Arabic text and English translation

Saheeh International

1. خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ

   Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.

   القلم 43

2. فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

   So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.

   القلم 44

3. وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

   And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

   القلم 45

4. أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

   Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

   القلم 46

5. أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

   Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

   القلم 47

6. فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

   Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.

   القلم 48

7. لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

   If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.

   القلم 49

8. فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

   And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

   القلم 50

9. وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ

   And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."

   القلم 51

10. وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

    But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

    القلم 52

11. ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

    The Inevitable Reality -

    الحاقة 1

12. مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

    What is the Inevitable Reality?

    الحاقة 2

13. وَمَآ أَدْرَىٰكَ مَا ٱلْحَآقَّةُ

    And what can make you know what is the Inevitable Reality?

    الحاقة 3

14. كَذَّبَتْ ثَمُودُ وَعَادٌۢ بِٱلْقَارِعَةِ

    Thamūd and ʿAad denied the Striking Calamity [i.e., the Resurrection].

    الحاقة 4

15. فَأَمَّا ثَمُودُ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِٱلطَّاغِيَةِ

    So as for Thamūd, they were destroyed by the overpowering [blast].

    الحاقة 5

16. وَأَمَّا عَادٌ فَأُهْلِكُوا۟ بِرِيحٍ صَرْصَرٍ عَاتِيَةٍ

    And as for ʿAad, they were destroyed by a screaming, violent wind

    الحاقة 6

17. سَخَّرَهَا عَلَيْهِمْ سَبْعَ لَيَالٍ وَثَمَـٰنِيَةَ أَيَّامٍ حُسُومًا فَتَرَى ٱلْقَوْمَ فِيهَا صَرْعَىٰ كَأَنَّهُمْ أَعْجَازُ نَخْلٍ خَاوِيَةٍ

    Which He [i.e., Allāh] imposed upon them for seven nights and eight days in succession, so you would see the people therein fallen as if they were hollow trunks of palm trees.

    الحاقة 7

18. فَهَلْ تَرَىٰ لَهُم مِّنۢ بَاقِيَةٍ

    Then do you see of them any remains?

    الحاقة 8