بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ﴿1﴾
Ruwwad
Nūn[1]. By the pen and what they [i.e., the angels] write [in the Records of deeds],
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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿2﴾
Ruwwad
By the grace of your Lord [O Prophet], you are not a madman.
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ ﴿3﴾
Ruwwad
You will surely have a never-ending reward.
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿4﴾
Ruwwad
Indeed, you are of a great moral character.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ﴿5﴾
Ruwwad
Soon you will see and they will see,
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ﴿6﴾
Ruwwad
which of you is afflicted with madness.
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ﴿7﴾
Ruwwad
Indeed, your Lord alone knows best who has strayed from His way and those who are rightly guided.
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿8﴾
Ruwwad
So do not obey the deniers.
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ﴿9﴾
Ruwwad
They wish that you would compromise so they would too compromise.
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ ﴿10﴾
Ruwwad
And do not obey every disgraceful swearer,
هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ ﴿11﴾
Ruwwad
backbiter, gossip-monger,
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿12﴾
Ruwwad
withholder of good, transgressor, sinful,
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ﴿13﴾
Ruwwad
coarse, and furthermore, an illegitimate child[2].
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ ﴿14﴾
Ruwwad
Simply because he has wealth and children,
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿15﴾
Ruwwad
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ﴿16﴾
Ruwwad
We will soon brand him on the snout[3].
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿17﴾
Ruwwad
Indeed, We have tested them [i.e., the Makkans] as We tested the people of the garden when they swore to harvest its fruits in the early morning,
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ﴿18﴾
Ruwwad
and made no exception [by saying: if Allah wills][4].
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ﴿19﴾
Ruwwad
Then it was struck by an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep,
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ﴿20﴾
Ruwwad
and it turned to ashes [as black as night].
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿21﴾
Ruwwad
Then in the early morning they called out to one another:
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ ﴿22﴾
Ruwwad
“Go early to your garden if you really wish to harvest.”
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ﴿23﴾
Ruwwad
So they set out, whispering to one another,
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ ﴿24﴾
Ruwwad
“Not a single poor person should enter your garden today.”
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ ﴿25﴾
Ruwwad
And they left early, fully determined to stick to their plan[5].
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿26﴾
Ruwwad
But when they saw the garden, they said, “We must have lost our way!
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿27﴾
Ruwwad
Rather, we have been deprived.”
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ﴿28﴾
Ruwwad
The best among them said, “Did I not say to you to glorify Allah[6]?”
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ﴿29﴾
Ruwwad
They said, “Glory be to our Lord! We were truly wrongdoers.”
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ﴿30﴾
Ruwwad
Then they turned to one another, throwing blame.
قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ﴿31﴾
Ruwwad
They said, “Woe to us! We were surely transgressors.
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ﴿32﴾
Ruwwad
Our Lord may give us something better than this. We certainly turn to our Lord in hope[7].”
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿33﴾
Ruwwad
Such is the punishment [in this world]; but the punishment of the Hereafter is far worse, if only they knew.
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿34﴾
Ruwwad
Indeed, the righteous will have gardens of bliss with their Lord.
أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿35﴾
Ruwwad
Should We then treat Muslims like the wicked?
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿36﴾
Ruwwad
What is the matter with you that you make such a judgment?
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ ﴿37﴾
Ruwwad
Or do you have a scripture in which you read
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿38﴾
Ruwwad
that you will be given whatever you choose?
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿39﴾
Ruwwad
Or do you have a solemn promise binding upon Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you will have whatever you decide for yourselves?
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ﴿40﴾
Ruwwad
Ask them which of them can guarantee that.
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ﴿41﴾
Ruwwad
Or do they have associate-gods? Then let them bring forth their associate-gods[8], if they are truthful.
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ﴿42﴾
Ruwwad
On the Day when the Shin [of Allah] will be uncovered[9], and they are invited to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so.
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ ﴿43﴾
Ruwwad
Their eyes will be downcast, overwhelmed with humiliation, for they were invited to prostrate when they were capable[10] [but they refused].
فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿44﴾
Ruwwad
So leave to Me those who reject this message [O Prophet]. We will gradually lead them to their ruin in ways that they do not perceive[11].
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ ﴿45﴾
Ruwwad
I will give them respite, but My plan is firm.
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ﴿46﴾
Ruwwad
Or are you asking them for a reward, so they find it too burdensome?
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ﴿47﴾
Ruwwad
Or do they have knowledge of the unseen, so they write it down?
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ ﴿48﴾
Ruwwad
So be patient with the decree of your Lord, and do not be like the man of the Whale [i.e., Jonah], when he cried out in anguish[12].
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ ﴿49﴾
Ruwwad
Had it not been for the grace that he received from his Lord, he would have surely been thrown onto the barren shore, blameworthy[13].
فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ﴿50﴾
Ruwwad
But his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous.
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ ﴿51﴾
Ruwwad
The disbelievers would almost strike you down with their malicious gazes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, “He is certainly mad.”
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ﴿52﴾
Ruwwad
But it is nothing other than a reminder to the whole world.