Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe,

Noon walqalami wama yasturoon

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

Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoon

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

Wa-inna laka laajran ghayra mamnoon

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

Wa-innaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheem

So you will see and they will see.

Fasatubsiru wayubsiroon

Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

Bi-ayyikumu almaftoon

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

Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dallaAAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bilmuhtadeen

Then do not obey the deniers.

Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeen

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

Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoon

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

Wala tutiAA kulla hallafinmaheen

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

Hammazin mashsha-in binameem

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheem

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneem

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

An kana tha malinwabaneen

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

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen

We will brand him upon the snout.

Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoom

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

Inna balawnahum kamabalawna as-haba aljannati ith aqsamoolayasrimunnaha musbiheen

Without making exception.

Wala yastathnoon

So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.

Fatafa AAalayha ta-ifunmin rabbika wahum na-imoon

And it became as though reaped.

Faasbahat kassareem

And they called one another at morning,

Fatanadaw musbiheen

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

Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum inkuntum sarimeen

So they set out, while lowering their voices,

Fantalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoon

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

An la yadkhulannaha alyawmaAAalaykum miskeen

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

Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireen

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

Falamma raawha qalooinna ladalloon

Rather, we have been deprived."

Bal nahnu mahroomoon

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

Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakumlawla tusabbihoon

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

Qaloo subhana rabbinainna kunna thalimeen

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdinyatalawamoon

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

Qaloo ya waylana innakunna tagheen

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

AAasa rabbuna an yubdilanakhayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboon

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

Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabual-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon

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

Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannatiannaAAeem

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kalmujrimeen

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

Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoon

Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoon

That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroon

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

Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatunila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoon

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

Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeem

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

Am lahum shurakao falya/too bishuraka-ihimin kanoo sadiqeen

The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,

Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawnaila assujoodi fala yastateeAAoon

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

KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ilaassujoodi wahum salimoon

So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.

Fatharnee waman yukaththibubihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythula yaAAlamoon

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

Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateen

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

Am tas-aluhum ajran fahum min maghraminmuthqaloon

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

Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboon

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

Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nadawahuwa makthoom

If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatunmin rabbihi lanubitha bilAAara-i wahuwa mathmoom

And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

Fajtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahumina assaliheen

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

Wa-in yakadu allatheenakafaroo layuzliqoonaka bi-absarihim lamma samiAAooaththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoon

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

Wama huwa illa thikrunlilAAalameen