68:1  N. By the pen and what they inscribe:

68:2  You are not, by the blessing of your Lord, a madman,

68:3  and indeed, you shall have a never-ending reward,

68:4  and indeed, you are of a great moral character.

68:5  So you will see, and they will see

68:6  which of you is the afflicted one.

68:7  Indeed, your Lord knows best who has strayed off His path, and He knows best who are the guided ones.

68:8  So do not obey the deniers.

68:9  They wish that you would compromise, then they too would compromise.

68:10  Do not obey every despicable habitual swearer,

68:11  backbiter, spreader of slander,

68:12  preventer of good, transgressor, sinner,

68:13  gross, and furthermore, dishonourable,

68:14  just because he possesses wealth and children.

68:15  When Our revelations are recited to him, he says, "Tales of the previous ones."

68:16  We will brand him on the snout!

68:17  We have tested them, just like We tested the owners of the garden when they swore that they would harvest it in the morning

68:18  without making any exceptions.

68:19  So a visitation from your Lord passed by it while they were asleep,

68:20  so it became as though it had been plucked.

68:21  They called out to one another in the morning,

68:22  "Go early to your field if you intend to harvest."

68:23  So off they went, whispering to one another,

68:24  "Let no needy person enter it upon you today."

68:25  They went off early, determined and able.

68:26  But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are astray!

68:27  Rather, we have been deprived."

68:28  The most moderate among them said, "Did I not say to you, 'If only you would glorify?' "

68:29  They said, "Glory to our Lord! Indeed, we have been transgressors."

68:30  They approached one another, blaming each other.

68:31  They said, "Woe to us! Indeed, we have been transgressors.

68:32  Perhaps our Lord will replace one better than it for us. To our Lord, we seek to turn."

68:33  Such is the punishment. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they only knew.

68:34  For the reverent there shall be, at their Lord, Gardens of Bliss.

68:35  Should We make the Submitters the same as the criminals?

68:36  What is the matter with you? How do you judge?

68:37  Or do you have some book in which you are studying?

68:38  Do you have in it whatever you choose?

68:39  Or do you have a pledge that is binding on Us until the Day of Resurrection, allowing you to have whatever you decide?

68:40  Ask them, "Which one of them makes such a claim?"

68:41  Or do they have partners? Then let them produce their partners if they are truthful.

68:42  On the Day when a leg will be exposed, they will be called to prostration, but they will be unable to.

68:43  With their eyesight subdued, humiliation will overwhelm them, for they used to be called to prostration when they were sound and able.

68:44  So leave the one who denies this Hadith to Me. We will lead them on from where they know not.

68:45  I will give them respite. Indeed, My scheme is firm.

68:46  Or are you asking them for a payment that leaves them weighed down with debt?

68:47  Or is the unseen available to them, and so they are writing it down?

68:48  So be patient for the judgment of your Lord, and do not be like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was in great distress.

68:49  Had it not been that a blessing from his Lord reached him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore in disgrace.

68:50  But his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous.

68:51  Those who disbelieved almost strike you down with their looks when they hear the Reminder, and they say, "He is a madman!"

68:52  It is but a Reminder for all the people.