In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
Bismi Allahi arrahmani arraheem
nūn By the pen, and what they inscribe!
Noon walqalami wama yasturoon
Thou art not, by the favour of thy Lord, possessed;
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoon
And for thee is a reward unending.
Wa-inna laka laajran ghayra mamnoon
And thou art upon a tremendous tradition.
Wa-innaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheem
Thy Lord best knows who has strayed from His path, and He best knows the guided.
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dallaAAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bilmuhtadeen
(They wish that thou shouldst compromise, then would they compromise)
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoon
Neither obey thou every despised swearer of oaths,
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafinmaheen
Backbiter, going about with calumny,
Hammazin mashsha-in binameem
Hinderer of good, transgressor, sinful,
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheem
Because he is possessed of wealth and sons.
An kana tha malinwabaneen
When Our proofs are recited to him, he says: “Legends of the former peoples!”
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen
We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore they would reap its fruit in the morning,
Inna balawnahum kamabalawna as-haba aljannati ith aqsamoolayasrimunnaha musbiheen
Then an itinerant from thy Lord went about it while they slept,
Fatafa AAalayha ta-ifunmin rabbika wahum na-imoon
Then called they to one another in the morning:
Fatanadaw musbiheen
“Go early to your tilth, if you would be reaping!”
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum inkuntum sarimeen
So they departed, whispering together:
Fantalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoon
“No needy one will enter it this day against your will.”
An la yadkhulannaha alyawmaAAalaykum miskeen
And they went early, determined upon their purpose.
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireen
Then when they saw it they said: “We have gone astray!
Falamma raawha qalooinna ladalloon
Said the most moderate of them: “Said I not to you: ‘Oh, that you did but give glory!’”
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakumlawla tusabbihoon
They said: “Glory be to our Lord! We were wrongdoers!”
Qaloo subhana rabbinainna kunna thalimeen
Then they approached one other, blaming one another.
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdinyatalawamoon
They said: “Woe is us! We transgressed all bounds.
Qaloo ya waylana innakunna tagheen
“It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange better than it; to our Lord do we turn in hope.”
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilanakhayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboon
Thus is the punishment — and the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, had they but known.
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabual-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon
For those of prudent fear, with their Lord are the Gardens of Bliss.
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannatiannaAAeem
Shall We then make those submitting like the lawbreakers?
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kalmujrimeen
If you have a Writ wherein you study: —
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoon
“You have therein whatever you choose!”
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroon
Or if you have oaths binding upon Us reaching to the Day of Resurrection: — “You have whatever you decide!”
Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatunila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoon
Ask thou them which of them is, for that, guarantor!
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeem
If they have partners: then let them bring their partners, if they be truthful.
Am lahum shurakao falya/too bishuraka-ihimin kanoo sadiqeen
The day the shin is uncovered — and they are invited to the Submission, but they are not able —
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawnaila assujoodi fala yastateeAAoon
Their eyes will be humbled, humiliation covering them, for they had been invited to the Submission when they were whole.
KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ilaassujoodi wahum salimoon
So leave thou Me with those who deny this narrative. We will lead them by degrees, whence they know not;
Fatharnee waman yukaththibubihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythula yaAAlamoon
And I will grant them respite — My plan is firm.
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateen
If thou askest of them a reward: then are they burdened by debt!
Am tas-aluhum ajran fahum min maghraminmuthqaloon
If the Unseen be with them: then are they writing!
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboon
And be thou patient for the judgment of thy Lord; and be thou not like the companion of the fish when he called and was angry.
Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nadawahuwa makthoom
Had not favour from his Lord overtaken him, he would have been cast on the bare shore when he was condemned.
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatunmin rabbihi lanubitha bilAAara-i wahuwa mathmoom
But his Lord chose him, and made him of the righteous.
Fajtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahumina assaliheen
And those who ignore warning almost cause thee to slip with their eyes when they hear the remembrance, and they say: “He is possessed.”
Wa-in yakadu allatheenakafaroo layuzliqoonaka bi-absarihim lamma samiAAooaththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoon
But it is only a reminder to all mankind.
Wama huwa illa thikrunlilAAalameen