Al-Qalam

Saheeh International

1. Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe

2. You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman

3. And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted

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

5. So you will see and they will see

6. Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]

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

8. Then do not obey the deniers

9. They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you]

10. And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

11. [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip

12. A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful

13. Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender

14. Because he is a possessor of wealth and children

15. When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples

16. We will brand him upon the snout

17. Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

18. Without making exception

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

20. And it became as though reaped

21. And they called one another at morning

22. [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit

23. So they set out, while lowering their voices

24. [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person

25. And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able

26. But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost

27. Rather, we have been deprived

28. The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]

29. They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers

30. Then they approached one another, blaming each other

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

32. Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous

33. Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew

34. Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure

35. Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals

36. What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge

37. Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

38. That indeed for you is whatever you choose

39. Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge

40. Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible

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

42. The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able

43. Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound

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

45. And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm

46. Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down

47. Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down

48. Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed

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

50. And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous

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

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