| | Maulana Muhammad Ali rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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| 68:1 | | (By) the inkstand and the pen and that which they write |
| 68:2 | | By the grace of thy Lord thou art not mad |
| 68:3 | | And surely thine is a reward never to be cut off |
| 68:4 | | And surely thou hast sublime morals |
| 68:5 | | So thou wilt see, and they (too) will see |
| 68:6 | | Which of you is mad |
| 68:7 | | Surely thy Lord knows best who is erring from His way, and He knows best those who go aright |
| 68:8 | | So obey not the rejectors |
| 68:9 | | They wish that thou shouldst be pliant, so they (too) would be pliant |
| 68:10 | | And obey not any mean swearer |
| 68:11 | | Defamer, going about with slander |
| 68:12 | | Hinderer of good, outstepping the limits, sinful |
| 68:13 | | Ignoble, besides all that, notoriously mischievous - |
| 68:14 | | Because he possess wealth and sons |
| 68:15 | | When Our messages are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore |
| 68:16 | | We shall brand him on the snout |
| 68:17 | | We shall try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore to pluck its fruits in the morning |
| 68:18 | | And would not set aside a portion (for the poor) |
| 68:19 | | But a visitation from thy Lord came on it, while they slept |
| 68:20 | | So it became as black, barren land - |
| 68:21 | | Then they called out one to another in the morning |
| 68:22 | | Saying: Go early to your tilth, if you would pluck (the fruit) |
| 68:23 | | So they went, while they said one to another in low tones |
| 68:24 | | No poor man shall enter it to-day to you - |
| 68:25 | | And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent |
| 68:26 | | But when they saw it, they said: Surely we are in error |
| 68:27 | | Nay, we are made to suffer privation |
| 68:28 | | The best of them said: Said I not to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah) |
| 68:29 | | They said: Glory be to our Lord! surely we were unjust |
| 68:30 | | Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other |
| 68:31 | | Said they: O woe to us! Surely we were inordinate - |
| 68:32 | | Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it -- surely to our Lord we make petition |
| 68:33 | | Such is the chastisement. And certainly the chastisement of the Hereafter is greater, did they but know |
| 68:34 | | Surely the dutiful have with their Lord Gardens of bliss |
| 68:35 | | Shall We then make those who submit as the guilty |
| 68:36 | | What is the matter with you? How do you judge |
| 68:37 | | Or have you a book wherein you rea |
| 68:38 | | That you shall surely have therein what you choose |
| 68:39 | | Or have you covenants from us on oath, extending to the day of Resurrection, that yours is surely what you judge |
| 68:40 | | Ask them which of them will vouch for that |
| 68:41 | | Or have they associate-gods? Then let them bring their associates, if they are truthful |
| 68:42 | | On the day when thee is a severe affliction, and they are called upon to prostrate themselves, but they are not able - |
| 68:43 | | Their looks cast down, abasement will cover them. And they were indeed called upon to prostrate themselves, while yet they were safe |
| 68:44 | | So leave Me alone with him who rejects this announcement. We shall overtake them by degrees, from whence they know not |
| 68:45 | | And I bear with them, surely My plan is firm |
| 68:46 | | Or dost thou ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt |
| 68:47 | | Or is the unseen with them so that they write (it) down |
| 68:48 | | So wait patiently for the judgment of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress |
| 68:49 | | Had not favour from his Lord reached him, he would certainly have been cast down on naked ground, while he was blamed |
| 68:50 | | Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the righteous |
| 68:51 | | And those who disbelieve would almost smite thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Surely he is mad |
| 68:52 | | And it is naught but a Reminder for the nations |
