Surah Al-Qalam (The Pen)

Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe

You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted

And indeed, you are of a great moral character

So you will see and they will see

Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]

Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided

Then do not obey the deniers

They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you]

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples

We will brand him upon the snout

Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

Without making exception

So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep

And it became as though reaped

And they called one another at morning

[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit

So they set out, while lowering their voices

[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person

And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able

But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost

Rather, we have been deprived

The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]

They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers

Then they approached one another, blaming each other

They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors

Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous

Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew

Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals

What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge

Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

That indeed for you is whatever you choose

Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge

Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible

Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful

The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able

Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound

So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know

And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm

Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down

Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down

Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed

If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured

And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous

And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds