مصحف الثريا

بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ۝١

Nun By the pen! By all they write

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ۝٢

Your Lord’s grace does not make you [Prophet] a madman

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ ۝۳

you will have a never-ending reward–&ndash

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ۝٤

truly you have a strong character–&ndash

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ۝٥

and soon you will see, as will they

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ۝٦

which of you is afflicted with madness

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ۝۷

Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who is rightly guided

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ۝۸

So do not yield to those who deny the truth–&ndash

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ۝۹

they want you to compromise with them and then they will compromise with you–&ndash

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ ۝١۰

do not yield to any contemptible swearer

هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ ۝١١

to any backbiter, slander-monger

مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ۝١٢

or hinderer of good, to anyone who is sinful, aggressive

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ۝١۳

coarse, and on top of all that, an imposter

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ ۝١٤

Just because he has wealth and sons

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٥

when our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘These are just ancient fables.’

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ۝١٦

We shall brand him on the snout

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ۝١۷

We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the mornin

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ۝١۸

and made no allowance [for the Will of God]

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ۝١۹

a disaster from your Lord struck the garden as they slep

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ۝٢۰

and by morning it was stripped bare, a desolate land

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ۝٢١

Still they called each other at daybreak

أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ ۝٢٢

‘Go early to your field if you wish to gather all its fruits,’

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ۝٢۳

and went off, whispering

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ ۝٢٤

‘Make sure no poor person enters the garden today!’–&ndash

وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ ۝٢٥

they left early, bent on their purpose

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ۝٢٦

but when they saw the garden, they said, ‘We must have lost our way

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ۝٢۷

No- we are ruined!’

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ۝٢۸

The wisest of them said, ‘Did I not say to you, “Will you not glorify God?”’

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ۝٢۹

they said, ‘Glory be to God, Our Lord! Truly, we were doing wrong!’

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ۝۳۰

and then they turned to each other in mutual reproach

قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ۝۳١

They said, ‘Alas for us! We have done terrible wrong

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ۝۳٢

but maybe our Lord will give us something better in its place: we truly turn to Him in hope.’

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْءَاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝۳۳

Such is the punishment [in this life], but greater still is the punishment in the Hereafter, if only they knew

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝۳٤

There will be Gardens of bliss for those who are mindful of God

أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝۳٥

Should We treat those who submit to Us as We treat those who do evil

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ۝۳٦

What is the matter with you? On what basis do you judge

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ ۝۳۷

Do you have a Scripture that tells yo

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ۝۳۸

that you will be granted whatever you choose

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ ۝۳۹

Have you received from Us solemn oaths, binding to the Day of Resurrection, that you will get whatever you yourselves decide

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ۝٤۰

Ask them [Prophet] which of them will guarantee this

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٤١

Do they have ‘partners’ [besides God]? Let them produce their ‘partners’, if what they say is true

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ۝٤٢

On the Day when matters become dire, they will be invited to prostrate themselves but will be prevented from doing so

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ ۝٤۳

and their eyes will be downcast and they will be overwhelmed with shame: they were invited to prostrate themselves when they were safe [but refused]

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤٤

So [Prophet] leave those who reject this revelation to Me: We shall lead them on, step by step, in ways beyond their knowledge

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ ۝٤٥

I will allow them more time, for My plan is powerful

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ۝٤٦

Do you demand some reward from them that would burden them with debt

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ۝٤۷

Do they have knowledge of the unseen that enables them to write it down

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ ۝٤۸

Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: do not be like the man in the whale who called out in distress

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ ۝٤۹

if his Lord’s grace had not reached him, he would have been left, abandoned and blameworthy, on the barren shore

فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝٥۰

but his Lord chose him and made him one of the Righteous

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ ۝٥١

The disbelievers almost strike you down with their looks when they hear the Quran. They say, ‘He must be mad!’

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٥٢

but truly it is nothing other than a Reminder for all peoples