"Audhu billahi minash shaytanirrajeem"

Bismi Llaahi l-raḥmaani l-raḥeem

1. Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona;

   By Nun (the knowledge of Uluhiyyah) and the Pen (Qalam; the discloser of the knowledge) and everything it inscribes (the creator of the detailed manifestation of the knowledge as the sunnatullah)...

2. Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin;

   You are not, by the favor of your Rabb, possessed (by invisible beings; the jinn)!

3. Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin;

   Indeed, there is uninterrupted reward for you.

4. Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin;

   And indeed, you are of a great morality!

5. Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona;

   Soon you will see and they will see;

6. Biayyikumu almaftoonu;

   Who the possessed ones are!

7. Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena;

   Indeed, your Rabb knows well (from their being) who has gone astray from His way. And He knows well who has attained the reality (as He is present within their being)!

8. Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena;

   So do not follow the deniers!

9. Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona;

   They wished that you would soften in your approach (compromise), so they can show tolerance (to you)!

10. Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena;

    Do not conform to every base and imprudent habitual swearer (as they are cocooned from Allah and the sunnatullah);

11. Hammazin mashshain binameemin;

    Who mocks, reproaches and gossips;

12. MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheemin;

    Who prevents the experience of (the reality) and is guilty of transgression;

13. AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneemin;

    Stingy, ignorant and moreover branded with disbelief!

14. An kana tha malin wabaneena;

    (Will you obey him) just because he has wealth and children!

15. Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatuna qala asateeru alawwaleena;

    When he was informed of Our verses he said, “Legends of the former people.”

16. Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi;

    Soon We shall brand him by his nose (he will not be able to overlook the Truth)!

17. Inna balawnahum kama balawna ashaba aljannati ith aqsamoo layasrimunnaha musbiheena;

    Indeed, We afflicted them as We afflicted the people of the garden. When they vowed to harvest in the morning.

18. Wala yastathnoona;

    Without saying “If Allah wills”...

19. Fatafa AAalayha taifun min rabbika wahum naimoona;

    So a calamity befell the garden as they slept.

20. Faasbahat kaalssareemi;

    And it (the garden) dried and blackened!

21. Fatanadaw musbiheena;

    (When they awoke) in the morning they called out to one another:

22. Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena;

    “Go early to the crops if you are going to cut and pick.”

23. Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona;

    So they set out, whispering among themselves:

24. An la yadkhulannaha alyawma AAalaykum miskeenun;

    “There shall not enter (the garden) today any poor person!”

25. Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireena;

    They set out, assuming they had the power to prevent the poor.

26. Falamma raawha qaloo inna ladalloona;

    But when they saw the garden (destroyed), they said, “We must have come to the wrong place.”

27. Bal nahnu mahroomoona;

    “No (this is the right place), but we have incurred loss!”

28. Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum lawla tusabbihoona;

    The most reasonable one among them said, “Did I not tell you to exalt (tasbih; fulfill your servitude to your Rabb)?”

29. Qaloo subhana rabbina inna kunna thalimeena;

    They said, “Our Rabb is Subhan! Indeed, we have fallen short of giving your due!”

30. Wala yastathnoona;

    And they turned to each other and began to blame each other!

31. Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoomi;

    They said, “Woe to us! Indeed, we have been insolent!”

32. Faintalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoona;

    “Perhaps our Rabb will give in its stead one that is better! Indeed, we are (now) of those who turn to their Rabb.”

33. Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum in kuntum sarimeena;

    Such is the suffering! And the suffering of the eternal life to come is even greater! If only they knew...

34. Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati alnnaAAeemi;

    Indeed, for those who protect themselves there are Paradises of Bliss with their Rabb.

35. AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kaalmujrimeena;

    Will we treat those who have submitted (the Muslims) like those guilty of denial?

36. Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoona;

    What is wrong with you! How do you judge?

37. Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoona;

    Or do you have a book from which you learn?

38. Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroona;

    By which you are given the commands that you like (and assume you are not in compliance with the sunnatullah)!

39. Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoona;

    Or have you received a word from Us, valid until the Doomsday, that you are free to do what you like?

40. Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeemun;

    Ask them which of them takes responsibility for this (claim)?

41. Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeena;

    Or do they have partners that they associate with Us? Let them bring their partners if they are truthful!

42. Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila alssujoodi fala yastateeAAoona;

    The time when the reality becomes manifest and they are invited to prostrate (confess the nonexistence of their assumed separate existence) they will be unable to do so!

43. KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila alssujoodi wahum salimoona;

    Their eyes humbled with terror, humiliated! Whereas they used to be invited to prostrate while they were sound and in the world.

44. Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoona;

    (My Rasul) leave Me to deal (alone) with those who deny! We shall gradually take them to ruin from where they know not!

45. Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateenun;

    And I give them time... But indeed, my trap is firm!

46. Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloona;

    Or do you ask from them a return by which they feel indebted and burdened?

47. Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboona;

    Or do they have (knowledge of) the unknown (the unperceivable) which they write?

48. Faisbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoomun;

    Be patient for the judgment of your Rabb and do not be like the companion of the fish (Jonah, the Nabi)! How he had turned in distress.

49. Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bialAAarai wahuwa mathmoomun;

    If the favor of your Rabb had not reached him he would have been thrown onto the naked shore, debased!

50. Faijtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina alssaliheena;

    But his Rabb chose him and made him of the righteous (the experiencers of the reality).

51. Wain yakadu allatheena kafaroo layuzliqoonaka biabsarihim lamma samiAAoo alththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoonun;

    Indeed, those who deny the knowledge of the reality were about to knock you down with their looks when they heard the reminder (of their reality; dhikr) saying, “Indeed, he is possessed (under the influence of the jinn).”

52. Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameena;

    Whereas it is only a reminder to the people (of their essential reality)!