بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
Noon; walqalami wa maa yasturoon
Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
Maa anta bini'mati Rabbika bimajnoon
By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ
Wa inna laka la ajran ghaira mamnoon
And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
Wa innaka la'alaa khuluqin 'azeem
And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
Fasatubsiru wa yubsiroon
So you shall see, and they (too) shall 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
Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course.
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Falaa tuti'il mukazzibeen
So do not yield to the rejecters.
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Waddoo law tudhinu fa-yudhinoon
They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ
Wa laa tuti' kulla hallaa fim maheen
And yield not to any mean swearer
هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ
Hammaazim mash shaaa'im binameem
Defamer, going about with slander
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Mannaa'il lilkhairi mu'tadin aseem
Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful,
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
'Utullim ba'da zaalika zaneem
Ignoble, besides all that, base-born;
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ
An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen
Because he possesses wealth and sons.
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Izaa tutlaa 'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore.
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
Sanasimuhoo 'alal khurtoom
We will brand him on the nose.
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Innaa balawnaahum kamaa balawnaaa As-haabal jannati iz 'aqsamoo la-yasri munnahaa musbiheen
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,
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
Wa laa yastasnoon
And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor).
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
Fataafa 'alaihaa taaa'i fum mir rabbika wa hum naaa'imoon
Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping.
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
Fa asbahat kassareem
So it became as black, barren land.
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
Fatanaadaw musbiheen
And they called out to each other in the morning,
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ
Anighdoo 'alaa harsikum in kuntum saarimeen
Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce).
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
Fantalaqoo wa hum yatakhaafatoon
So they went, while they consulted together secretly,
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ
Al laa yadkhulannahal yawma 'alaikum miskeen
Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you.
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ
Wa ghadaw 'alaa hardin qaadireen
And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
Falammaa ra awhaa qaalooo innaa ladaaalloon
But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
Nay! we are made to suffer privation.
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon
The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)?
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
Qaaloo subhaana rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen
They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust.
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
Fa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatalaawamoon
Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other.
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