| | Edward Henry Palmer rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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| 68:1 | | N. By the pen, and what they write |
| 68:2 | | thou art not, by God's grace, mad |
| 68:3 | | and, verily, thine is a hire that is not grudged |
| 68:4 | | and, verily, thou art of a grand nature |
| 68:5 | | But thou shalt see and they shall se |
| 68:6 | | which of you is the infatuated |
| 68:7 | | Verily, thy Lord He knows best who errs from His way; and He knows best those who are guided |
| 68:8 | | Then obey not those who call thee liar |
| 68:9 | | they would fain that thou shouldst be smooth with them, then would they be smooth with thee |
| 68:10 | | And obey not any mean swearer |
| 68:11 | | a back-biter, a walker about with slander |
| 68:12 | | a forbidder of good, a transgressor, a sinner |
| 68:13 | | rude, and base-born too |
| 68:14 | | though he have wealth and sons |
| 68:15 | | When our signs are recited to him he says, 'Old folks' tales! |
| 68:16 | | We will brand him on the snout |
| 68:17 | | Verily, we have tried them as we tried the fellows of the garden when they swore, 'We will cut its fruit at morn! |
| 68:18 | | But they made not the exception |
| 68:19 | | and there came round about it an encompassing calamity from thy Lord the while they slept |
| 68:20 | | and on the morrow it was as one the fruit of which is cut |
| 68:21 | | And they cried to each other in the morning |
| 68:22 | | 'Go early to your tilth if ye would cut it! |
| 68:23 | | So they set off, saying privily to each other |
| 68:24 | | 'There shall surely enter it today unto you no poor person! |
| 68:25 | | And they went early deciding to be stingy |
| 68:26 | | And when they saw it they said, 'Verily, we have erred |
| 68:27 | | Nay, we are forbidden (its fruit)! |
| 68:28 | | Said the most moderate of them, 'Said I not to you, "unless ye celebrate God's praises!" |
| 68:29 | | Said they, 'Celebrated be the praises of our Lord! verily, we were unjust! |
| 68:30 | | And they approached each other with mutual blame |
| 68:31 | | Said they, 'O woe to us! verily, we have been outrageous |
| 68:32 | | Haply our Lord may give us instead a better than it; verily, we unto our Lord do yearn. |
| 68:33 | | Thus is the torment, but, verily, the torment of the hereafter is greater, if ye did but know |
| 68:34 | | Verily, for the pious with their Lord are gardens of pleasure |
| 68:35 | | Shall we then make the Muslims like the sinners |
| 68:36 | | What ails you? how ye judge |
| 68:37 | | Or have ye a book in which ye can study |
| 68:38 | | that ye are surely to have what ye may choose |
| 68:39 | | Or have ye oaths binding on us until the judgment day that ye are surely to have what ye may judge |
| 68:40 | | Ask them, which of them will vouch for this |
| 68:41 | | Or have they partners, then let them bring their partners if they do speak the truth |
| 68:42 | | On the day when the leg shall be bared; and they shall be called to adore and shall not be able |
| 68:43 | | Lowering their looks, abasement shall attack them, for they were called to adore while yet they were safe |
| 68:44 | | But let me alone with him who calls this new discourse a lie. We will surely bring them down by degrees from whence they do not know |
| 68:45 | | And I will let them have their way! for my device is sure |
| 68:46 | | Or dost thou ask them a hire for it while they are burdened with debts |
| 68:47 | | Or have they the knowledge of the unseen, so that they write |
| 68:48 | | But wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and be not like the fellow of the fish, when he cried out as he was choking with rage |
| 68:49 | | Had it not been that grace from his Lord reached him, he would have been cast out on the naked (shore) and blamed the while |
| 68:50 | | But his Lord elected him, and made him of the pious |
| 68:51 | | The misbelievers well-nigh upset thee with their looks when they hear the reminder, and they say, 'Surely he is mad! |
| 68:52 | | And yet it is but a reminder to the worlds |
