Surah Al Qalam With English Translations

نٓ وَ الْقَلَمِ وَ مَا یَسْطُرُوْنَ(1)

Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe, (1)

مَاۤ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُوْنٍ(2)

You are not, by the grace of your Lord, mad. (2)

وَ اِنَّ لَكَ لَاَجْرًا غَیْرَ مَمْنُوْنٍ(3)

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted. (3)

وَ اِنَّكَ لَعَلٰى خُلُقٍ عَظِیْمٍ(4)

And indeed, you are of a great moral character. (4)

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَ یُبْصِرُوْنَ(5)

So you will see, and they will see, (5)

بِاَیِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُوْنُ(6)

Which of you is the afflicted [by madness]. (6)

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِیْلِهٖ۪-وَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِیْنَ(7)

Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided. (7)

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِیْنَ(8)

So do not obey the deniers. (8)

وَدُّوْا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَیُدْهِنُوْنَ(9)

They wish that you would compromise, so they would compromise. (9)

وَ لَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِیْنٍ(10)

And do not obey every habitual swearer [who is] contemptible, (10)

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِیْمٍ(11)

A slanderer, going about with malicious gossip, (11)

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَیْرِ مُعْتَدٍ اَثِیْمٍ(12)

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful, (12)

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنِیْمٍ(13)

Crude, and after that, of illegitimate birth - (13)

اَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَّ بَنِیْنَﭤ(14)

[He is ungrateful] because he has wealth and children. (14)

اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَیْهِ اٰیٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِیْرُ الْاَوَّلِیْنَ(15)

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "[These are but] legends of the former peoples." (15)

سَنَسِمُهٗ عَلَى الْخُرْطُوْمِ(16)

We will mark him upon the snout. (16)

اِنَّا بَلَوْنٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَاۤ اَصْحٰبَ الْجَنَّةِۚ-اِذْ اَقْسَمُوْا لَیَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِیْنَ(17)

Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore that they would surely pluck its [fruit] in the morning (17)

وَ لَا یَسْتَثْنُوْنَ(18)

Without making exception. (18)

فَطَافَ عَلَیْهَا طَآىٕفٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّكَ وَ هُمْ نَآىٕمُوْنَ(19)

So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep. (19)

فَاَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِیْمِ(20)

And it became as though harvested. (20)

فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِیْنَ(21)

And they called one another at morning, (21)

اَنِ اغْدُوْا عَلٰى حَرْثِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صٰرِمِیْنَ(22)

Saying, "Go early to your [field] if you would harvest." (22)

فَانْطَلَقُوْا وَ هُمْ یَتَخَافَتُوْنَ(23)

So they set out, while lowering their voices, (23)

اَنْ لَّا یَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْیَوْمَ عَلَیْكُمْ مِّسْكِیْنٌ(24)

وَّ غَدَوْا عَلٰى حَرْدٍ قٰدِرِیْنَ(25)

And they went early, [determined] upon a [plan of] prevention. (25)

فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهَا قَالُوْۤا اِنَّا لَضَآلُّوْنَ(26)

But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;" (26)

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُوْمُوْنَ(27)

Rather, we have been deprived." (27)

قَالَ اَوْسَطُهُمْ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَّكُمْ لَوْ لَا تُسَبِّحُوْنَ(28)

Said the most moderate of them, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?'" (28)

قَالُوْا سُبْحٰنَ رَبِّنَاۤ اِنَّا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِیْنَ(29)

They said, "Exalted is our Lord; indeed, we have been wrongdoers." (29)

فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ یَّتَلَاوَمُوْنَ(30)

Then they turned to one another, blaming each other. (30)

قَالُوْا یٰوَیْلَنَاۤ اِنَّا كُنَّا طٰغِیْنَ(31)

They said, "O woe to us; indeed, we were transgressors. (31)

عَسٰى رَبُّنَاۤ اَنْ یُّبْدِلَنَا خَیْرًا مِّنْهَاۤ اِنَّاۤ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا رٰغِبُوْنَ(32)

Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it; indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous." (32)

كَذٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُؕ-وَ لَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۘ-لَوْ كَانُوْا یَعْلَمُوْنَ(33)

Such is the punishment [of this world]; but the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew. (33)

اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِیْنَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِیْمِ(34)

Indeed, for the righteous are gardens of pleasure with their Lord. (34)

اَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِیْنَ كَالْمُجْرِمِیْنَﭤ(35)

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals? (35)

مَا لَكُمْٙ-كَیْفَ تَحْكُمُوْنَ(36)

What is [wrong] with you? How do you judge? (36)

اَمْ لَكُمْ كِتٰبٌ فِیْهِ تَدْرُسُوْنَ(37)

Or do you have a book in which you study (37)

اِنَّ لَكُمْ فِیْهِ لَمَا تَخَیَّرُوْنَ(38)

That indeed for you therein is whatever you choose? (38)

اَمْ لَكُمْ اَیْمَانٌ عَلَیْنَا بَالِغَةٌ اِلٰى یَوْمِ الْقِیٰمَةِۙ-اِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُوْنَ(39)

Or do you have oaths binding upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge? (39)

سَلْهُمْ اَیُّهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ زَعِیْمٌ(40)

Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is a guarantor. (40)

اَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُۚۛ-فَلْیَاْتُوْا بِشُرَكَآىٕهِمْ اِنْ كَانُوْا صٰدِقِیْنَ(41)

Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful. (41)

یَوْمَ یُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَّ یُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُوْدِ فَلَا یَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَ(42)

The Day the shin will be uncovered [i.e., the Day of Resurrection], and they are invited to prostrate, but they will not be able, (42)

خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌؕ-وَ قَدْ كَانُوْا یُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُوْدِ وَ هُمْ سٰلِمُوْنَ(43)

Their eyes humbled, overwhelming them will be disgrace. And they had been invited to prostrate while they were sound. (43)

فَذَرْنِیْ وَ مَنْ یُّكَذِّبُ بِهٰذَا الْحَدِیْثِؕ-سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِّنْ حَیْثُ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَ(44)

So leave Me with [the matter of] whoever denies this Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know. (44)

وَ اُمْلِیْ لَهُمْؕ-اِنَّ كَیْدِیْ مَتِیْنٌ(45)

And I will grant them respite; indeed, My plan is firm. (45)

اَمْ تَسْــٴَـلُهُمْ اَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِّنْ مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُوْنَ(46)

Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened? (46)

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَیْبُ فَهُمْ یَكْتُبُوْنَ(47)

Or is the unseen with them, so they write [it down]? (47)

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَ لَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوْتِۘ-اِذْ نَادٰى وَ هُوَ مَكْظُوْمٌﭤ(48)

So be patient for the decision of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed. (48)

لَوْ لَاۤ اَنْ تَدٰرَكَهٗ نِعْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَآءِ وَ هُوَ مَذْمُوْمٌ(49)

If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was blameworthy. (49)

فَاجْتَبٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَجَعَلَهٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِیْنَ(50)

But his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous. (50)

وَ اِنْ یَّكَادُ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَیُزْلِقُوْنَكَ بِاَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ اِنَّهٗ لَمَجْنُوْنٌﭥ(51)

And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad." (51)

وَ مَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِیْنَ(52)

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds. (52)