Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe,

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

So you will see and they will see

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

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

Then do not obey the deniers.

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

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

˹And˺ scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

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

We will brand him upon the snout.

نٓۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونࣲ

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمࣲ

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافࣲ مَّهِينٍ

هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمࣲ

مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

عُتُلِّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالࣲ وَبَنِينَ

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ

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

Without making exception.

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

And it became as though reaped.

And they called one another at morning,

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

So they set out, while lowering their voices,

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

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

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

Rather, we have been deprived."

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

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

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.

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

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

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

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينࣱ

وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدࣲ قَٰدِرِينَ

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضࣲ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ

قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرࣰا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

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

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?

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

Or do you have a scripture in which you learn

That indeed for you is whatever you choose?

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

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

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

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبࣱ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ