Al-Qalam

Sahih International

Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

Sahih International

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

Yusuf Ali

Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:

Pickthall

And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

Sahih International

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

Yusuf Ali

And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.

Pickthall

And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

Sahih International

So you will see and they will see

Yusuf Ali

Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,

Pickthall

And thou wilt see and they will see

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

Which of you is afflicted with madness.

Pickthall

Which of you is the demented.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بِأَيْيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

Pickthall

Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ

Sahih International

Then do not obey the deniers.

Yusuf Ali

So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).

Pickthall

Therefor obey not thou the rejecters

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

Sahih International

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

Pickthall

Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,

Yusuf Ali

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

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ

Sahih International

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

Pickthall

Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

Yusuf Ali

A slanderer, going about with calumnies,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ

Sahih International

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

Sahih International

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

Sahih International

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

Yusuf Ali

Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.

Pickthall

It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

Sahih International

We will brand him upon the snout.

Yusuf Ali

Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!

Pickthall

We shall brand him on the nose.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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.

Pickthall

Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

Sahih International

Without making exception.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ

Sahih International

And it became as though reaped.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And in the morning it was as if plucked.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ

Sahih International

And they called one another at morning,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And they cried out one unto another in the morning,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ

Sahih International

So they set out, while lowering their voices,

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِينٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ

Sahih International

Rather, we have been deprived."

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Nay, but we are desolate!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ

Sahih International

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

Yusuf Ali

Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.

Pickthall

Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

Sahih International

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

What is the matter with you? How judge ye?

Pickthall

What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

Sahih International

Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

Yusuf Ali

Or have ye a book through which ye learn-

Pickthall

Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ

Sahih International

That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

Yusuf Ali

That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?

Pickthall

That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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).

Pickthall

With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ

Sahih International

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.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Sahih International

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.

Yusuf Ali

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.

Pickthall

But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Sahih International

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

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Sahih International

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."

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Sahih International

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

Yusuf Ali

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

Pickthall

When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.

Dr. Mustafa Khattab

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ