Al-Qalam

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

1. 68:1
   نٓ ۚnoonNunوَالْقَلَمِwal-qalamiBy the penوَمَاwamāand whatيَسْطُرُونَyasṭurūnathey write١
2. 68:2
   مَآmāNotأَنتَantayou (are)بِنِعْمَةِbiniʿ'matiby (the) Graceرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordبِمَجْنُونٍۢbimajnūnina madman٢
3. 68:3
   وَإِنَّwa-innaAnd indeedلَكَlakafor youلَأَجْرًاla-ajransurely (is) a rewardغَيْرَghayrawithoutمَمْنُونٍۢmamnūninend٣
4. 68:4
   وَإِنَّكَwa-innakaAnd indeed, youلَعَلَىٰlaʿalāsurely (are)خُلُقٍkhuluqin(of) a moral characterعَظِيمٍۢʿaẓīmingreat٤
5. 68:5
   فَسَتُبْصِرُfasatub'ṣiruSo you will seeوَيُبْصِرُونَwayub'ṣirūnaand they will see٥
6. 68:6
   بِأَييِّكُمُbi-ayyikumuWhich of youالْمَفْتُونُl-maftūnu(is) the afflicted one٦
7. 68:7
   إِنَّinnaIndeedرَبَّكَrabbakayour LordهُوَhuwaHeأَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowingبِمَنbimanof (he) whoضَلَّḍallahas strayedعَنʿanfromسَبِيلِهِۦsabīlihiHis wayوَهُوَwahuwaand Heأَعْلَمُaʿlamu(is) most knowingبِالْمُهْتَدِينَbil-muh'tadīnaof the guided ones٧
8. 68:8
   فَلَاfalāSo (do) notتُطِعِtuṭiʿiobeyالْمُكَذِّبِينَl-mukadhibīnathe deniers٨
9. 68:9
   وَدُّواwaddūThey wishلَوْlawthatتُدْهِنُtud'hinuyou should compromiseفَيُدْهِنُونَfayud'hinūnaso they would compromise٩
10. 68:10
    وَلَاwalāAnd (do) notتُطِعْtuṭiʿobeyكُلَّkullaeveryحَلَّافٍۢḥallāfinhabitual swearerمَّهِينٍmahīninworthless١٠
11. 68:11
    هَمَّازٍۢhammāzinDefamerمَّشَّآءٍۭmashāingoing aboutبِنَمِيمٍۢbinamīminwith malicious gossip١١
12. 68:12
    مَّنَّاعٍۢmannāʿinA preventerلِّلْخَيْرِlil'khayriof (the) goodمُعْتَدٍmuʿ'tadintransgressorأَثِيمٍathīminsinful١٢
13. 68:13
    عُتُلٍّۭʿutullinCruelبَعْدَbaʿdaafterذَٰلِكَdhālika(all) thatزَنِيمٍzanīminutterly useless١٣
14. 68:14
    أَنanBecauseكَانَkāna(he) isذَاdhāa possessorمَالٍۢmālin(of) wealthوَبَنِينَwabanīnaand children١٤
15. 68:15
    إِذَاidhāWhenتُتْلَىٰtut'lāare recitedعَلَيْهِʿalayhito himءَايَـٰتُنَاāyātunāOur Versesقَالَqālahe saysأَسَـٰطِيرُasāṭīruStoriesالْأَوَّلِينَl-awalīna(of) the former (people)١٥
16. 68:16
    سَنَسِمُهُۥsanasimuhuWe will brand himعَلَىʿalāonالْخُرْطُومِl-khur'ṭūmithe snout١٦
17. 68:17
    إِنَّاinnāIndeed, Weبَلَوْنَـٰهُمْbalawnāhumhave tried themكَمَاkamāasبَلَوْنَآbalawnāWe triedأَصْحَـٰبَaṣḥāba(the) companionsالْجَنَّةِl-janati(of) the gardenإِذْidhwhenأَقْسَمُواaqsamūthey sworeلَيَصْرِمُنَّهَاlayaṣrimunnahāto pluck its fruitمُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(in the) morning١٧
18. 68:18
    وَلَاwalāAnd notيَسْتَثْنُونَyastathnūnamaking exception١٨
19. 68:19
    فَطَافَfaṭāfaSo there cameعَلَيْهَاʿalayhāupon itطَآئِفٌۭṭāifuna visitationمِّنminfromرَّبِّكَrabbikayour Lordوَهُمْwahumwhile theyنَآئِمُونَnāimūnawere asleep١٩
20. 68:20
    فَأَصْبَحَتْfa-aṣbaḥatSo it becameكَالصَّرِيمِkal-ṣarīmias if reaped٢٠
21. 68:21
    فَتَنَادَوْاfatanādawAnd they called one anotherمُصْبِحِينَmuṣ'biḥīna(at) morning٢١
22. 68:22
    أَنِaniThatاغْدُواigh'dūGo earlyعَلَىٰʿalātoحَرْثِكُمْḥarthikumyour cropإِنinifكُنتُمْkuntumyou wouldصَـٰرِمِينَṣārimīnapluck (the) fruit٢٢
23. 68:23
    فَانطَلَقُواfa-inṭalaqūSo they wentوَهُمْwahumwhile theyيَتَخَـٰفَتُونَyatakhāfatūnalowered (their) voices٢٣
24. 68:24
    أَنanThatلَّاlāNotيَدْخُلَنَّهَاyadkhulannahāwill enter itالْيَوْمَl-yawmatodayعَلَيْكُمʿalaykumupon youمِّسْكِينٌۭmis'kīnunany poor person٢٤
25. 68:25
    وَغَدَوْاwaghadawAnd they went earlyعَلَىٰʿalāwithحَرْدٍۢḥardindeterminationقَـٰدِرِينَqādirīnaable٢٥
26. 68:26
    فَلَمَّاfalammāBut whenرَأَوْهَاra-awhāthey saw itقَالُوٓاqālūthey saidإِنَّاinnāIndeed, weلَضَآلُّونَlaḍāllūna(are) surely lost٢٦
27. 68:27
    بَلْbalNayنَحْنُnaḥnuWeمَحْرُومُونَmaḥrūmūna(are) deprived٢٧
28. 68:28
    قَالَqālaSaidأَوْسَطُهُمْawsaṭuhum(the) most moderate of themأَلَمْalamDid notأَقُلaqulI tellلَّكُمْlakumyouلَوْلَاlawlā'Why notتُسَبِّحُونَtusabbiḥūnayou glorify (Allah)?'٢٨
29. 68:29
    قَالُواqālūThey saidسُبْحَـٰنَsub'ḥānaGlory beرَبِّنَآrabbinā(to) our LordإِنَّاinnāIndeed, weكُنَّاkunnā[we] wereظَـٰلِمِينَẓālimīnawrongdoers٢٩
30. 68:30
    فَأَقْبَلَfa-aqbalaThen approachedبَعْضُهُمْbaʿḍuhumsome of themعَلَىٰʿalātoبَعْضٍۢbaʿḍinothersيَتَلَـٰوَمُونَyatalāwamūnablaming each other٣٠
31. 68:31
    قَالُواqālūThey saidيَـٰوَيْلَنَآyāwaylanāO woe to usإِنَّاinnāIndeed, weكُنَّاkunnā[we] wereطَـٰغِينَṭāghīnatransgressors٣١
32. 68:32
    عَسَىٰʿasāPerhapsرَبُّنَآrabbunāour Lordأَنan[that]يُبْدِلَنَاyub'dilanāwill substitute for usخَيْرًۭاkhayrana betterمِّنْهَآmin'hāthan itإِنَّآinnāIndeed, weإِلَىٰilātoرَبِّنَاrabbināour Lordرَٰغِبُونَrāghibūnaturn devoutly٣٢
33. 68:33
    كَذَٰلِكَkadhālikaSuchالْعَذَابُ ۖl-ʿadhābu(is) the punishmentوَلَعَذَابُwalaʿadhābuAnd surely the punishmentالْـَٔاخِرَةِl-ākhirati(of) the Hereafterأَكْبَرُ ۚakbaru(is) greaterلَوْlawifكَانُواkānūtheyيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnaknow٣٣
34. 68:34
    إِنَّinnaIndeedلِلْمُتَّقِينَlil'muttaqīnafor the righteousعِندَʿindawithرَبِّهِمْrabbihimtheir Lordجَنَّـٰتِjannāti(are) Gardensالنَّعِيمِl-naʿīmi(of) Delight٣٤
35. 68:35
    أَفَنَجْعَلُafanajʿaluThen will We treatالْمُسْلِمِينَl-mus'limīnathe Muslimsكَالْمُجْرِمِينَkal-muj'rimīnalike the criminals٣٥
36. 68:36
    مَاmāWhatلَكُمْlakum(is) for youكَيْفَkayfaHowتَحْكُمُونَtaḥkumūna(do) you judge٣٦
37. 68:37
    أَمْamOrلَكُمْlakum(is) for youكِتَـٰبٌۭkitābuna bookفِيهِfīhiwhereinتَدْرُسُونَtadrusūnayou learn٣٧
38. 68:38
    إِنَّinnaIndeedلَكُمْlakumfor youفِيهِfīhiin itلَمَاlamāwhatتَخَيَّرُونَtakhayyarūnayou choose٣٨
39. 68:39
    أَمْamOrلَكُمْlakumfor youأَيْمَـٰنٌaymānunoathsعَلَيْنَاʿalaynāfrom usبَـٰلِغَةٌbālighatunreachingإِلَىٰilātoيَوْمِyawmi(the) Dayالْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙl-qiyāmati(of) the Resurrectionإِنَّinnaindeedلَكُمْlakumfor youلَمَاlamā(is) whatتَحْكُمُونَtaḥkumūnayou judge٣٩
40. 68:40
    سَلْهُمْsalhumAsk themأَيُّهُمayyuhumwhich of themبِذَٰلِكَbidhālikafor thatزَعِيمٌzaʿīmun(is) responsible٤٠
41. 68:41
    أَمْamOrلَهُمْlahum(are) for themشُرَكَآءُshurakāupartnersفَلْيَأْتُواfalyatūThen let them bringبِشُرَكَآئِهِمْbishurakāihimtheir partnersإِنinifكَانُواkānūthey areصَـٰدِقِينَṣādiqīnatruthful٤١
42. 68:42
    يَوْمَyawma(The) Dayيُكْشَفُyuk'shafuwill be uncoveredعَنʿanfromسَاقٍۢsāqinthe shinوَيُدْعَوْنَwayud'ʿawnaand they will be calledإِلَىilātoالسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrateفَلَاfalābut notيَسْتَطِيعُونَyastaṭīʿūnathey will be able٤٢
43. 68:43
    خَـٰشِعَةًkhāshiʿatanHumbledأَبْصَـٰرُهُمْabṣāruhumtheir eyesتَرْهَقُهُمْtarhaquhumwill cover themذِلَّةٌۭ ۖdhillatunhumiliationوَقَدْwaqadAnd indeedكَانُواkānūthey wereيُدْعَوْنَyud'ʿawnacalledإِلَىilātoالسُّجُودِl-sujūdiprostrateوَهُمْwahumwhile theyسَـٰلِمُونَsālimūna(were) sound٤٣
44. 68:44
    فَذَرْنِىfadharnīSo leave Meوَمَنwamanand whoeverيُكَذِّبُyukadhibudeniesبِهَـٰذَاbihādhāthisالْحَدِيثِ ۖl-ḥadīthiStatementسَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمsanastadrijuhumWe will progressively lead themمِّنْminfromحَيْثُḥaythuwhereلَاlānotيَعْلَمُونَyaʿlamūnathey know٤٤
45. 68:45
    وَأُمْلِىwa-um'līAnd I will give respiteلَهُمْ ۚlahumto themإِنَّinnaIndeedكَيْدِىkaydīMy planمَتِينٌmatīnun(is) firm٤٥
46. 68:46
    أَمْamOrتَسْـَٔلُهُمْtasaluhumyou ask themأَجْرًۭاajrana paymentفَهُمfahumso theyمِّنminfromمَّغْرَمٍۢmaghramin(the) debtمُّثْقَلُونَmuth'qalūna(are) burdened٤٦
47. 68:47
    أَمْamOrعِندَهُمُʿindahumu(is) with themالْغَيْبُl-ghaybuthe unseenفَهُمْfahumso theyيَكْتُبُونَyaktubūnawrite it٤٧
48. 68:48
    فَاصْبِرْfa-iṣ'birSo be patientلِحُكْمِliḥuk'mifor (the) decisionرَبِّكَrabbika(of) your Lordوَلَاwalāand (do) notتَكُنtakunbeكَصَاحِبِkaṣāḥibilike (the) companionالْحُوتِl-ḥūti(of) the fishإِذْidhwhenنَادَىٰnādāhe called outوَهُوَwahuwawhile heمَكْظُومٌۭmakẓūmun(was) distressed٤٨
49. 68:49
    لَّوْلَآlawlāIf notأَنanthatتَدَٰرَكَهُۥtadārakahuovertook himنِعْمَةٌۭniʿ'matuna Favorمِّنminfromرَّبِّهِۦrabbihihis Lordلَنُبِذَlanubidhasurely he would have been thrownبِالْعَرَآءِbil-ʿarāionto (the) naked shoreوَهُوَwahuwawhile heمَذْمُومٌۭmadhmūmun(was) blamed٤٩
50. 68:50
    فَاجْتَبَـٰهُfa-ij'tabāhuBut chose himرَبُّهُۥrabbuhuhis Lordفَجَعَلَهُۥfajaʿalahuand made himمِنَminaofالصَّـٰلِحِينَl-ṣāliḥīnathe righteous٥٠
51. 68:51
    وَإِنwa-inAnd indeedيَكَادُyakāduwould almostالَّذِينَalladhīnathose whoكَفَرُواkafarūdisbelieveلَيُزْلِقُونَكَlayuz'liqūnakasurely make you slipبِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْbi-abṣārihimwith their lookلَمَّاlammāwhenسَمِعُواsamiʿūthey hearالذِّكْرَl-dhik'rathe Messageوَيَقُولُونَwayaqūlūnaand they sayإِنَّهُۥinnahuIndeed, heلَمَجْنُونٌۭlamajnūnun(is) surely mad٥١
52. 68:52
    وَمَاwamāAnd notهُوَhuwait (is)إِلَّاillābutذِكْرٌۭdhik'runa Reminderلِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَlil'ʿālamīnato the worlds٥٢