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Newsletter for June 2012
The Holy Qur'an
Surah 68 Al-Qalam "PEN"
translated by A.Yusefali
1 .
Nun.By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
2 .
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
3 .
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
4 .
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
5 .
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
6 .
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
7 .
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath
strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive
(true) Guidance.
8 .
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
9 .
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be
pliant.
10 .
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
11 .
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
12 .
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds,
deep in sin,
13 .
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
14 .
Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
15 .
When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he
cries!
16 .
Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
17 .
Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden,
when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the
morning.
18 .
But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
19 .
Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord,
(which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
20 .
So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate
spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
21 .
As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
22 .
"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would
gather the fruits."
23 .
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
24 .
"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the
(garden) this day."
25 .
And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
26 .
But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost
our way:
27 .
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
28 .
Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to
you, 'Why not glorify ((Allah))?'"
29 .
They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
30 .
Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
31 .
They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
32 .
"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better
(garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
33 .
Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the
Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
34 .
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the
Presence of their Lord.
35 .
Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
36 .
What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
37 .
Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
38 .
That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
39 .
Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of
Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall
demand?
40 .
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
41 .
Or have they some "Partners" (in Allah.ead)? Then let them
produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
42 .
The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be
summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
43 .
Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing
that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while
they were whole, (and had refused).
44 .
Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees
shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
45 .
A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
46 .
Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are
burdened with a load of debt?-
47 .
Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it
down?
48 .
So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not
like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.
49 .
Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have
been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
50 .
Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the
Righteous.
51 .
And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes
when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is
possessed!"
52 .
But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.
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