68. Kalem · verses 1–14

نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ

Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

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

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونٖ

Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

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

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُونٖ

Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٖ

Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

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

فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُونَ

Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ

Biayyikumu almaftoonu

Which of you is afflicted with madness.

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ

Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena

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.

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ

Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

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

وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ

Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

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

وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافٖ مَّهِينٍ

Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

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

هَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ

Hammazin mashshain binameemin

A slanderer, going about with calumnies,

مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin

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

عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin

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

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٖ وَبَنِينَ

An kana tha malin wabaneena

Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.