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1 Nun. By the pen, and all that they write! ن وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
2 By the grace of your Lord, you are not a mad man. مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
3 Most surely, you will have a never ending reward. وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
4 For you are truly of a sublime character. وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
5 Soon you will see, as will they, فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
6 which of you is a prey to madness. بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
7 Your Lord knows best who has fallen by the wayside, and who has remained on the true path. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
8 Do not give in to the deniers of truth. فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
9 They want you to make concessions to them and then they will reciprocate. وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
10 Do not yield to any contemptible swearer of oaths, وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
11 or to any defamer or one who spreads slander, هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاء بِنَمِيمٍ
12 or to one who places obstacles in the way of good being done or to the wicked transgressor, مَنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
13 who is ignoble and besides all that, base-born; عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
14 just because he has wealth and sons, أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
15 when Our revelations are recited to him, he says, "These are just ancient fables." إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
16 Soon We will brand him on the nose. سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
17 We have tried them as we tried the owners of a certain orchard, who vowed to harvest all its fruits the next morning, إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
18 without saying, "If it be God's will." وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
19 A calamity from your Lord befell the orchard as they slept. فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
20 And by morning it lay as if it had already been harvested, a barren land. فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
21 So they called out to each other at the break of dawn, فَتَنَادَوا مُصْبِحِينَ
22 saying, "Be quick to reach your orchard, if you want to gather all your fruits." أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
23 So they went off, whispering to one another, فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
24 "Be sure to stop any poor person from entering the orchard today." أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
25 They set out early in the morning, thinking they had the power to prevent. وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
26 But when they saw it, they said, "We must have lost our way. فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
27 Indeed, we are utterly ruined!" بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
28 The more upright of the two said, "Did I not bid you to glorify God?" قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
29 They said, "Glory be to God, our Lord. We have surely done wrong." قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
30 Then they began to heap reproaches on each other. فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ
31 They said, "Alas for us, our behaviour was beyond the pale. قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ
32 May be our Lord will give us a better orchard in its stead; we turn to Him." عَسَى رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
33 Such was their punishment, [in this life]. But the punishment of the life to come is much more severe, if only they knew it! كَذَلِكَ الْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
34 Those who are mindful of their Lord will be rewarded with gardens of bliss. إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
35 Should We treat the true believers and the wrongdoers alike? أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
36 What ails you? How ill you judge! مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
37 Have you a Scripture that tells you أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
38 that you will be granted whatever you choose? إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
39 Or do you have Our solemn oaths, binding upon Us till the Day of Resurrection, that you shall have whatever you yourselves decide? 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 other partners [besides God]? Let them bring forth their other partners, if what they say be true. أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاء فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ
42 On the Day when the truth shall be laid bare, they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able to do so. يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
43 Their eyes will be cast down and they will be covered in shame; they were bidden to prostrate themselves, when they were safe and sound [but they did not obey]. خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
44 So leave to Me those who reject this message. We shall lead them step by step to their ruin, in ways beyond their ken. فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
45 I shall grant them some respite, for My plan is powerful. وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
46 Do you demand some recompense from them that would weigh them down with debt? أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
47 Is the unseen within their grasp so that they write it down? أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
48 Wait patiently for your Lord's judgement; do not be like the man who, having been swallowed by a whale, called out in distress. فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
49 Had his Lord's grace not been bestowed upon him, he would have been cast away in disgrace upon that desolate shore. لَوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاء وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
50 But his Lord chose him for His own and made him one of the righteous. فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
51 When those who deny the truth hear the admonition, they would almost cause you to stumble with their evil eyes; and they say, "He is certainly mad." وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ
52 Yet it is purely an admonition to mankind. وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
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