Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,  

ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ  

You are not, ˹O Muhammad˺, by the favor of your Lord, a madman.  

مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ  

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.  

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ  

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.  

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ  

So you will see and they will see  

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ  

Which of you is the afflicted ˹by a devil˺.  

بِأَيْيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ  

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

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ  

Then do not obey the deniers.  

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ  

They wish that you would soften ˹in your position˺, so they would soften ˹toward you˺.  

وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ  

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer  

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ  

˹And˺ scorner, going about with malicious gossip -  

هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ  

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,  

مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ  

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.  

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ  

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,  

أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ  

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

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ  

We will brand him upon the snout.  

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ  

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

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ  

Without making exception.  

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ  

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

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ  

And it became as though reaped.  

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ  

And they called one another at morning,  

فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ  

˹Saying˺, "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."  

أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ  

So they set out, while lowering their voices,  

فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ  

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

أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِينٌ  

And they went early in determination, ˹assuming themselves˺ able.  

وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ  

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

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ  

Rather, we have been deprived."  

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ  

The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt ˹Allah˺?' "  

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ  

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

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ  

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.  

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ  

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

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ  

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

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ  

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

كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ  

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

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ  

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?  

أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ  

What is ˹the matter˺ with you? How do you judge?  

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ  

Or do you have a scripture in which you learn  

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ  

That indeed for you is whatever you choose?  

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ  

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

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ  

Ask them which of them, for that ˹claim˺, is responsible.  

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ  

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

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ  

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

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ  

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

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ  

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.  

فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ  

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

وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ  

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

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ  

Or have they ˹knowledge of˺ the unseen, so they write ˹it˺ down?  

أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ  

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.  

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ  

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

لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ  

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

فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ