الْقَلَمِ

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

1. J29

   نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

   Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write

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   مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونࣲ‏

   Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed

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   وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُونࣲ‏

   Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing

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   وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمࣲ‏

   And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character

5. J29

   فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُونَ

   Soon wilt thou see, and they will see

6. J29

   بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ

   Which of you is afflicted with madness

7. J29

   إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ

   Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance

8. J29

   فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

   So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth)

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   وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ

   Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant

10. J29

    وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافࣲ مَّهِينٍ

    Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths

11. J29

    هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمࣲ‏

    A slanderer, going about with calumnies

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    مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

    (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin

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    عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

    Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born

14. J29

    أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالࣲ وَبَنِينَ

    Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons

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    إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

    When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries

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    سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ

    Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout

17. J29

    إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ

    Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning

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    وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ

    But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will)

19. J29

    فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ

    Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep

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    فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

    So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered)

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    فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ

    As the morning broke, they called out, one to another

22. J29

    أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ

    Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits

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    فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ

    So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)

24. J29

    أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينࣱ‏

    Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day

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    وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدࣲ قَٰدِرِينَ

    And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve

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    فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

    But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way

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    بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ

    Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)

28. J29

    قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

    Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)

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    قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

    They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong

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    فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ

    Then they turned, one against another, in reproach

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    قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

    They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed

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    عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرࣰ ا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

    It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)

33. J29

    كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ

    Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew

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    إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

    Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord

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    أَفَنَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ كَٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ

    Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin

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    مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ

    What is the matter with you? How judge ye

37. J29

    أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَٰبࣱ فِيهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ

    Or have ye a book through which ye learn

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    إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

    That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose

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    أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَيۡمَٰنٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ

    Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand

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    سَلۡهُمۡ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

    Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that

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    أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ

    Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful

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    يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقࣲ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ

    The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able

43. J29

    خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُواْ يُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَٰلِمُونَ

    Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused)

44. J29

    فَذَرۡنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِۖ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ

    Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not

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    وَأُمۡلِي لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ كَيۡدِي مَتِينٌ

    A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan

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    أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰ ا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ

    Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt

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    أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ

    Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down

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    فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومࣱ‏

    So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony

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    لَّوۡلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومࣱ‏

    Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace

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    فَٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ

    Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous

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    وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ‏

    And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed

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    وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ

    But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds