68. Al-Qalam سُورَةُ القَلَمِ

Saheeh InternationalNun. By the pen and what they inscribe

Saheeh InternationalYou are not, [O Muhammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman

Saheeh InternationalAnd indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted

Saheeh InternationalAnd indeed, you are of a great moral character

Saheeh InternationalSo you will see and they will see

Saheeh InternationalWhich of you is the afflicted [by a devil]

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided

Saheeh InternationalThen do not obey the deniers

Saheeh InternationalThey wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you]

Saheeh InternationalAnd do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

Saheeh International[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip

Saheeh InternationalA preventer of good, transgressing and sinful

Saheeh InternationalCruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender

Saheeh InternationalBecause he is a possessor of wealth and children

Saheeh InternationalWhen Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples

Saheeh InternationalWe will brand him upon the snout

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning

Saheeh InternationalWithout making exception

Saheeh InternationalSo there came upon the garden an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep

Saheeh InternationalAnd it became as though reaped

Saheeh InternationalAnd they called one another at morning

Saheeh International[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit

Saheeh InternationalSo they set out, while lowering their voices

Saheeh International[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person

Saheeh InternationalAnd they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able

Saheeh InternationalBut when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost

Saheeh InternationalRather, we have been deprived

Saheeh InternationalThe most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allah]

Saheeh InternationalThey said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers

Saheeh InternationalThen they approached one another, blaming each other

Saheeh InternationalThey said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors

Saheeh InternationalPerhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous

Saheeh InternationalSuch is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew

Saheeh InternationalIndeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure

Saheeh InternationalThen will We treat the Muslims like the criminals

Saheeh InternationalWhat is [the matter] with you? How do you judge

Saheeh InternationalOr do you have a scripture in which you learn

Saheeh InternationalThat indeed for you is whatever you choose

Saheeh InternationalOr do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge

Saheeh InternationalAsk them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible

Saheeh InternationalOr do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful

Saheeh InternationalThe Day the shin will be uncovered and they are invited to prostration but the disbelievers will not be able

Saheeh InternationalTheir eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound

Saheeh InternationalSo leave Me, [O Muhammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies the Qur'an. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know

Saheeh InternationalAnd I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm

Saheeh InternationalOr do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down

Saheeh InternationalOr have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down

Saheeh InternationalThen be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muhammad], and be not like the companion of the fish when he called out while he was distressed

Saheeh InternationalIf not that a favor from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured

Saheeh InternationalAnd his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous

Saheeh InternationalAnd indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad

Saheeh InternationalBut it is not except a reminder to the worlds