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Al-Qalam · The Pen

52 ayahs Makki Pages 564–566 Juz 29
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
Translation
Madd (maddah sign)Ghunnah (doubled noon / meem)Qalqalah
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نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ﴿١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),

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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ ﴿٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.

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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ ﴿٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.

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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ ﴿٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.

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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ﴿٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd thou wilt see and they will see

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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ﴿٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhich of you is the demented.

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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ﴿٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.

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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallTherefor obey not thou the rejecters

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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ﴿٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWho would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ ﴿١٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNeither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,

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هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ ﴿١١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallDetracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿١٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallHinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ﴿١٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallGreedy therewithal, intrusive.

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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ ﴿١٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt is because he is possessed of wealth and children

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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿١٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.

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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ﴿١٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWe shall brand him on the nose.

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إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿١٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,

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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ﴿١٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd made no exception (for the Will of Allah);

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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ﴿١٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept

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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ﴿٢٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd in the morning it was as if plucked.

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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿٢١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAnd they cried out one unto another in the morning,

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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ ﴿٢٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSaying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).

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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ ﴿٢٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSo they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:

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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ ﴿٢٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNo needy man shall enter it to-day against you.

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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ ﴿٢٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.

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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿٢٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallBut when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!

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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿٢٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallNay, but we are desolate!

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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ﴿٢٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThe best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)?

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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿٢٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.

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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ ﴿٣٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThen some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.

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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ ﴿٣١﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThey said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.

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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ﴿٣٢﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallIt may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.

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كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ﴿٣٣﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallSuch was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.

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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ﴿٣٤﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallLo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.

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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ﴿٣٥﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallShall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?

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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿٣٦﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallWhat aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!

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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ ﴿٣٧﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr have ye a scripture wherein ye learn

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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ﴿٣٨﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallThat ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?

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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ ﴿٣٩﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallOr have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?

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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ﴿٤٠﴾

Mohammed Marmaduke William PickthallAsk them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!

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Quran text: Tanzil Quran Text (Uthmani), tanzil.net – CC BY 3.0, unchanged. Translation: The Meaning of the Glorious Koran, Mohammed Marmaduke William Pickthall – Public domain (published 1930).