بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
Noon; walqalami wa maa yasturoon
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
Maa anta bini'mati Rabbika bimajnoon
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ
Wa inna laka la ajran ghaira mamnoon
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
Wa innaka la'alaa khuluqin 'azeem
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
Fasatubsiru wa yubsiroon
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
Bi ayyikumul maftoon
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
Innaa Rabbaka Huwa a'lamu biman dalla 'an sabeelihee wa Huwa a'lamu bilmuhtadeen
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 ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Falaa tuti'il mukazzibeen
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Waddoo law tudhinu fa-yudhinoon
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ
Wa laa tuti' kulla hallaa fim maheen
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ
Hammaazim mash shaaa'im binameem
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Mannaa'il lilkhairi mu'tadin aseem
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
'Utullim ba'da zaalika zaneem
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ
An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Izaa tutlaa 'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
Sanasimuhoo 'alal khurtoom
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Innaa balawnaahum kamaa balawnaaa As-haabal jannati iz 'aqsamoo la-yasri munnahaa musbiheen
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
Wa laa yastasnoon
But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
Fataafa 'alaihaa taaa'i fum mir rabbika wa hum naaa'imoon
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
Fa asbahat kassareem
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
Fatanaadaw musbiheen
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ
Anighdoo 'alaa harsikum in kuntum saarimeen
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
Fantalaqoo wa hum yatakhaafatoon
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ
Al laa yadkhulannahal yawma 'alaikum miskeen
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ
Wa ghadaw 'alaa hardin qaadireen
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
Falammaa ra awhaa qaalooo innaa ladaaalloon
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
Qaaloo subhaana rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
Fa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatalaawamoon
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
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