَدُّوا۟لَوْتُدْهِنُفَيُدْهِنُونَ

they would like thee to be soft [with them], so that they might be soft [with thee].

وَلَاتُطِعْكُلَّحَلَّافٍۢمَّهِينٍ

Furthermore, defer not to the contemptible swearer of oaths,

هَمَّازٍۢمَّشَّآءٍۭبِنَمِيمٍۢ

[or to] the slanderer that goes about with defaming tales,

مَّنَّاعٍۢلِّلْخَيْرِمُعْتَدٍأَثِيمٍ

[or] the withholder of good, [or] the sinful aggressor,

عُتُلٍّۭبَعْدَذَٰلِكَزَنِيمٍ

[or] one who is cruel, by greed possessed, and, in addition to all this, utterly useless [to his fellow-men].

أَنكَانَذَامَالٍۢوَبَنِينَ

Is it because he is possessed of worldly goods and children

إِذَاتُتْلَىٰعَلَيْهِءَايَٰتُنَاقَالَأَسَٰطِيرُٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

that, whenever Our messages are conveyed to him, such a one says, "Fables of ancient times"?

سَنَسِمُهُۥعَلَىٱلْخُرْطُومِ

[For this] We shall brand him with indelible disgrace!

إِنَّابَلَوْنَٰهُمْكَمَابَلَوْنَآأَصْحَٰبَٱلْجَنَّةِإِذْأَقْسَمُوا۟لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَامُصْبِحِينَ

[As for such sinners,] behold, We [but] try them as We tried the owners of a certain garden who vowed that they would surely harvest its fruit on the morrow,

وَلَايَسْتَثْنُونَ

and made no allowance [for the will of God]:

فَطَافَعَلَيْهَاطَآئِفٌۭمِّنرَّبِّكَوَهُمْنَآئِمُونَ

whereupon a visitation for thy Sustainer came upon that [garden] while they were asleep,

فَأَصْبَحَتْكَٱلصَّرِيمِ

so that by the morrow it became barren and bleak.