Al-Huda Foundation, USA
Translation By Abdullah Yusuf Ali
d Sura
# 68 e
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Al-Qalam /
The Pen |
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In the name of Allah Most Gracious Most Merciful. |
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Nun. By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write |
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Thou art not by the grace of thy Lord mad or possessed. |
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Nay verily for thee is a Reward unfailing: |
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And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character. |
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Soon wilt thou see and they will see |
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Which of you is afflicted with madness. |
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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. |
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So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth). |
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Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant; so would thy be pliant. |
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Need not the type of despicable man ready with oaths. |
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A slanderer going about with calumnies. |
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(Habitually) hindering (all) good transgressing beyond bounds deep in sin. |
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Violent (and cruel) with all that base-born |
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Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons. |
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When to him are rehearsed Our Signs "Tales of the Ancients" he cries. |
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Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout! |
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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. |
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But made no reservation ("If it be Allah's Will"). |
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So there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy from thy Lord (which swept away) all around while they were asleep. |
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So the (garden) became by the morning like a dark and desolate spot (whose fruit had been gathered). |
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As the morning broke they called out one to another |
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"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in morning if ye would gather the fruits." |
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So they departed conversing in secret low tones (saying) |
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"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day." |
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And they opened the morning strong in an (unjust) resolve. |
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But when they saw the (garden) they said: "We have surely lost our way: |
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"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labor)!" |
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Said one of them more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you `Why not glorify (Allah)?' " |
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They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!" |
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Then they turned one against another in reproach. |
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They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed! |
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"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!" |
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Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter if only they knew! |
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Verily for the righteous are Gardens of Delight in the Presence of their Lord. |
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Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin? |
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What is the matter with you? How judge ye? |
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Or have ye a Book through which ye learn |
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That ye shall have through it whatever ye choose? |
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Or have ye Covenants with Us on oath reaching to the Day of Judgment (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand? |
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Ask thou of them which of them will stand surety of that! |
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Or have they some "Partners" (in Allah)? Then let them produce their "partners" if they are truthful! |
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The Day that the shin shall be laid bare and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration but they shall not be able |
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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). |
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Then leave Me alone with such as reject this message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not. |
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A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My plan. |
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Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward so that they are burdened with a load of debt? |
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Or that they Unseen is in their hands so that they can write it down? |
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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. |
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Had not Grace from His Lord reached him he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore in disgrace. |
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Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the company of the Righteous. |
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And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!" |
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But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds. |