بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
68:1
نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
68:1
Nun. By the pen and what they inscribe, - Saheeh International (English)
68:2
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
68:2
You are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman. - Saheeh International (English)
68:3
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
68:3
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted. - Saheeh International (English)
68:4
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
68:4
And indeed, you are of a great moral character. - Saheeh International (English)
68:5
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
68:5
So you will see and they will see - Saheeh International (English)
68:6
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
68:6
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil]. - Saheeh International (English)
68:7
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
68:7
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided. - Saheeh International (English)
68:8
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
68:8
Then do not obey the deniers. - Saheeh International (English)
68:9
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
68:9
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you]. - Saheeh International (English)
68:10
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
68:10
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer - Saheeh International (English)
68:11
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
68:11
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip - - Saheeh International (English)
68:12
مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
68:12
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful, - Saheeh International (English)
68:13
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
68:13
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender. - Saheeh International (English)
68:14
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
68:14
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children, - Saheeh International (English)
68:15
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
68:15
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples." - Saheeh International (English)
68:16
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
68:16
We will brand him upon the snout. - Saheeh International (English)
68:17
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
68:17
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning - Saheeh International (English)
68:18
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
68:18
Without making exception. - Saheeh International (English)
68:19
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
68:19
So there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep. - Saheeh International (English)
68:20
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
68:20
And it became as though reaped. - Saheeh International (English)
68:21
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
68:21
And they called one another at morning, - Saheeh International (English)
68:22
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
68:22
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit." - Saheeh International (English)
68:23
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
68:23
So they set out, while lowering their voices, - Saheeh International (English)
68:24
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
68:24
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person." - Saheeh International (English)
68:25
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
68:25
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able. - Saheeh International (English)
68:26
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
68:26
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost; - Saheeh International (English)
68:27
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
68:27
Rather, we have been deprived." - Saheeh International (English)
68:28
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
68:28
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]?' " - Saheeh International (English)
68:29
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
68:29
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers." - Saheeh International (English)
68:30
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
68:30
Then they approached one another, blaming each other. - Saheeh International (English)
68:31
قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
68:31
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors. - Saheeh International (English)
68:32
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
68:32
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous." - Saheeh International (English)
68:33
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
68:33
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew. - Saheeh International (English)
68:34
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
68:34
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure. - Saheeh International (English)
68:35
أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
68:35
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals? - Saheeh International (English)
68:36
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
68:36
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge? - Saheeh International (English)
68:37
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
68:37
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn - Saheeh International (English)
68:38
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
68:38
That indeed for you is whatever you choose? - Saheeh International (English)
68:39
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
68:39
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge? - Saheeh International (English)
68:40
سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
68:40
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible. - Saheeh International (English)
68:41
أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
68:41
Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful. - Saheeh International (English)
68:42
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
68:42
The Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able, - Saheeh International (English)
68:43
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
68:43
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound. - Saheeh International (English)
68:44
فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
68:44
So leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know. - Saheeh International (English)
68:45
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
68:45
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm. - Saheeh International (English)
68:46
أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
68:46
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down? - Saheeh International (English)
68:47
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
68:47
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down? - Saheeh International (English)
68:48
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
68:48
Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed. - Saheeh International (English)
68:49
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
68:49
If not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured. - Saheeh International (English)
68:50
فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
68:50
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous. - Saheeh International (English)
68:51
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
68:51
And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad." - Saheeh International (English)
68:52
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
68:52
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds. - Saheeh International (English)