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Sorah Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Verses Number 52
ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ( 1 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 1
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ ( 2 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 2
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ ( 3 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 3
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ ( 4 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 4
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ( 5 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 5
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ ( 6 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 6
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ ( 7 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 7
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance.
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ ( 8 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 8
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ( 9 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 9
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ ( 10 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 10
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ ( 11 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 11
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ( 12 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 12
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ( 13 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 13
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ ( 14 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 14
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ ( 15 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 15
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ ( 16 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 16
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ( 17 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 17
Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ( 18 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 18
But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ ( 19 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 19
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ ( 20 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 20
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ ( 21 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 21
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ ( 22 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 22
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ ( 23 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 23
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ ( 24 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 24
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ ( 25 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 25
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ ( 26 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 26
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ( 27 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 27
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ( 28 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 28
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ ( 29 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 29
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ ( 30 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 30
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ ( 31 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 31
They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ ( 32 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 32
"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ ( 33 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 33
Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ ( 34 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 34
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ ( 35 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 35
ShallWe then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ( 36 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 36
What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ ( 37 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 37
Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ( 38 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 38
That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ ( 39 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 39
Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ( 40 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 40
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ ( 41 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 41
Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ( 42 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 42
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ ( 43 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 43
Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).
فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ( 44 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 44
Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ ( 45 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 45
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ ( 46 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 46
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ( 47 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 47
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ ( 48 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 48
So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.
لَّوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ ( 49 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 49
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ ( 50 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 50
Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ ( 51 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 51
And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ ( 52 ) Al-Qalam ( The Pen ) - Ayaa 52
But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.

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