القلم
Al-Qalam - Surah 68
52 verses
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ
Or do they have associates? Then let them bring their associates, if they should be truthful.
Or (Am') do they have (Lahum') associates (Shurakaau)? Then let them (Fal') bring (Ya'tu' Bi) their associates (idols) (Shurakaai-him'), if (In) they should be (Kaanu') truthful (Soadiqiin).
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
The day they will be bared from the shin and they will be invited to prostration, but they will not be able.
The day (Yaw'ma) they will be bared (Yuk'shafu) from (Ån) the shin (Saaqin) and (Wa) they will be invited (Yud'åw'na) to (ilaa) prostration (Es'Sujuudi), but (Fa) they will not (Laa) be able (Yas'tatii’uun).
خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
Their eyesight will be humbled, shame will overtake them. And they were already invited to the prostration while they were sound.
Their eyesight (Ab'soaru-hum’) will be humbled (Khaashiåtan), shame (Zillatun) will overtake them (Tar'haqu-hum'). And (Wa) they were (Kaanu') already (Qad') invited (Yud'åw'na) to (ilaa) the prostration (Es'Sujuudi) while (Wa) they (Hum') were sound (Saalimuun).
فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
So leave ME with whoever denies this discourse. We will gradually advance them from where they do not know.
So (Fa) leave ME (Zar'nii) with (Wa) whoever (Man) denies (Yukazzibu Bi) this (Haaza) discourse (52:34) (El'Hadiithi). We will gradually advance them (7:182) (Sa Nas'tad'riju-hum) from (Min') where (Hai'thu) they do not (Laa) know (Ya'lamuun).
وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
And I will dictate for them. Indeed, MY scheme is solid.
And (Wa) I (God) will dictate (Um'lii) for them (Lahum'). Indeed (Inna), MY scheme (Kai'dii) is solid (Matiin). (7:183)
أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ
Or do you ask them for a wage, and they are burdened by liability?
Or (Am') do you (s) ask them (Tas'alu-hum') for a wage (Aj'ran), and (Fa) they (Hum) are burdened (Muth'qaluun) by (Min) liability (Mag'ramin)? (52:40)
أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Or do they possess the unseen, and they are destined?
Or (Am') do they possess (Endahumu) the unseen (El'Gai'bu), and (Fa) they (Hum) are destined (Yak'tubuun)?
فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
Therefore be patient for the judgement of your LORD and do not be like the companion of the whale when he cried out while he was contained.
Therefore (Fa) be patient (Es'bir') for (Li) the judgement (Huk'mi) of your LORD (s) (Rabbi-ka) and (Wa) do not (Laa) be (Takun) like (Ka) the companion (Soahibi) of the whale (Jonah) (El'Huuti) when (Iz') he cried out (Naadaa) while (Wa) he (Huwa) was contained (Mak'zuum).
لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
If not because the grace of his LORD corrected him, he would have been discarded into the open while being censured,
If (Law') not (Laa) because (An) the grace (Ni'matun) of (Min) his LORD (Rabbi-hi) corrected him (Tadaaraka-hu), he (Jonah) would have been (La) discarded (Nubiza) into (Bi) the open (El'Åraai) while (Wa) being (Huwa) censured (Maz'muum),
فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
but his LORD chose him and made him one of the righteous.
but (Fa) his LORD (Rabbu-hu) chose him (Ej'tabaa-hu) and (Fa) made him (Jaåla-hu) one of (Mina) the righteous (Es'Soalihiin).
وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ
Indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyesight when they hear the Remembrance, and they will say, "Indeed, he is a madman!"
Indeed (In), those who (Ellaziina) disbelieve (Kafaru') would (La) almost (Yakaadu) make you (s) slip (Yaz'liquuna-ka) with (Bi) their eyesight (Ab'soari-him’) when (Lammaa) they hear (Samiu') the Remembrance (15:6) (Ez'Zik'ra), and (Wa) they will say (Yaquuluuna), "Indeed, he (Innahu) is (La) a madman (Maj'nuun)!"
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ
But it is only a remembrance to the worlds.
But (Wa) it (Huwa) is only (Maa illa) a remembrance (81:27) (Zik'run) to the worlds (Lil' Åålamiin).