فَلَمَّا But when falammā they (will) see it ra-awhu approaching zul'fatan (will be) distressed sīat (the) faces wujūhu (of) those who alladhīna disbelieved kafarū and it will be said waqīla This hādhā (is) that which alladhī you used to kuntum for it bihi call taddaʿūna
But when they see it1 approaching, the faces of those who disbelieve will be distressed, and it will be said, "This is that for which you used to call."2
قُلْ Say qul Have you seen ara-aytum if in destroys me ahlakaniya Allah l-lahu and whoever waman (is) with me maʿiya or aw has mercy upon us raḥimanā then who faman (can) protect yujīru the disbelievers l-kāfirīna from min a punishment ʿadhābin painful alīmin
Say, [O Muḥammad], "Have you considered:1 whether Allāh should cause my death and those with me or have mercy upon us, who can protect the disbelievers from a painful punishment?"
قُلْ Say qul He huwa (is) the Most Gracious l-raḥmānu we believe āmannā in Him bihi and upon Him waʿalayhi we put (our) trust tawakkalnā So you will know fasataʿlamūna who man (is) it huwa (that is) in fī error ḍalālin clear mubīnin
Say, "He is the Most Merciful; we have believed in Him, and upon Him we have relied. And you will [come to] know who it is that is in clear error."
قُلْ Say qul Have you seen ara-aytum if in becomes aṣbaḥa your water māukum sunken ghawran then who faman could bring you yatīkum water bimāin flowing maʿīnin
Say, "Have you considered: if your water was to become sunken [into the earth], then who could bring you flowing water?"
Al-Qalam
The Pen
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القلم
نٓ ۚ Nun noon By the pen wal-qalami and what wamā they write yasṭurūna
Nūn.1 By the pen and what they inscribe,
مَآ Not mā you (are) anta by (the) Grace biniʿ'mati (of) your Lord rabbika a madman bimajnūnin
You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
وَإِنَّ And indeed wa-inna for you laka surely (is) a reward la-ajran without ghayra end mamnūnin
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
وَإِنَّكَ And indeed, you wa-innaka surely (are) laʿalā (of) a moral character khuluqin great ʿaẓīmin
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
فَسَتُبْصِرُ So you will see fasatub'ṣiru and they will see wayub'ṣirūna
So you will see and they will see.
بِأَييِّكُمُ Which of you bi-ayyikumu (is) the afflicted one l-maftūnu
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
إِنَّ Indeed inna your Lord rabbaka He huwa (is) most knowing aʿlamu of (he) who biman has strayed ḍalla from ʿan His way sabīlihi and He wahuwa (is) most knowing aʿlamu of the guided ones bil-muh'tadīna
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
فَلَا So (do) not falā obey tuṭiʿi the deniers l-mukadhibīna
Then do not obey the deniers.
وَدُّوا۟ They wish waddū that law you should compromise tud'hinu so they would compromise fayud'hinūna
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
وَلَا And (do) not walā obey tuṭiʿ every kulla habitual swearer ḥallāfin worthless mahīnin
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
هَمَّازٍۢ Defamer hammāzin going about mashāin with malicious gossip binamīmin
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
مَّنَّاعٍۢ A preventer mannāʿin of (the) good lil'khayri transgressor muʿ'tadin sinful athīmin
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
عُتُلٍّۭ Cruel ʿutullin after baʿda (all) that dhālika utterly useless zanīmin
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.1
أَن Because an (he) is kāna a possessor dhā (of) wealth mālin and children wabanīna
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
إِذَا When idhā are recited tut'lā to him ʿalayhi Our Verses āyātunā he says qāla Stories asāṭīru (of) the former (people) l-awalīna
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."