Sura 68:
The Pen (Al-Qalam)
Number of verses: 52
In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful
1. NuN*, the pen, and what they (the people) write.
2. You have attained a
great blessing from your Lord; you are not crazy.
3. You have attained a
recompense that is well deserved.
4. You are blessed with a
great moral character.
5. You will see, and they
will see.
6. Which of you are
condemned.
7. Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided.
8. Do not obey the
rejectors.
9. They wish that you
compromise, so they too can compromise.
10. Do not obey every
lowly swearer.
11. A slanderer, a backbiter.
12. Forbidder of charity,
a transgressor, a sinner.
13. Unappreciative, and
greedy.
14. Even though he
possessed enough money and children.
15. When our revelations
are recited to him, he says, "Tales from the past!"
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*68:1 ``NuN'' is unique among the
Quran's miraculous initials. See Appendix 1.
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16. We will mark his face.
17. We have tested them like we tested the owners of the garden who swore that they will harvest it in the morning.
18. They
were so absolutely sure.
19. A passing (storm)
from your Lord passed by it while they were asleep.
20. By morning, it was
barren.
21. They called on each
other in the morning.
22. "Let us harvest
the crop."
23. On their way, they
confided to each other.
24. That from then on,
none of them would be poor.
25. They were so
absolutely sure of their harvest.
26. But when they saw it,
they said, "We were so wrong!
27. "Now, we have
nothing!"
They Should Have Said: "God Willing."
28. The righteous
among them said, "If only you had glorified (God)!"
29. They said,
"Glory be to our Lord. We have transgressed."
30. They started to blame
each other.
31. They said, "Woe
to us. We sinned.
32. "May our Lord
grant us a better one. We repent to our Lord."
33. Such was the requital. But the retribution of the Hereafter is far worse, if they only knew.
34. The righteous have deserved, at their Lord, gardens of bliss.
35. Shall we treat the
Submitters like the criminals?
36. What is wrong with
your logic?
37. Do you have
another book to uphold?
38. In it, do you find
anything you want?
39. Or, have you received
solemn assurances from us that grant you whatever you wish on the
Day of Resurrection?
40. Ask them,
"Who guarantees this for you?"
41. Do they have idols?
Let their idols help them, if they are truthful.
42. The day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to fall prostrate, but they will be unable to.
43. With their eyes subdued, humiliation will cover them. They were invited to fall prostrate when they were whole and able.
44. Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive.
45. I will give them enough rope; My scheming is formidable.
46. Are you asking them for money, so they are burdened by the fine?
47. Do they know the future? Do they have it recorded?
48. You shall steadfastly persevere in carrying out the commands of your Lord. Do not be like (Jonah) who called from inside the fish.
49. If it were not for
his Lord's grace, he would have been ejected into the desert as a
sinner.
50. But his Lord blessed
him, and made him righteous.
51. Those who disbelieved show their ridicule in their eyes when they hear the message and say, "He is crazy!"
52. It is
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