سورة القلم

Surah Al-Qalam

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بِسْمِ اللّٰهِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّح۪يمِ
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نٓ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَۙ
Noon walqalami wama yasturoon
NuN , the pen, and what they (the people) write.
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The Final Testament
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مَٓا اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۚ
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoon
You have attained a great blessing from your Lord; you are not crazy.
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The Final Testament
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وَاِنَّ لَكَ لَاَجْراً غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۚ
Wa-inna laka laajran ghayra mamnoon
You have attained a recompense that is well deserved.
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4
وَاِنَّكَ لَعَلٰى خُلُقٍ عَظ۪يمٍ
Wa-innaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheem
You are blessed with a great moral character.
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَۙ
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroon
You will see, and they will see.
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6
بِاَيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
Bi-ayyikumu almaftoon
Which of you are condemned.
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اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَب۪يلِه۪ۖ وَهُوَ اَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَد۪ينَ
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dallaAAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bilmuhtadeen
Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided.
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فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّب۪ينَ
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeen
Do not obey the rejectors.
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وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoon
They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise.
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The Final Testament
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وَلَا تُطِـعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَه۪ينٍۙ
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafinmaheen
Do not obey every lowly swearer.
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The Final Testament
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هَمَّازٍ مَشَّٓاءٍ بِنَم۪يمٍۙ
Hammazin mashsha-in binameem
A slanderer, a backbiter.
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The Final Testament
12
مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ اَث۪يمٍۙ
MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheem
Forbidder of charity, a transgressor, a sinner.
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عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذٰلِكَ زَن۪يمٍۙ
AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneem
Unappreciative, and greedy.
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اَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَن۪ينَۜ
An kana tha malinwabaneen
Even though he possessed enough money and children.
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The Final Testament
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اِذَا تُتْلٰى عَلَيْهِ اٰيَاتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاط۪يرُ الْاَوَّل۪ينَ
Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen
When our revelations are recited to him, he says, "Tales from the past!"
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The Final Testament
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سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoom
We will mark his face.
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17
اِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَٓا اَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِۚ اِذْ اَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِح۪ينَۙ
Inna balawnahum kamabalawna as-haba aljannati ith aqsamoolayasrimunnaha musbiheen
We have tested them like we tested the owners of the garden who swore that they will harvest it in the morning.
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
Wala yastathnoon
They were so absolutely sure.
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَٓائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَٓائِمُونَ
Fatafa AAalayha ta-ifunmin rabbika wahum na-imoon
A passing (storm) from your Lord passed by it while they were asleep.
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The Final Testament
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فَاَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّر۪يمِ
Faasbahat kassareem
By morning, it was barren.
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The Final Testament
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فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِح۪ينَۙ
Fatanadaw musbiheen
They called on each other in the morning.
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The Final Testament
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اَنِ اغْدُوا عَلٰى حَرْثِكُمْ اِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِم۪ينَ
Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum inkuntum sarimeen
"Let us harvest the crop."
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The Final Testament
23
فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَۙ
Fantalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoon
On their way, they confided to each other.
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The Final Testament
24
اَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْك۪ينٌ
An la yadkhulannaha alyawmaAAalaykum miskeen
That from then on, none of them would be poor.
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The Final Testament
25
وَغَدَوْا عَلٰى حَرْدٍ قَادِر۪ينَ
Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireen
They were so absolutely sure of their harvest.
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The Final Testament
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فَلَمَّا رَاَوْهَا قَالُٓوا اِنَّا لَضَٓالُّونَۙ
Falamma raawha qalooinna ladalloon
But when they saw it, they said, "We were so wrong!
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27
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Bal nahnu mahroomoon
"Now, we have nothing!"
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28
قَالَ اَوْسَطُهُمْ اَلَمْ اَقُلْ لَـكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakumlawla tusabbihoon
The righteous among them said, "If only you had glorified (God)!"
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The Final Testament
29
قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَٓا اِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِم۪ينَ
Qaloo subhana rabbinainna kunna thalimeen
They said, "Glory be to our Lord. We have transgressed."
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The Final Testament
30
فَاَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلٰى بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ
Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdinyatalawamoon
They started to blame each other.
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The Final Testament
31
قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَٓا اِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغ۪ينَ
Qaloo ya waylana innakunna tagheen
They said, "Woe to us. We sinned.
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The Final Testament
32
عَسٰى رَبُّنَٓا اَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْراً مِنْهَٓا اِنَّٓا اِلٰى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
AAasa rabbuna an yubdilanakhayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboon
"May our Lord grant us a better one. We repent to our Lord."
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The Final Testament
33
كَذٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُۜ وَلَعَذَابُ الْاٰخِرَةِ اَكْبَرُۢ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ۟
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabual-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon
Such was the requital. But the retribution of the Hereafter is far worse, if they only knew.
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The Final Testament
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اِنَّ لِلْمُتَّق۪ينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّع۪يمِ
Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannatiannaAAeem
The righteous have deserved, at their Lord, gardens of bliss.
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The Final Testament
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اَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِم۪ينَ كَالْمُجْرِم۪ينَۜ
AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kalmujrimeen
Shall we treat the Submitters like the criminals?
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The Final Testament
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مَا لَـكُمْ۠ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَۚ
Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoon
What is wrong with your logic?
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The Final Testament
37
اَمْ لَـكُمْ كِتَابٌ ف۪يهِ تَدْرُسُونَۙ
Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoon
Do you have another book to uphold?
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The Final Testament
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اِنَّ لَـكُمْ ف۪يهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَۚ
Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroon
In it, do you find anything you want?
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39
اَمْ لَـكُمْ اَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ اِلٰى يَوْمِ الْقِيٰمَةِۙ اِنَّ لَـكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَۚ
Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatunila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoon
Or, have you received solemn assurances from us that grant you whatever you wish on the Day of Resurrection?
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The Final Testament
40
سَلْهُمْ اَيُّهُمْ بِذٰلِكَ زَع۪يمٌۚۛ
Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeem
Ask them, "Who guarantees this for you?"
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41
اَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَٓاءُۚۛ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَٓائِهِمْ اِنْ كَانُوا صَادِق۪ينَ
Am lahum shurakao falya/too bishuraka-ihimin kanoo sadiqeen
Do they have idols? Let their idols help them, if they are truthful.
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The Final Testament
42
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَط۪يعُونَۙ
Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawnaila assujoodi fala yastateeAAoon
The day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to fall prostrate, but they will be unable to.
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43
خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۜ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ilaassujoodi wahum salimoon
With their eyes subdued, humiliation will cover them. They were invited to fall prostrate when they were whole and able.
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The Final Testament
44
فَذَرْن۪ي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهٰذَا الْحَد۪يثِۜ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَۙ
Fatharnee waman yukaththibubihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythula yaAAlamoon
Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive.
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The Final Testament
45
وَاُمْل۪ي لَهُمْۜ اِنَّ كَيْد۪ي مَت۪ينٌ
Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateen
I will give them enough rope; My scheming is formidable.
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The Final Testament
46
اَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ اَجْراً فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَۚ
Am tas-aluhum ajran fahum min maghraminmuthqaloon
Are you asking them for money, so they are burdened by the fine?
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The Final Testament
47
اَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboon
Do they know the future? Do they have it recorded?
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The Final Testament
48
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِۢ اِذْ نَادٰى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۜ
Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nadawahuwa makthoom
You shall steadfastly persevere in carrying out the commands of your Lord. Do not be like (Jonah) who called from inside the fish.
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49
لَوْلَٓا اَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّه۪ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَٓاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatunmin rabbihi lanubitha bilAAara-i wahuwa mathmoom
If it were not for his Lord's grace, he would have been ejected into the desert as a sinner.
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The Final Testament
50
فَاجْتَبٰيهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِح۪ينَ
Fajtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahumina assaliheen
But his Lord blessed him, and made him righteous.
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The Final Testament
51
وَاِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذ۪ينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِاَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ اِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌۢ
Wa-in yakadu allatheenakafaroo layuzliqoonaka bi-absarihim lamma samiAAooaththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoon
Those who disbelieved show their ridicule in their eyes when they hear the message and say, "He is crazy!"
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The Final Testament
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وَمَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَم۪ينَ
Wama huwa illa thikrunlilAAalameen
It is in fact a message to the world.
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The Final Testament
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