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MunirMezyed2023

Surah 68. The Pen (al-Qalam)

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1 Not a Madman's Message
68:1 ›
۞ نۤۚ وَٱلۡقَلَمِ وَمَا یَسۡطُرُونَ ۝١
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Nu’on. By the pen and that which they inscribe:
noon wal-qalami wamā yasṭurūn
68:2 ›
مَاۤ أَنتَ بِنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُونࣲ ۝٢
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You are not, by the Grace of your Lord, a madman.
mā anta biniʿ'mati rabbika bimajnūni
68:3 ›
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجۡرًا غَیۡرَ مَمۡنُونࣲ ۝٣
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For you, most surely, there will be a never-ending reward.
wa-inna laka la-ajran ghayra mamnūni
68:4 ›
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِیمࣲ ۝٤
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Indeed, You are endowed with sublime moral excellence.
wa-innaka laʿalā khuluqin ʿaẓīmi
68:5 ›
فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَیُبۡصِرُونَ ۝٥
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You will see and they will also see
fasatub'ṣiru wayub'ṣirūn
68:6 ›
بِأَییِّكُمُ ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ ۝٦
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Which of you is infatuated with insanity.
bi-ayyikumu l-maftūn
68:7 ›
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِیلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعۡلَمُ بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِینَ ۝٧
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Most assuredly your Lord already knows who has deviated from His path. And He knows those who walk on the right path to salvation.
inna rabbaka huwa aʿlamu biman ḍalla ʿan sabīlihi wahuwa aʿlamu bil-muh'tadīn
68:8 ›
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِینَ ۝٨
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Now, therefore, pay no attention to those who are spiritually blind.
falā tuṭiʿi l-mukadhibīn
68:9 ›
وَدُّوا۟ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَیُدۡهِنُونَ ۝٩
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They would like to (see you) compromise so that they may also make compromises.
waddū law tud'hinu fayud'hinūn
68:10 ›
وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافࣲ مَّهِینٍ ۝١٠
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And pay no attention to any despicable oath-maker,
walā tuṭiʿ kulla ḥallāfin mahīni
68:11 ›
هَمَّازࣲ مَّشَّاۤءِۭ بِنَمِیمࣲ ۝١١
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Slanderer, spreading vilification (in all directions),
hammāzin mashāin binamīmi
68:12 ›
مَّنَّاعࣲ لِّلۡخَیۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِیمٍ ۝١٢
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Abandoning goodness in favour of falsehood, going beyond the bounds, willfully keeping on sinning
mannāʿin lil'khayri muʿ'tadin athīmi
68:13 ›
عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَ ٰلِكَ زَنِیمٍ ۝١٣
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Willfully causing suffering to others, besides all that, morally corrupt,
an kāna dhā mālin wabanīn
68:14 ›
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالࣲ وَبَنِینَ ۝١٤
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Even though he possesses hug wealth and many children.
An kana tha malin wabaneena
68:15 ›
إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَیۡهِ ءَایَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِیرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِینَ ۝١٥
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Whenever the Qur'ānic Verses are recited to him, he says: “Myths of the ancients."
idhā tut'lā ʿalayhi āyātunā qāla asāṭīru l-awalīn
68:16 ›
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ ۝١٦
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We shall brand him on the snout.
sanasimuhu ʿalā l-khur'ṭūm
68:17 ›
إِنَّا بَلَوۡنَـٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَاۤ أَصۡحَـٰبَ ٱلۡجَنَّةِ إِذۡ أَقۡسَمُوا۟ لَیَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِینَ ۝١٧
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Indeed, We have let them experience hardship as We let the owners of the cultivated orchard experience hardship when they swore to pluck all its fruits in the morning
innā balawnāhum kamā balawnā aṣḥāba l-janati idh aqsamū layaṣrimunnahā muṣ'biḥīn
68:18 ›
وَلَا یَسۡتَثۡنُونَ ۝١٨
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Without saying: “If Allâh wills it.”
walā yastathnūn
68:19 ›
فَطَافَ عَلَیۡهَا طَاۤىِٕفࣱ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَاۤىِٕمُونَ ۝١٩
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So there came upon it a visitation form your Lord when they were asleep.
faṭāfa ʿalayhā ṭāifun min rabbika wahum nāimūn
68:20 ›
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ كَٱلصَّرِیمِ ۝٢٠
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It became like dark gloomy night.
fa-aṣbaḥat kal-ṣarīm
68:21 ›
فَتَنَادَوۡا۟ مُصۡبِحِینَ ۝٢١
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Then they called out to each other in the early morning:
fatanādaw muṣ'biḥīn
68:22 ›
أَنِ ٱغۡدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرۡثِكُمۡ إِن كُنتُمۡ صَـٰرِمِینَ ۝٢٢
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“Now go early to your cultivated orchard if you desire to pluck the fruits.”
ani igh'dū ʿalā ḥarthikum in kuntum ṣārimīn
68:23 ›
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمۡ یَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ ۝٢٣
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So they set out while whispering to each other.
fa-inṭalaqū wahum yatakhāfatūn
68:24 ›
أَن لَّا یَدۡخُلَنَّهَا ٱلۡیَوۡمَ عَلَیۡكُم مِّسۡكِینࣱ ۝٢٤
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“Let not any poor enter it today when you are there.”
an lā yadkhulannahā l-yawma ʿalaykum mis'kīnu
68:25 ›
وَغَدَوۡا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرۡدࣲ قَـٰدِرِینَ ۝٢٥
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They went forth early in the morning, thinking that they were able to (drive the poor away from their orchard).
waghadaw ʿalā ḥardin qādirīn
68:26 ›
فَلَمَّا رَأَوۡهَا قَالُوۤا۟ إِنَّا لَضَاۤلُّونَ ۝٢٦
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But when they saw it, they said: "Most surely we have lost our way:
falammā ra-awhā qālū innā laḍāllūn
68:27 ›
بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُومُونَ ۝٢٧
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No, but the fact is we are deprived.”
bal naḥnu maḥrūmūn
68:28 ›
قَالَ أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ أَلَمۡ أَقُل لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ۝٢٨
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The most moderate one of them said: "Did I not tell you that you should celebrate the praise of your Lord and declare His absolute majesty and glory?"
qāla awsaṭuhum alam aqul lakum lawlā tusabbiḥūn
68:29 ›
قَالُوا۟ سُبۡحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَاۤ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِینَ ۝٢٩
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They said: "Honor, power, and might belong to our Lord forever. We have voluntarily and consciously abandoned the Full Knowledge of the Truth in favour of our own whims."
qālū sub'ḥāna rabbinā innā kunnā ẓālimīn
68:30 ›
فَأَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلَىٰ بَعۡضࣲ یَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ ۝٣٠
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Then they started casting blame on each other.
fa-aqbala baʿḍuhum ʿalā baʿḍin yatalāwamūn
68:31 ›
قَالُوا۟ یَـٰوَیۡلَنَاۤ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِینَ ۝٣١
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They said: "Woe betide us! Surely we were transgressors:
qālū yāwaylanā innā kunnā ṭāghīn
68:32 ›
عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَاۤ أَن یُبۡدِلَنَا خَیۡرࣰا مِّنۡهَاۤ إِنَّاۤ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَ ٰغِبُونَ ۝٣٢
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It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (orchard) than this. Indeed, we turn in repentance to our Lord.”
kadhālika l-ʿadhābu walaʿadhābu l-ākhirati akbaru law kānū yaʿlamūn
68:33 ›
كَذَ ٰلِكَ ٱلۡعَذَابُۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلۡءَاخِرَةِ أَكۡبَرُۚ لَوۡ كَانُوا۟ یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٣٣
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Such is the punishment. Surely the punishment of the Hereafter is greater If only they knew.
Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabu al-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoona
2 A Reminder for Nations
68:34 ›
إِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِینَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِیمِ ۝٣٤
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Surely the Pious will have in the presence of their Lord Gardens of bliss.
inna lil'muttaqīna ʿinda rabbihim jannāti l-naʿīm
68:35 ›
أَفَنَجۡعَلُ ٱلۡمُسۡلِمِینَ كَٱلۡمُجۡرِمِینَ ۝٣٥
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Shall We then treat the ones who wholly submit (to the authority of Allâh) like the Ungodly Sinners?
afanajʿalu l-mus'limīna kal-muj'rimīn
68:36 ›
مَا لَكُمۡ كَیۡفَ تَحۡكُمُونَ ۝٣٦
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What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
mā lakum kayfa taḥkumūn
68:37 ›
أَمۡ لَكُمۡ كِتَـٰبࣱ فِیهِ تَدۡرُسُونَ ۝٣٧
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Or do you have a book in which you learn
am lakum kitābun fīhi tadrusūn
68:38 ›
إِنَّ لَكُمۡ فِیهِ لَمَا تَخَیَّرُونَ ۝٣٨
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That you will indeed have whatever you choose (and desire)?
inna lakum fīhi lamā takhayyarūn
68:39 ›
أَمۡ لَكُمۡ أَیۡمَـٰنٌ عَلَیۡنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ یَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِیَـٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُونَ ۝٣٩
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Or do you have covenant on oath from Us, extending until the day of Resurrection, that you will have whatever you demand?
am lakum aymānun ʿalaynā bālighatun ilā yawmi l-qiyāmati inna lakum lamā taḥkumūn
68:40 ›
سَلۡهُمۡ أَیُّهُم بِذَ ٰلِكَ زَعِیمٌ ۝٤٠
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Now ask them which of them will vouch for that,
salhum ayyuhum bidhālika zaʿīmu
68:41 ›
أَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَاۤءُ فَلۡیَأۡتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَاۤىِٕهِمۡ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِینَ ۝٤١
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Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners if they are truthful.
am lahum shurakāu falyatū bishurakāihim in kānū ṣādiqīn
68:42 ›
یَوۡمَ یُكۡشَفُ عَن سَاقࣲ وَیُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا یَسۡتَطِیعُونَ ۝٤٢
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On the Day of Judgement, Allâh will uncover His Shin, and the Ungodly Sinners will be ordered to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able.
yawma yuk'shafu ʿan sāqin wayud'ʿawna ilā l-sujūdi falā yastaṭīʿūn
68:43 ›
خَـٰشِعَةً أَبۡصَـٰرُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةࣱۖ وَقَدۡ كَانُوا۟ یُدۡعَوۡنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمۡ سَـٰلِمُونَ ۝٤٣
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Their eyes will be cast down, and humiliation will cover them, for they had been be called to prostrate themselves while they were whole.
khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun waqad kānū yud'ʿawna ilā l-sujūdi wahum sālimūn
68:44 ›
فَذَرۡنِی وَمَن یُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلۡحَدِیثِۖ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُم مِّنۡ حَیۡثُ لَا یَعۡلَمُونَ ۝٤٤
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Now, therefore, leave Me alone with him who refuses this pronouncement. We will progressively lead them into their own destruction from whence they do not anticipate.
fadharnī waman yukadhibu bihādhā l-ḥadīthi sanastadrijuhum min ḥaythu lā yaʿlamūn
68:45 ›
وَأُمۡلِی لَهُمۡۚ إِنَّ كَیۡدِی مَتِینٌ ۝٤٥
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And I will give them respite. My plan is firmly established.
wa-um'lī lahum inna kaydī matīnu
68:46 ›
أَمۡ تَسۡءَلُهُمۡ أَجۡرࣰا فَهُم مِّن مَّغۡرَمࣲ مُّثۡقَلُونَ ۝٤٦
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Or do you ask them to give you a reward (for your preaching) while they are heavily burdened with debt?
am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muth'qalūn
68:47 ›
أَمۡ عِندَهُمُ ٱلۡغَیۡبُ فَهُمۡ یَكۡتُبُونَ ۝٤٧
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Or do they have (the knowledge of) the world of unseen, so they write (it) down?
am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fahum yaktubūn
68:48 ›
فَٱصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلۡحُوتِ إِذۡ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكۡظُومࣱ ۝٤٨
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Now, therefore, wait with patience for the verdict of your Lord and do not be like the companion of the whale, (Jonah), who cried out in despair.
fa-iṣ'bir liḥuk'mi rabbika walā takun kaṣāḥibi l-ḥūti idh nādā wahuwa makẓūmu
68:49 ›
لَّوۡلَاۤ أَن تَدَ ٰرَكَهُۥ نِعۡمَةࣱ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلۡعَرَاۤءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُومࣱ ۝٤٩
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Had not been a grace from his Lord reached him, he would have been cast off onto the open land while he was still blameworthy
lawlā an tadārakahu niʿ'matun min rabbihi lanubidha bil-ʿarāi wahuwa madhmūmu
68:50 ›
فَٱجۡتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِینَ ۝٥٠
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But his Lord chose him and made him among the righteous.
fa-ij'tabāhu rabbuhu fajaʿalahu mina l-ṣāliḥīn
68:51 ›
وَإِن یَكَادُ ٱلَّذِینَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَیُزۡلِقُونَكَ بِأَبۡصَـٰرِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكۡرَ وَیَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجۡنُونࣱ ۝٥١
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Those who persistently refuse to yield to the Truth would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear a recitation from the Book of Enlightenment Quotes- (the Revealer of Truth, the Qur’ān). Then they say: “Surely he is a lunatic."
wa-in yakādu alladhīna kafarū layuz'liqūnaka bi-abṣārihim lammā samiʿū l-dhik'ra wayaqūlūna innahu lamajnūnu
68:52 ›
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكۡرࣱ لِّلۡعَـٰلَمِینَ ۝٥٢
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But it is not more than a of Enlightenment Quotes to all the beings.
wamā huwa illā dhik'run lil'ʿālamīn
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Surah
The Pen
Verses
52
Revelation
Meccan
Juz
29
Translations
62

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  1. 1 Not a Madman's Message Ayat 1 – 33
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