Al-Qalam (القلم)
Surah 68 • 53 Verses • Arabic, English & Kiswahili
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
﴿١﴾
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
﴿٢﴾
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,
مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
﴿٣﴾
You are not, by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ
﴿٤﴾
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
﴿٥﴾
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
﴿٦﴾
So you will see and they will see
بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
﴿٧﴾
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ ۖ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
﴿٨﴾
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the rightly guided.
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
﴿٩﴾
Then do not obey the deniers.
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
﴿١٠﴾
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
﴿١١﴾
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ
﴿١٢﴾
A scorner, going about with malicious gossip –
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
﴿١٣﴾
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
﴿١٤﴾
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
﴿١٥﴾
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
﴿١٦﴾
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, 'Legends of the former peoples.'
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
﴿١٧﴾
We will brand him upon the snout.
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
﴿١٨﴾
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore to pluck its fruit in the morning.
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
﴿١٩﴾
And made no exception.
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
﴿٢٠﴾
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
﴿٢١﴾
And it became as though reaped.
فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ
﴿٢٢﴾
And they called one another at morning,
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
﴿٢٣﴾
Saying, 'Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit.'
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
﴿٢٤﴾
So they went off, while lowering their voices in secret talk,
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
﴿٢٥﴾
Saying, 'There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person.'
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَـٰدِرِينَ
﴿٢٦﴾
And they went early, resolved to be stingy, thinking they had power over it.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
﴿٢٧﴾
But when they saw it, they said, 'Indeed, we are lost.'
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
﴿٢٨﴾
Rather, we have been deprived.
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
﴿٢٩﴾
The most moderate of them said, 'Did I not say to you, why do you not exalt [Allah]?'
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
﴿٣٠﴾
They said, 'Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers.'
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
﴿٣١﴾
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
﴿٣٢﴾
They said, 'Woe to us! Indeed, we were transgressors.'
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
﴿٣٣﴾
'Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [a garden] better than it. Indeed, we turn to our Lord in hope.'
كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
﴿٣٤﴾
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
﴿٣٥﴾
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are Gardens of Bliss.
أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
﴿٣٦﴾
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
﴿٣٧﴾
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
﴿٣٨﴾
Or do you have a book in which you learn
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
﴿٣٩﴾
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
﴿٤٠﴾
Or do you have oaths binding upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
﴿٤١﴾
Ask them which of them will be responsible for that [claim].
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
﴿٤٢﴾
Or have they other partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
﴿٤٣﴾
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but they will not be able,
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
﴿٤٤﴾
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.
فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
﴿٤٥﴾
So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with the one who denies this statement; We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.
وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
﴿٤٦﴾
And I will give them respite. Indeed, My plan is firm.
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
﴿٤٧﴾
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
﴿٤٨﴾
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
﴿٤٩﴾
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed.
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ
﴿٥٠﴾
Had it not been that a favor from his Lord reached him, he would have surely been cast out onto the barren shore, while he was blameworthy.
فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
﴿٥١﴾
But his Lord chose him, and made him of the righteous.
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ
﴿٥٢﴾
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, 'Indeed, he is mad.'
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
﴿٥٣﴾
But it is nothing less than a Reminder to the worlds.