Al-Qalam
القلمSurah Al-Qalam is the 68th surah of the Quran and has 52 verses; it is Meccan. This page carries the Arabic text, Latin transliteration, English translation and the Arabic recitation of every verse.
Arabic text: Tanzil UthmaniTranslation: Talal ItaniTransliteration: Tanzil TR (Muhammet Abay)Recitation: Mishary Râshid el-Afasy
نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
Noon; walqalami wa maa yasturoon
Noon. By the pen, and by what they inscribe
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
Maa anta bini'mati Rabbika bimajnoon
By the grace of your Lord, you are not insane
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
Wa inna laka la ajran ghaira mamnoon
In fact, you will have a reward that will never end
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
Wa innaka la'alaa khuluqin 'azeem
And you are of a great moral character
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
Fasatubsiru wa yubsiroon
You will see, and they will see
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
Bi ayyikumul maftoon
Which of you is the afflicted
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
Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best the well-guided
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
Falaa tuti'il mukazzibeen
So do not obey the deniers
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Waddoo law tudhinu fa-yudhinoon
They would like you to compromise, so they would compromise
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
Wa laa tuti' kulla hallaa fim maheen
And do not obey any vile swearer
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
Hammaazim mash shaaa'im binameem
Backbiter, spreader of slander
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
Mannaa'il lilkhairi mu'tadin aseem
Preventer of good, transgressor, sinner
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
'Utullim ba'da zaalika zaneem
Rude and fake besides
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen
Just because he has money and children
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
Izaa tutlaa 'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen
When Our Verses are recited to him, he says, “Myths of the ancients!”
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
Sanasimuhoo 'alal khurtoom
We will brand him on the muzzle
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Innaa balawnaahum kamaa balawnaaa As-haabal jannati iz 'aqsamoo la-yasri munnahaa musbiheen
We tested them, as We tested the owners of the garden, when they vowed to harvest it in the morning
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
Wa laa yastasnoon
Without any reservation
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
Fataafa 'alaihaa taaa'i fum mir rabbika wa hum naaa'imoon
But a calamity from your Lord went around it while they slept
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
Fa asbahat kassareem
And in the morning it was as if picked
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
Fatanaadaw musbiheen
In the morning, they called to one another
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
Anighdoo 'alaa harsikum in kuntum saarimeen
“Go early to your plantation, if you are going to harvest.”
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
Fantalaqoo wa hum yatakhaafatoon
So off they went, murmuring to one another
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
Al laa yadkhulannahal yawma 'alaikum miskeen
“No poor person is to enter it upon you today.”
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
Wa ghadaw 'alaa hardin qaadireen
And early they went, resolved in intent
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
Falammaa ra awhaa qaalooo innaa ladaaalloon
But when they saw it, they said, “We were wrong
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
We are now deprived.”
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon
The most reasonable of them said, “Did I not say to you, ‘if only you would glorify?’”
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
Qaaloo subhaana rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen
They said, “Glory to our Lord—We were indeed in the wrong.”
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
Fa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatalaawamoon
Then they turned to one another, blaming one another
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
Qaaloo yaa wailanaaa innaa kunnaa taagheen
They said, “Woe to us—we were indeed domineering
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
'Asaa rabbunaaa any yubdilanaa khairam minhaaa innaaa ilaa rabbinaa raaghiboon
Perhaps our Lord will give us a better substitute for it. We are turning to our Lord.”
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
Kazaalikal azaab, wa la'azaabul aakhirati akbar; law kaanoo ya'lamoon
Such is the punishment; but the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Inna lilmuttaqeena 'inda rabbihim jannaatin na'eem
For the righteous are Gardens of Delight with their Lord
أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Afanaj'alul muslimeena kalmujrimeen
Shall We treat the Muslims like the villains
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
Maa lakum kaifa tahhkumoon
What is the matter with you? How do you judge
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
Am lakum kitaabun feehi tadrusoon
Or do you have a scripture in which you study
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
Inna lakum feehi lamaa takhaiyaroon
Wherein there is whatever you choose
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
Am lakum aymaanun 'alainaa baalighatun ilaa yawmil qiyaamati inna lakum lamaa tahkumoon
Or do you have oaths from Us, binding until the Day of Resurrection, that you will have whatever you demand
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
Salhum ayyuhum bizaa lika za'eem
Ask them, which of them will guarantee that
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Am lahum shurakaaa'u falyaatoo bishurakaaa 'ihim in kaanoo saadiqeen
Or do they have partners? Then let them produce their partners, if they are truthful
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
Yawma yukshafu 'am saaqinw wa yud'awna ilas sujoodi falaa yastatee'oon
On the Day when the Shin will be exposed, and they will be called to bow down, but they will be unable
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillatunw wa qad kaanoo yud'awna ilassujoodi wa hum saalimoon
Their eyes subdued, shame will cover them. They were invited to bow down when they were sound
فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
Fazarnee wa many yukazzibu bihaazal hadeesi sanastad rijuhum min haisu laa ya'lamoon
So leave Me to those who reject this discourse; We will proceed against them gradually, from where they do not know
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
Wa umlee lahum; inna kaidee mateen
And I will give them respite. My plan is firm
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum mim maghramim musqaloon
Or do you ask them for a fee, so they are burdened with debt
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon
Or do they know the future, and so they write it down
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
Fasbir lihkmi rabbika wa laa takun kasaahibil boot; iz naadaa wa huwa makzoom
So wait patiently for the Decision of your Lord, and do not be like the Fellow of the Fish who cried out in despair
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
Law laaa an tadaara kahoo ni'matum mir rabbihee lanubiza bil'araaa'i wa huwa mazmoom
Were it not for his Lord’s favor that reached him, he would have been thrown into the wilderness, fully despised
فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
Fajtabaahu rabbuhoo faja'alahoo minas saaliheen
But his Lord chose him, and made him one of the righteous
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
Wa iny-yakaadul lazeena kafaroo la-yuzliqoonaka biabsaarihim lammaa saml'uz-Zikra wa yaqooloona innahoo lamajnoon
Those who disbelieve almost stab you with their glances when they hear the message, and say, “He is crazy!”
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
Wa maa huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen
But it is no less than a reminder to all the Worlds
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