Plain Arabic & English text (Surat Al-Qalam)
Ayah 1
نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
Nun By the pen and what they write
Ayah 2
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
Not you (are) by (the) Grace (of) your Lord a madman
Ayah 3
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
And indeed for you surely (is) a reward without end
Ayah 4
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
And indeed, you surely (are) (of) a moral character great
Ayah 5
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
So you will see and they will see
Ayah 6
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
Which of you (is) the afflicted one
Ayah 7
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
Indeed your Lord He (is) most knowing of (he) who has strayed from His way and He (is) most knowing of the guided ones
Ayah 8
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
So (do) not obey the deniers
Ayah 9
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
They wish that you should compromise so they would compromise
Ayah 10
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
And (do) not obey every habitual swearer worthless
Ayah 11
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
Defamer going about with malicious gossip
Ayah 12
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
A preventer of (the) good transgressor sinful
Ayah 13
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
Cruel after (all) that utterly useless
Ayah 14
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
Because (he) is a possessor (of) wealth and children
Ayah 15
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
When are recited to him Our Verses he says Stories (of) the former (people)
Ayah 16
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
We will brand him on the snout
Ayah 17
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried (the) companions (of) the garden when they swore to pluck its fruit (in the) morning
Ayah 18
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
And not making exception
Ayah 19
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
So there came upon it a visitation from your Lord while they were asleep
Ayah 20
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
So it became as if reaped
Ayah 21
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
And they called one another (at) morning
Ayah 22
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
That Go early to your crop if you would pluck (the) fruit
Ayah 23
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
So they went while they lowered (their) voices
Ayah 24
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
That Not will enter it today upon you any poor person
Ayah 25
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
And they went early with determination able
Ayah 26
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
But when they saw it they said Indeed, we (are) surely lost
Ayah 27
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
Nay We (are) deprived
Ayah 28
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
Said (the) most moderate of them Did not I tell you 'Why not you glorify (Allah)?'
Ayah 29
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
They said Glory be (to) our Lord Indeed, we [we] were wrongdoers
Ayah 30
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
Then approached some of them to others blaming each other
Ayah 31
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
They said O woe to us Indeed, we [we] were transgressors
Ayah 32
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
Perhaps our Lord [that] will substitute for us a better than it Indeed, we to our Lord turn devoutly
Ayah 33
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
Such (is) the punishment And surely the punishment (of) the Hereafter (is) greater if they know
Ayah 34
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
Indeed for the righteous with their Lord (are) Gardens (of) Delight
Ayah 35
أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals
Ayah 36
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
What (is) for you How (do) you judge
Ayah 37
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
Or (is) for you a book wherein you learn
Ayah 38
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
Indeed for you in it what you choose
Ayah 39
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
Or for you oaths from us reaching to (the) Day (of) the Resurrection indeed for you (is) what you judge
Ayah 40
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
Ask them which of them for that (is) responsible
Ayah 41
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
Or (are) for them partners Then let them bring their partners if they are truthful
Ayah 42
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
(The) Day will be uncovered from the shin and they will be called to prostrate but not they will be able
Ayah 43
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
Humbled their eyes will cover them humiliation And indeed they were called to prostrate while they (were) sound
Ayah 44
فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
So leave Me and whoever denies this Statement We will progressively lead them from where not they know
Ayah 45
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
And I will give respite to them Indeed My plan (is) firm
Ayah 46
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
Or you ask them a payment so they from (the) debt (are) burdened
Ayah 47
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
Or (is) with them the unseen so they write it
Ayah 48
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
So be patient for (the) decision (of) your Lord and (do) not be like (the) companion (of) the fish when he called out while he (was) distressed
Ayah 49
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
If not that overtook him a Favor from his Lord surely he would have been thrown onto (the) naked shore while he (was) blamed
Ayah 50
فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
But chose him his Lord and made him of the righteous
Ayah 51
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
And indeed would almost those who disbelieve surely make you slip with their look when they hear the Message and they say Indeed, he (is) surely mad
Ayah 52
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
And not it (is) but a Reminder to the worlds
Frequently asked questions
How many verses are in Surat Al-Qalam?
Surat Al-Qalam (القلم) has 52 verses.
Was Surat Al-Qalam revealed in Makkah or Madinah?
Surat Al-Qalam was revealed in Makkah.
Which Quran pages is Surat Al-Qalam on?
In the standard mushaf, Surat Al-Qalam spans pages 564 to 566.
What is Surat Al-Qalam about?
This Surah is called Nun as well as Al-Qalam, the words with which it begins.
English translation: The Clear Quran by Dr. Mustafa Khattab (Quran.com). Quran.com.