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68 Al-Qalam ٱلْقَلَم

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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
68:1 نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
68:1
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
68:2 مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
68:2
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
68:3 وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
68:3
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
68:4 وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
68:4
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
68:5 فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
68:5
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
68:6 بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
68:6
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
68:7 إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
68:7
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance.
68:8 فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
68:8
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
68:9 وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
68:9
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
68:10 وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
68:10
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
68:11 هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
68:11
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
68:12 مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
68:12
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
68:13 عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
68:13
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
68:14 أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
68:14
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
68:15 إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
68:15
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
68:16 سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
68:16
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
68:17 إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
68:17
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
68:18 وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
68:18
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
68:19 فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
68:19
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
68:20 فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
68:20
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
68:21 فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
68:21
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
68:22 أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
68:22
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
68:23 فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
68:23
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
68:24 أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
68:24
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
68:25 وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
68:25
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
68:26 فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
68:26
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
68:27 بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
68:27
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
68:28 قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
68:28
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
68:29 قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
68:29
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
68:30 فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
68:30
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
68:31 قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
68:31
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
68:32 عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
68:32
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
68:33 كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
68:33
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
68:34 إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
68:34
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
68:35 أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
68:35
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
68:36 مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
68:36
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
68:37 أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
68:37
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
68:38 إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
68:38
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
68:39 أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
68:39
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
68:40 سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
68:40
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
68:41 أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
68:41
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
68:42 يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
68:42
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
68:43 خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
68:43
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).
68:44 فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
68:44
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
68:45 وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
68:45
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
68:46 أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
68:46
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-
68:47 أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
68:47
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
68:48 فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
68:48
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.
68:49 لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
68:49
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
68:50 فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
68:50
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
68:51 وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
68:51
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
68:52 وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
68:52
Abdullah Yusuf Ali (English) :
But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.