Surah Al-Qalam
68Say in sha Allah, share your good with those in need, and hold on to good character
One branch per meaning, one node per verse. Reveal the branches one at a time; listen to each branch and repeat it before the next.
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نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ
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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ
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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ
(Nun) is one of the separate letters; we read it as it is. Allah swears by the pen and by the good and the knowledge people write: O Muhammad, peace be upon him, by your Lord's favour you are not mad; you have a reward that never ends, and you have a great character.- ٥

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
You will see and they will see which of you is the one led astray. Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His way and who is rightly guided. So do not obey the deniers; they wish you would soften in your religion so that they would soften towards you.- ١٠

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ
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هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ
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مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
And do not obey any man who swears a lot, a worthless liar, who mocks people and carries tales between them to cause trouble, who holds back good, an aggressive sinner, cruel and base. He grew proud because he had wealth and sons; when Our verses are recited to him he says: tales of the ancients. We will brand him on the nose.- ١٧

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
We tested the people of Makkah as We tested the owners of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit early in the morning so the poor would get none, and they did not say: if Allah wills. So Allah burned it in the night while they slept, and it became black.- ٢١

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ
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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ
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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ
In the morning they called to one another: go early to your crop. So they set off whispering: no poor person will enter your garden today. They went out early, sure they were able to do it.- ٢٦

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
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قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ
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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
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كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
When they saw it they said: we are lost! No, we have been deprived. The fairest of them said: did I not tell you, why do you not glorify Allah? They said: glory be to our Lord, we were wrongdoers; perhaps our Lord will give us something better; we turn to our Lord in hope.- ٣٤

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ
For the righteous there are gardens of delight with their Lord. Shall We treat the Muslims like the criminals? What is wrong with you, how do you judge? Do you have a book that gives you whatever you choose? Or promises binding on Us? Or partners? Let them bring them, if they are truthful.- ٤٢

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ
On the Day of Resurrection matters become hard, and Allah uncovers His shin in a way that befits His majesty; the believers prostrate to Him, while the disbelievers are called to prostrate and cannot, eyes lowered; they used to be called to prayer while healthy and refused.- ٤٤

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
So leave Me with those who deny this Quran. We will lead them step by step from where they do not know, and I give them time; My plan is firm. Or do you ask them for a payment, so they are weighed down by debt? Or do they have the unseen, so they write it down?- ٤٨

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ
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فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
Be patient with your Lord's decision, and do not be like the companion of the whale, Jonah, peace be upon him, when he called out to his Lord full of distress. Had a favour from his Lord not reached him, he would have been cast on the bare shore, blamed. But his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous.- ٥١

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ
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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ
When the disbelievers hear the Quran, they almost strike you down with their looks out of hatred, and they say: he is mad. But the Quran is nothing but a reminder for all the worlds, humans and jinn.










