| | Shakir rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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| 68:1 | | Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write |
| 68:2 | | By the grace of your Lord you are not mad |
| 68:3 | | And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off |
| 68:4 | | And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality |
| 68:5 | | So you shall see, and they (too) shall see |
| 68:6 | | Which of you is afflicted with madness |
| 68:7 | | Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course |
| 68:8 | | So do not yield to the rejecters |
| 68:9 | | They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant |
| 68:10 | | And yield not to any mean sweare |
| 68:11 | | Defamer, going about with slande |
| 68:12 | | Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful |
| 68:13 | | Ignoble, besides all that, base-born |
| 68:14 | | Because he possesses wealth and sons |
| 68:15 | | When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore |
| 68:16 | | We will brand him on the nose |
| 68:17 | | Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the morning |
| 68:18 | | And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor) |
| 68:19 | | Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping |
| 68:20 | | So it became as black, barren land |
| 68:21 | | And they called out to each other in the morning |
| 68:22 | | Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce) |
| 68:23 | | So they went, while they consulted together secretly |
| 68:24 | | Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you |
| 68:25 | | And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent |
| 68:26 | | But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astra |
| 68:27 | | Nay! we are made to suffer privation |
| 68:28 | | The best of them said: Did I not say 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 do we make our humble petition |
| 68:33 | | Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know |
| 68:34 | | Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss |
| 68:35 | | What! shall We then make (that is, treat) those who submit as the guilty |
| 68:36 | | What has happened to you? How do you judge |
| 68:37 | | Or have you a book wherein you read |
| 68:38 | | That you have surely therein what you choose |
| 68:39 | | Or have you received from Us an agreement confirmed by an oath extending to the day of resurrection that you shall surely have what you demand |
| 68:40 | | Ask them which of them will vouch for that |
| 68:41 | | Or have they associates if they are truthful |
| 68:42 | | On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able |
| 68:43 | | Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe |
| 68:44 | | So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not |
| 68:45 | | And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm |
| 68:46 | | Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt |
| 68:47 | | Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down |
| 68:48 | | So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress |
| 68:49 | | Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found while he was blamed |
| 68:50 | | Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good |
| 68:51 | | And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad |
| 68:52 | | And it is naught but a reminder to the nations |
