Al-Qalam

سورة القلم

Surah 68 · Meccan · 52 verses

68:1Juz 29 · p. 564

ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ1

(1) Nūn.[1724] By the pen and what they inscribe,
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[1724]- See footnote to 2:1.
68:2Juz 29 · p. 564

مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ2

(2) You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
68:3Juz 29 · p. 564

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ3

(3) And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
68:4Juz 29 · p. 564

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ4

(4) And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
68:5Juz 29 · p. 564

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ5

(5) So you will see and they will see.
68:6Juz 29 · p. 564

بِأَيْيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ6

(6) Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
68:7Juz 29 · p. 564

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ7

(7) Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
68:8Juz 29 · p. 564

فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ8

(8) Then do not obey the deniers.
68:9Juz 29 · p. 564

وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ9

(9) They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
68:10Juz 29 · p. 564

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ10

(10) And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
68:11Juz 29 · p. 564

هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ11

(11) [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
68:12Juz 29 · p. 564

مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ12

(12) A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
68:13Juz 29 · p. 564

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ13

(13) Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.[1725]
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[1725]- i.e., claiming a particular lineage falsely. The description given in these verses is of al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah (see also 74:11-25) or possibly, as asserted by Ibn Katheer, al-Akhnas bin Shurayq.
68:14Juz 29 · p. 564

أَنْ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ14

(14) Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
68:15Juz 29 · p. 564

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ15

(15) When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
68:16Juz 29 · p. 564

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ16

(16) We will brand him upon the snout.[1726]
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[1726]- Literally, "trunk," meaning the nose of an elephant or pig.
68:17Juz 29 · p. 565

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ17

(17) Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
68:18Juz 29 · p. 565

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ18

(18) Without making exception.[1727]
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[1727]- i.e., without conceding that nothing can be accomplished unless Allāh wills, saying, "...if Allāh wills" ("in-shā’-Allāh"). See 18:23-24.
68:19Juz 29 · p. 565

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِنْ رَبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ19

(19) So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
68:20Juz 29 · p. 565

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ20

(20) And it became as though reaped.
68:21Juz 29 · p. 565

فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ21

(21) And they called one another at morning,
68:22Juz 29 · p. 565

أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِنْ كُنْتُمْ صَارِمِينَ22

(22) [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
68:23Juz 29 · p. 565

فَانْطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ23

(23) So they set out, while lowering their voices,
68:24Juz 29 · p. 565

أَنْ لَا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُمْ مِسْكِينٌ24

(24) [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
68:25Juz 29 · p. 565

وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ25

(25) And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.[1728]
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[1728]- To carry out their plan, confident of their ability.
68:26Juz 29 · p. 565

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ26

(26) But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
68:27Juz 29 · p. 565

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ27

(27) Rather, we have been deprived."
68:28Juz 29 · p. 565

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُلْ لَكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ28

(28) The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"[1729]
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[1729]- i.e., remember or mention Him by saying, "...if Allāh wills." An additional meaning is "praise" or "thank" Him for His bounty.
68:29Juz 29 · p. 565

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ29

(29) They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
68:30Juz 29 · p. 565

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ30

(30) Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
68:31Juz 29 · p. 565

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ31

(31) They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
68:32Juz 29 · p. 565

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَنْ يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ32

(32) Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."[1730]
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[1730]- Of His mercy, forgiveness and bounty.
68:33Juz 29 · p. 565

كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ33

(33) Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
68:34Juz 29 · p. 565

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِنْدَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ34

(34) Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
68:35Juz 29 · p. 565

أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ35

(35) Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
68:36Juz 29 · p. 565

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ36

(36) What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
68:37Juz 29 · p. 565

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ37

(37) Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
68:38Juz 29 · p. 565

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ38

(38) That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
68:39Juz 29 · p. 565

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ39

(39) Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
68:40Juz 29 · p. 565

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُمْ بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ40

(40) Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
68:41Juz 29 · p. 565

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِنْ كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ41

(41) Or do they have partners?[1731] Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
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[1731]- i.e., those to whom they attribute divinity other than Allāh or partners from among themselves.
68:42Juz 29 · p. 565

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ42

(42) The Day the shin will be uncovered[1732] and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,
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[1732]- i.e., when everyone will find before him great difficulty. In accordance with authentic ḥadīths, "the shin" might also refer to that of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), before which every believer will prostrate on the Day of Judgement. See footnote to 2:19.
68:43Juz 29 · p. 566

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ43

(43) Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.[1733]
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[1733]- During worldly life.
68:44Juz 29 · p. 566

فَذَرْنِي وَمَنْ يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ44

(44) So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.[1734]
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[1734]- Allāh will increase His favors to them in this world by way of trial, whereby they will sink deeper into sin and thus into destruction.
68:45Juz 29 · p. 566

وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ45

(45) And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
68:46Juz 29 · p. 566

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِنْ مَغْرَمٍ مُثْقَلُونَ46

(46) Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
68:47Juz 29 · p. 566

أَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ47

(47) Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
68:48Juz 29 · p. 566

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ48

(48) Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.
68:49Juz 29 · p. 566

لَوْلَا أَنْ تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِنْ رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ49

(49) If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.[1735]
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[1735]- But instead, Allāh accepted his repentance and provided means for his recovery. See 37:139-148.
68:50Juz 29 · p. 566

فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ50

(50) And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
68:51Juz 29 · p. 566

وَإِنْ يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ51

(51) And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
68:52Juz 29 · p. 566

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِلْعَالَمِينَ52

(52) But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

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