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Translation of the meanings Surah: Al-Qalam   Ayah:
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Al-Qalam

Ayah: 1

نٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ
1. Noon¹. By the Pen, and what they (the angels) inscribe.
1. The Qur’an is made up of such letter from the Arabic alphabet. The Arabs at the time of revelation were the unmatched masters of the Arabic language and yet when challenged were totally unable to bring anything like the Qur’an. Although these disjointed Arabic letters are referring to the inimitable nature of the Qur’an and its divine source, God knows best its meaning.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 2

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونٖ
2. You are not, [O Muhammad], by the grace of your your Lord, insane².
2. As the pagans claimed.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 3

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُونٖ
3. And indeed, you (O Muhammad) will surely have a reward uninterrupted.
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Ayah: 4

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٖ
4. And indeed, you (O Muhammad) are surely of a great moral character.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 5

فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُونَ
5. So you will see, and they [the pagans] too will see,
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Ayah: 6

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ
6. Which of you is afflicted 'by demon''.
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Ayah: 7

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
7. Indeed, your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His way, and He knows best who is 'rightly' guided.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 8

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
8. So do not obey the deniers (of the Truth).
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Ayah: 9

وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ
9. They wish that you would soften3, so they would soften too. 
3. In your position about the fundamentals of Islam - the true religion of God, so that to meet in the middle, between belief and unbelief.
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Ayah: 10

وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافٖ مَّهِينٍ
10. Obey not any worthless contemptible swearer (by falsehood)4,
4. Muhammad, God's Messenger said, "There are three (types on people with whom Allah will neither speak on the Day of Resurection nor purify them (from sins) and there will be a painful chastisement for them: A person who has spare water in a desert and he refuses to give it to the traveller; a person who sells a commodity to another person after the afternoon prayer and swears by Allah that he has bought it at such and such price, and the buyer pays him accordingly though in reality it was not true; and a person who pledges allegiance to a ruler just for some worldly benefit, and then if the ruler bestows on him (something out of that) he fulfills his allegiance, and if does not give him he does not fulfill it."
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 11

هَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ
11. A slanderer, going about with malicious gossip,
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Ayah: 12

مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
12. Withholder of good, transgressor, sinful,
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Ayah: 13

عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
13. Coarse, and besides all that, base-born (of illegitimate birth).
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Ayah: 14

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٖ وَبَنِينَ
14. Just because he had wealth and sons.
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Ayah: 15

إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
15. When Our Verses (of The Qur'an) are recited to him, he says: "Legends of the ancients.”
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 16

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ
16. We shall soon brand him on the snout.
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Ayah: 17

إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ
17. We have tested 'these pagans" as We tested the owners of the garden, when they swore they would surely harvest all its fruit in the (early) morning,
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Ayah: 18

وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ
18. And made no exception (for the Will of Allah)5.
5. By saying if Allāh wills, or without leaving some for the poor.

   
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 19

فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ
19. Then there came upon it (the garden) a (destructive) visitation from 'Allāh' your Lord, while they were sleeping.
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Ayah: 20

فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
20. So it became as black, barren land.
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Ayah: 21

فَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
21. Then in the early morning they called out to each other,
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Ayah: 22

أَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ
22. (Saying): "Go early to your harvest if you want to pick all 'the fruits."
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Ayah: 23

فَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
23. So they went off, whispering to one another,
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Ayah: 24

أَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينٞ
24."Let no poor person enter upon you (into the garden) this day (to ask for help).”
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Ayah: 25

وَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ
25. And they went early firm in (this unjust) resolve6.
6. To carry out their plan to keep the poor away, confident of their ability, thinking that they have powers to prevent the poor from taking any of the fruits.
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Ayah: 26

فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
26. But when they saw it [utterly destroyed], they said: "We have surely gone astray."
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Ayah: 27

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ
27. Rather, We are deprived (of the fruits).
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Ayah: 28

قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
28. The most moderate of them said: "Did I not tell you why do you not glorify 'Allāh?"
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Ayah: 29

قَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
29. They said: "Glory be to our Lord - we have been unjust."
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Ayah: 30

فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
30. Then they turned to one another, throwing blame.
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Ayah: 31

قَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ
31. They said: "Woe to us, we were certainly transgressors."
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Ayah: 32

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
32. Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us a better [garden] than it. We are turning to our Lord in hope)7.
7. Of His mercy, forgiveness, and bounty.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 33

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ
33. Such is the chastisement (in this life), and the Chastisement of the Hereafter is more grievous - if only they knew.
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Ayah: 34

إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
34. Indeed, the righteous shall have near their Lord 'Allāh'.gardens of Bliss.
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Ayah: 35

أَفَنَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ كَٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
35. Shall We then treat the Muslims (who submit to God’s will) as the wicked.
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Ayah: 36

مَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ
36. What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
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Ayah: 37

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَٰبٞ فِيهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ
37. Or have you a scripture in which you read,
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Ayah: 38

إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
38. that you will surely have therein whatever you choose?
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Ayah: 39

أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَيۡمَٰنٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ
39Or do you have oaths binding on us reaching until the Day of Resurrection, that you will have whatever you judge?
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Ayah: 40

سَلۡهُمۡ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
40. Ask them 'O Muhammad" which of them can guarantee that.
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Ayah: 41

أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ
41. Or do they have associate-gods 'besides Allāh'? Then let them bring their associate-gods8, if they are truthful.
8. I.e., those to whom they attribute divinity other than Allāh, or partners to Him from among themselves.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 42

يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقٖ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
42. On the Day when the Shin will be bared9, and they (the deniers and hypocrites) will be called upon to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so10,
9. In accordance with authentic ḥadīths: "The Shin" here refers to that of Allāh, before which every believer will prostrate on the Day of Judgement. Another meaning of the verse: When legs are bared and everyone will find before him great difficulty.
10. As they failed to do so willingly in this worldly life.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 43

خَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُواْ يُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَٰلِمُونَ
43. With eyes cast down, humiliation will cover them; and indeed they used to be called to prostrate, while they were sound (of health and able to prostrate).
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 44

فَذَرۡنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِۖ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
44. So leave Me 'to deal' with those who reject this 'Divine' message (Qur’an); We shall gradually draw them (to their ruin), from where they perceive not.
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Ayah: 45

وَأُمۡلِي لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ كَيۡدِي مَتِينٌ
45. I will 'even' give them some time. My plan is so firm 'that they will not be able to escape from it'.
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Ayah: 46

أَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ
46. Or do you ask them for a reward (for this Message), so they are overburdened by debt?
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Ayah: 47

أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ
47.  Or do they have (the knowledge of) the unseen, so they are the ones who write it down.
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Ayah: 48

فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومٞ
48. So be patient for the decision of your Lord 'O Muhammad', and be not like the fellow of the whale (Jonah), when he cried out in anguish11.
11. While inside the belly of the whale.
Arabic explanations of the Qur’an:

Ayah: 49

لَّوۡلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومٞ
49. Had not a grace from his Lord 'Allāh' reached him, he would have been cast forth upon the barren shore while he was blameworthy12.
12. But instead, Allāh accepted his repentance and delivered him from that.
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Ayah: 50

فَٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ
50. So his Lord chose him, and made him of the righteous.
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Ayah: 51

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
51. Those who disbelieve would almost make you 'Muhammad' slip with their eyes (through hatred) when they hear the Reminder (the Qur’an), and they say: "He is certainly out of his mind."
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Ayah: 52

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ
52. But it (this Qur’an) is only a reminder to all the nations.
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