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1 Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write, ن وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
2 By the grace of your Lord you are not mad. مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
3 And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off. وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
4 And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality. وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
5 So you shall see, and they (too) shall see, فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
6 Which of you is afflicted with madness. بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
7 Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
8 So do not yield to the rejecters. فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
9 They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant. وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
10 And yield not to any mean swearer وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
11 Defamer, going about with slander هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاء بِنَمِيمٍ
12 Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful, مَنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
13 Ignoble, besides all that, base-born; عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
14 Because he possesses wealth and sons. أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
15 When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore. إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
16 We will brand him on the nose. سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
17 Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the morning, إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
18 And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor). وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
19 Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping. فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
20 So it became as black, barren land. فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
21 And they called out to each other in the morning, فَتَنَادَوا مُصْبِحِينَ
22 Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce). أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
23 So they went, while they consulted together secretly, فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
24 Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you. أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
25 And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent. وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
26 But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
27 Nay! we are made to suffer privation. بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
28 The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)? قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
29 They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust. قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
30 Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other. فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ
31 Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate: قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ
32 Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition. عَسَى رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
33 Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know! كَذَلِكَ الْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
34 Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss. إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
35 What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty? أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
36 What has happened to you? How do you judge? مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
37 Or have you a book wherein you read, أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
38 That you have surely therein what you choose? إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
39 Or have you received from Us an agreement confirmed by an oath extending to the day of resurrection that you shall surely have what you demand? أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
40 Ask them which of them will vouch for that, سَلْهُم أَيُّهُم بِذَلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
41 Or have they associates if they are truthful. أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاء فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ
42 On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able, يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
43 Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe. خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
44 So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not: فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
45 And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm. وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
46 Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt? أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
47 Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down? أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
48 So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress. فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
49 Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found while he was blamed. لَوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاء وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
50 Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good. فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
51 And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad. وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ
52 And it is naught but a reminder to the nations. وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
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