| | Ali Quli Qara'i rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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| 68:1 | | Nun. By the Pen and what they write |
| 68:2 | | you are not, by your Lord’s blessing, crazy |
| 68:3 | | and yours indeed will be an everlasting reward |
| 68:4 | | and indeed you possess a great character |
| 68:5 | | You will see and they will see |
| 68:6 | | which one of you is crazy |
| 68:7 | | Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided |
| 68:8 | | So do not obey the deniers |
| 68:9 | | who are eager that you should be pliable, so that they may be pliable [towards you] |
| 68:10 | | And do not obey any vile swearer |
| 68:11 | | scandal-monger, talebearer |
| 68:12 | | hinderer of all good, sinful transgressor |
| 68:13 | | callous and, on top of that, baseborn |
| 68:14 | | —[only] because he has wealth and children |
| 68:15 | | When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!&rsquo |
| 68:16 | | Soon We shall brand him on the snout |
| 68:17 | | Indeed we have tested them just as We tested the People of the Garden when they vowed they would gather its fruit at dawn |
| 68:18 | | and they did not make any exception |
| 68:19 | | Then a visitation from your Lord visited it while they were asleep |
| 68:20 | | So by the dawn it was like a harvested field |
| 68:21 | | At dawn they called out to one another |
| 68:22 | | ‘Get off early to your field if you have to gather [the fruits].&rsquo |
| 68:23 | | So off they went, murmuring to one another |
| 68:24 | | ‘Today no needy man shall come to you in it.&rsquo |
| 68:25 | | They set out early morning, [considering themselves] able to grudge |
| 68:26 | | But when they saw it, they said, ‘We have indeed lost our way!&rsquo |
| 68:27 | | ‘No, we are deprived!&rsquo |
| 68:28 | | The most moderate among them said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘Why do you not glorify [Allah]?’’ &rsquo |
| 68:29 | | They said, ‘Immaculate is our Lord! We have indeed been wrongdoers!&rsquo |
| 68:30 | | Then they turned to one another, blaming each other |
| 68:31 | | They said, ‘Woe to us! Indeed we have been rebellious |
| 68:32 | | Maybe our Lord will give us a better one in its place. Indeed we turn earnestly to our Lord.&rsquo |
| 68:33 | | Such was the punishment; and the punishment of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known |
| 68:34 | | Indeed for the Godwary there will be gardens of bliss near their Lord |
| 68:35 | | Shall We, then, treat those who submit [to Us] as [We treat] the guilty |
| 68:36 | | What is the matter with you? How do you judge |
| 68:37 | | Do you possess a scripture in which you rea |
| 68:38 | | that you shall indeed have in it whatever you would like |
| 68:39 | | Do you have a pledge binding on Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall indeed have whatever you decide |
| 68:40 | | Ask them, which of them will aver [any of] that |
| 68:41 | | Do they have any partners [they ascribe to Allah]? Then let them produce their partners, if they are truthful |
| 68:42 | | The day when the catastrophe occurs, and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able [to do it] |
| 68:43 | | With a humbled look [in their eyes], they will be overcast by abasement. Certainly they were summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet sound |
| 68:44 | | So leave Me with those who deny this discourse. We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know |
| 68:45 | | I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure |
| 68:46 | | Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are weighed down with debt |
| 68:47 | | Do they possess [access to] the Unseen so that they write it down |
| 68:48 | | So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord, and do not be like the Man of the Fish who called out as he choked with grief |
| 68:49 | | Had it not been for a blessing that came to his rescue from his Lord, he would surely have been cast on a bare shore while he were blameworthy |
| 68:50 | | So his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous |
| 68:51 | | Indeed the faithless almost devour you with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, ‘He is indeed crazy.&rsquo |
| 68:52 | | Yet it is just a reminder for all the nations |
