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Sūrah 68

al-Qalam

The Pen · 52 verses
Bismillāhir-Raḥmānir-Raḥeem
  1. 1Nun. By the pen and what they inscribeنٓۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُونَ
  2. 2You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madmanمَآ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونٖ
  3. 3And indeed, for you is a reward uninterruptedوَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُونٖ
  4. 4And indeed, you are of a great moral characterوَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٖ
  5. 5So you will see and they will seeفَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُونَ
  6. 6Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ
  7. 7Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guidedإِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
  8. 8Then do not obey the deniersفَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
  9. 9They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you]وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ
  10. 10And do not obey every worthless habitual swearerوَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافٖ مَّهِينٍ
  11. 11[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossipهَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ
  12. 12A preventer of good, transgressing and sinfulمَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
  13. 13Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretenderعُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
  14. 14Because he is a possessor of wealth and childrenأَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٖ وَبَنِينَ
  15. 15When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoplesإِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
  16. 16We will brand him upon the snoutسَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ
  17. 17Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morningإِنَّا بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَآ أَصۡحَٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُواْ لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِينَ
  18. 18Without making exceptionوَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ
  19. 19So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleepفَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآئِفٞ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآئِمُونَ
  20. 20And it became as though reapedفَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
  21. 21And they called one another at morningفَتَنَادَوۡاْ مُصۡبِحِينَ
  22. 22[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruitأَنِ ٱغۡدُواْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَٰرِمِينَ
  23. 23So they set out, while lowering their voicesفَٱنطَلَقُواْ وَهُمۡ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
  24. 24[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor personأَن لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُم مِّسۡكِينٞ
  25. 25And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] ableوَغَدَوۡاْ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدٖ قَٰدِرِينَ
  26. 26But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lostفَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوٓاْ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
  27. 27Rather, we have been deprivedبَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ
  28. 28The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
  29. 29They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoersقَالُواْ سُبۡحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ
  30. 30Then they approached one another, blaming each otherفَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضٖ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ
  31. 31They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressorsقَالُواْ يَٰوَيۡلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ
  32. 32Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirousعَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبۡدِلَنَا خَيۡرٗا مِّنۡهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
  33. 33Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knewكَذَٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُواْ يَعۡلَمُونَ
  34. 34Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasureإِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
  35. 35Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminalsأَفَنَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِينَ كَٱلۡمُجۡرِمِينَ
  36. 36What is [the matter] with you? How do you judgeمَا لَكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ
  37. 37Or do you have a scripture in which you learnأَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَٰبٞ فِيهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ
  38. 38That indeed for you is whatever you chooseإِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
  39. 39Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judgeأَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَيۡمَٰنٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ
  40. 40Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsibleسَلۡهُمۡ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
  41. 41Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthfulأَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ فَلۡيَأۡتُواْ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمۡ إِن كَانُواْ صَٰدِقِينَ
  42. 42The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be ableيَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقٖ وَيُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيعُونَ
  43. 43Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were soundخَٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٞۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُواْ يُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَٰلِمُونَ
  44. 44So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not knowفَذَرۡنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِيثِۖ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَعۡلَمُونَ
  45. 45And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firmوَأُمۡلِي لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ كَيۡدِي مَتِينٌ
  46. 46Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened downأَمۡ تَسۡـَٔلُهُمۡ أَجۡرٗا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمٖ مُّثۡقَلُونَ
  47. 47Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] downأَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُونَ
  48. 48Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressedفَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومٞ
  49. 49If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censuredلَّوۡلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةٞ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومٞ
  50. 50And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteousفَٱجۡتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
  51. 51And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is madوَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُواْ لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُواْ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونٞ
  52. 52But it is not except a reminder to the worldsوَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرٞ لِّلۡعَٰلَمِينَ