| | Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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| 68:1 | | Noon. By the Pen and that (the angels) write |
| 68:2 | | you are not, because of the favor of your Lord, mad |
| 68:3 | | Indeed, there is an unfailing wage for you |
| 68:4 | | Surely, you (Prophet Muhammad) are of a great morality |
| 68:5 | | You shall see and they will se |
| 68:6 | | which of you is the demented |
| 68:7 | | Indeed, your Lord knows very well those who strayed from His Path, and those who are guided |
| 68:8 | | Therefore, do not obey those who belie |
| 68:9 | | they wish you would compromise, then, they would compromise |
| 68:10 | | And do not obey every mean swearer |
| 68:11 | | the backbiter who goes about slandering |
| 68:12 | | those who hinder good, the guilty aggressor |
| 68:13 | | the crude of low characte |
| 68:14 | | because he has wealth and sons |
| 68:15 | | When Our verses are recited to him, he says: 'They are but fairytales of the ancients! |
| 68:16 | | We shall mark him upon his nose |
| 68:17 | | We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden who had sworn that in the morning they would reap it |
| 68:18 | | without adding to their swearing, (Allah willing, InshaAllah) |
| 68:19 | | Then, a visitation from your Lord came down upon it while they slept |
| 68:20 | | and in the morning it was if the garden had been reaped |
| 68:21 | | (Then) in the morning they called out to one another, saying |
| 68:22 | | 'Come out to your tillage if you want to reap! |
| 68:23 | | And so they departed, whispering to one another |
| 68:24 | | 'No needy person shall set foot in it today. |
| 68:25 | | And they went out early, determined in their resolve |
| 68:26 | | But when they saw it they said: 'We have surely gone astray |
| 68:27 | | No, rather, we have been prevented! |
| 68:28 | | (Whereupon) the best among them said: 'Did I not say to you to exalt (Allah)? |
| 68:29 | | 'Exaltations to Allah, our Lord, ' they said, 'We were truly harmdoers. |
| 68:30 | | And they came blaming one another |
| 68:31 | | They said 'Woe to us, truly we were insolent! |
| 68:32 | | It may be that our Lord will give us better than it in exchange. To our Lord we humbly turn. |
| 68:33 | | Such was their punishment. But the punishment of the Everlasting Life is much greater, if they but knew |
| 68:34 | | Surely, the cautious shall have Gardens of Bliss with their Lord |
| 68:35 | | What, shall We make those who are submissive like the wrongdoers |
| 68:36 | | What is the matter with you then, how do you judge |
| 68:37 | | Or, have you a Book from which you stud |
| 68:38 | | surely in it you shall have whatever you choose |
| 68:39 | | Or, have you an oath from Us that stretches to the Day of Resurrection (if so) you shall surely have what you judge |
| 68:40 | | Ask them, which of them will guarantee that |
| 68:41 | | Or, do they have associates? Then let them bring their associates, if what they say is true |
| 68:42 | | On the Day when the leg shall be bared, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves, they will be unable |
| 68:43 | | Their eyes will be humbled, and humiliation shall spread over them for they were already ordered to prostrate themselves when they were undiminished |
| 68:44 | | Therefore, leave Me with he who belied this discourse. We will draw them on little by little from where they do not know |
| 68:45 | | I shall respite them, My stratagem is firm |
| 68:46 | | Or, do you ask them for a wage, so that they are burdened withdebt |
| 68:47 | | Or, is the Unseen with them, and they are writing it down |
| 68:48 | | So be patient with the judgement of your Lord and do not be like the Companion of the Whale (Jonah), when he called out choking inwardly |
| 68:49 | | Had the favor of his Lord not come upon him, he would have been blamed, cast upon the shore |
| 68:50 | | But his Lord had chosen him and He placed him among the righteous |
| 68:51 | | When the unbelievers hear the Reminder, they nearly strike you down with their glances, and say: 'Surely, he is mad! |
| 68:52 | | But it is nothing other than a Reminder for all the worlds |
