Surah Al-Qalam

نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ ﴿١﴾

Nun velkalemi ve ma yesturune

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

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونࣲ‏ ﴿٢﴾

Ma ente binı´meti rabbike bimecnunin

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

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُونࣲ‏ ﴿٣﴾

Ve inne leke leecren ğayre memnunin

“Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing”

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمࣲ‏ ﴿٤﴾

Ve inneke le´ala hulukın ´azıymin

“And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character”

فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُونَ ﴿٥﴾

Fesetubsıru ve yubsırune

“Soon wilt thou see, and they will see”

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ ﴿٦﴾

Bieyyikumulmeftunu

“Which of you is afflicted with madness”

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ ﴿٧﴾

İnne rabbeke huve a´lemu bimen dalle´an sebiylihi ve huve a´lemu bilmuhtediyne

“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”

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٨﴾

Fela tutı´ılmukezzibiyne

“So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth)”

وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ ﴿٩﴾

Veddu lev tudhinu feyudhinune

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

وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافࣲ مَّهِينٍ ﴿١٠﴾

Ve la tutı´ kulle hallafin mehiyni

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

هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمࣲ‏ ﴿١١﴾

Hemmazin meşşain binemiymin

“A slanderer, going about with calumnies”

مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Menna´ın lilhayri mu´tedin esiymin

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

عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ﴿١٣﴾

´utullin ba´de zalike zeniymen

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

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالࣲ وَبَنِينَ ﴿١٤﴾

En kane za malin ve beniyne

“Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons”

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٥﴾

İza tutla ´aleyhi ayatuna kale esatıyrulevveliyne

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

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ ﴿١٦﴾

Senesimuhu ´alelhurtumi

“Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout”

إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

İnna belevnahum kema belevna ashabelcenneti iz aksemu leyasri munneha musbihıyne

“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”

وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

Ve la yestesnune

“But made no reservation, ("If it be God's Will)”

فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Fetafe ´aleyha taifun min rabbike ve hum naimune

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

فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ﴿٢٠﴾

Feasbehat kessariymi

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

فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ ﴿٢١﴾

Fetenadev musbihıyne

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

أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Eniğdu ´ala harsikum in kuntum sarimiyne

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

فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Fentaleku ve hum yetehafetune

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

أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينࣱ‏ ﴿٢٤﴾

En la yedhulennehelyevme ´aleykum miskiynun

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

وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدࣲ قَٰدِرِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Ve ğadev ´ala hardin kadiriyne

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

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Felemma reevha kalu inna ledallune

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

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Bel nahnu mahrumune

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

قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Kale evsetuhum elem ekul lekum levha tusebbihune

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

قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Kalu subhane rabbina inna kunna zalimiyne

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

فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Feakbele ba´duhum ´ala ba´dın yetelavemune

“Then they turned, one against another, in reproach”

قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Kalu ya veylena inna kunna tağıyne

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

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرࣰ ا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

´asa rabbuna en yubdilena hayren minha inna ila rabbina rağıbune

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

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Kezalikel´azabu ve le´azabul´ahıreti ekberu lev kanu ya´lemune

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

إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٣٤﴾

İnne lilmuttekıyne ´ınde rabbihim cennatin ne´ıymi

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

أَفَنَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ كَٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Efenec´alulmuslimiyne kelmucrimiyne

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

مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Ma lekum keyfe tahkumune

“What is the matter with you? How judge ye”

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَٰبࣱ فِيهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Emlekum kitabun fiyhi tedrusune

“Or have ye a book through which ye learn”

إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾

İnne lekum fiyhu lema tehayyerune

“That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose”

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَيۡمَٰنٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Em lekum eymanun ´aleyna baliğatun ila yevmilkıyameti inne lekum lema tahkumune

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

سَلۡهُمۡ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

Selhum eyyuhum bizalike ze´ıymun

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

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿٤١﴾

Emlehum şureka´u felye´tu bişurekaihim in kanu sadikıyne

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

يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقࣲ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ ﴿٤٢﴾

Yevme yukşefu ´an sakın ve yud´avne ilessucudi fela yestetıy´une

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

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُواْ يُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَٰلِمُونَ ﴿٤٣﴾

Haşi´aten ebsaruhum terhekuhum zillefun ve kad kanu yud´avne ilessucudi ve lum salimune

“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)”

فَذَرۡنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِۖ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ ﴿٤٤﴾

Fezerniy ve men yukezzibu bihazelhadiysi senestedricuhum min haysu la ya´lemune

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

وَأُمۡلِي لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ كَيۡدِي مَتِينٌ ﴿٤٥﴾

Ve umliy lehum inne keydiy metiynun

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

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰ ا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ﴿٤٦﴾

Em tes´eluhum ecren fehum min mağremin muskalune

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

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ ﴿٤٧﴾

Em ´ındehumulğaybu fehum yektubune

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

فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومࣱ‏ ﴿٤٨﴾

Fasbir lihukmi rabbike ve la tekun kesahıbilhuti iz nada ve huve mekzumun

“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”

لَّوۡلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومࣱ‏ ﴿٤٩﴾

Levla en tedarekehu nı´metun min rabbihi lenubize bil´arai ve huve mezmumun

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

فَٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ﴿٥٠﴾

Fectebahu rabbuhu fece´alehu minessalihıyne

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

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ‏ ﴿٥١﴾

Ve in yekadulleziyne keferu leyuzlikuneke biebsarihim lemma semi´uzzikre ve yekulune innehu lemecnunun

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

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿٥٢﴾

Ve ma huve illa zikrun lil´alemiyne

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