(1)
نٓ
Nun
وَٱلْقَلَمِ
By the pen
وَمَا
and what
يَسْطُرُونَ
they write
(2)
مَآ
Not
أَنتَ
you (are)
بِنِعْمَةِ
by (the) Grace
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
بِمَجْنُونٍ
a madman
(3)
وَإِنَّ
And indeed
لَكَ
for you
لَأَجْرًا
surely (is) a reward
غَيْرَ
without
مَمْنُونٍ
end
(4)
وَإِنَّكَ
And indeed you
لَعَلَىٰ
surely (are)
خُلُقٍ
(of) a moral character
عَظِيمٍ
great
(5)
فَسَتُبْصِرُ
So soon you will see
وَيُبْصِرُونَ
and they will see
(6)
بِأَييِّكُمُ
Which of you
ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
(is) the afflicted one
(7)
إِنَّ
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
هُوَ
He
أَعْلَمُ
(is) most knowing
بِمَن
of (he) who
ضَلَّ
has strayed
عَن
from
سَبِيلِهِۦ
His way
وَهُوَ
and He
أَعْلَمُ
(is) most knowing
بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
of the guided ones
(8)
فَلَا
So (do) not
تُطِعِ
obey
ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
the deniers
(9)
وَدُّوا۟
They wish
لَوْ
that
تُدْهِنُ
you should compromise
فَيُدْهِنُونَ
so they would compromise
(10)
وَلَا
And (do) not
تُطِعْ
obey
كُلَّ
every
حَلَّافٍ
habitual swearer
مَّهِينٍ
worthless
(11)
هَمَّازٍ
Defamer
مَّشَّآءٍۭ
going about
بِنَمِيمٍ
with malicious gossip
(12)
مَّنَّاعٍ
A preventer
لِّلْخَيْرِ
of (the) good
مُعْتَدٍ
transgressor
أَثِيمٍ
sinful
(13)
عُتُلٍّۭ
Cruel
بَعْدَ
after
ذَٰلِكَ
(all) that
زَنِيمٍ
utterly useless
(14)
أَن
Because
كَانَ
(he) is
ذَا
a possessor
مَالٍ
(of) wealth
وَبَنِينَ
and children
(15)
إِذَا
When
تُتْلَىٰ
are recited
عَلَيْهِ
to him
ءَايَٰتُنَا
Our Verses
قَالَ
he says
أَسَٰطِيرُ
"Stories
ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
(of) the former (people)"
(16)
سَنَسِمُهُۥ
We will brand him
عَلَى
on
ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
the snout
(17)
إِنَّا
Indeed We
بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ
have tried them
كَمَا
as
بَلَوْنَآ
We tried
أَصْحَٰبَ
(the) companions
ٱلْجَنَّةِ
(of) the garden
إِذْ
when
أَقْسَمُوا۟
they swore
لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا
to pluck its fruit
مُصْبِحِينَ
(in the) morning
(18)
وَلَا
And not
يَسْتَثْنُونَ
making exception
(19)
فَطَافَ
So there came
عَلَيْهَا
upon it
طَآئِفٌ
a visitation
مِّن
from
رَّبِّكَ
your Lord
وَهُمْ
while they
نَآئِمُونَ
were asleep
(20)
فَأَصْبَحَتْ
So it became
كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
as if reaped