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The Pen52 Verses1 Hadithsmakkah
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
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68:1
Nun
وَٱ لۡقَلَمِ
By the pen
وَمَا
and what
يَسۡطُرُو نَ
١they write
Nūn.1 By the pen and what they inscribe,
68:2
مَآ
Not
أَنت َ
you (are)
بِنِعۡمَةِ
by (the) Grace
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
بِمَجۡ نُو نٍ
٢a madman
You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
68:3
وَإِنّ َ
And indeed
لَكَ
for you
لَأَجۡ رًا
surely (is) a reward
غَيۡرَ
without
مَمۡنُو نٍ
٣end
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
68:4
وَإِنّ َكَ
And indeed, you
لَعَلَىٰ
surely (are)
خُلُقٍ
(of) a moral character
عَظِي مٍ
٤great
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
68:5
فَسَتُبۡ صِرُ
So you will see
وَيُبۡ صِرُو نَ
٥and they will see
So you will see and they will see.
68:6
بِأَييِّكُمُ
Which of you
(is) the afflicted one
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
68:7
إِنّ َ
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
your Lord
هُوَ
He
أَعۡلَمُ
(is) most knowing
بِمَن
of (he) who
has strayed
عَن
from
His way
وَهُوَ
and He
أَعۡلَمُ
(is) most knowing
بِٱ لۡمُهۡتَدِي نَ
٧of the guided ones
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
68:8
فَلَا
So (do) not
تُطِعِ
obey
the deniers
Then do not obey the deniers.
68:9
وَدُّواۡ
They wish
لَوۡ
that
تُدۡ هِنُ
you should compromise
فَيُدۡ هِنُو نَ
٩so they would compromise
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
68:10
وَلَا
And (do) not
تُطِعۡ
obey
كُلَّ
every
حَلَّافٍ
habitual swearer
worthless
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
68:11
هَمّ َازٍ
Defamer
going about
with malicious gossip
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
68:12
مَّنّ َاعٍ
A preventer
of (the) good
مُعۡتَدٍ
transgressor
أَثِي مٍ
١٢sinful
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
68:13
عُتُلِّۭ
Cruel
after
ذٰ
(all) that
زَنِي مٍ
١٣utterly useless
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.1
68:14
أَن
Because
(he) is
ذَا
a possessor
مَالٍ
(of) wealth
and children
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
68:15
إِذَا
When
تُتۡلَىٰ
are recited
عَلَيۡهِ
to him
ءَايَـٰ تُنَا
Our Verses
قَالَ
he says
أَسَـٰ طِيرُ
Stories
(of) the former (people)
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
68:16
سَنَسِمُهُۥ
We will brand him
عَلَى
on
the snout
We will brand him upon the snout.1
68:17
إِنّ َا
Indeed, We
بَلَوۡنَـٰ هُمۡ
have tried them
كَمَا
as
بَلَوۡنَآ
We tried
أَصۡحَـٰ بَ
(the) companions
(of) the garden
إِذۡ
when
أَقۡ سَمُواۡ
they swore
لَيَصۡرِمُنّ َهَا
to pluck its fruit
مُصۡبِحِي نَ
١٧(in the) morning
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
68:18
وَلَا
And not
يَسۡتَثۡنُو نَ
١٨making exception
Without making exception.1
68:19
فَطَافَ
So there came
عَلَيۡهَا
upon it
طَا ٓئِفٌ
a visitation
from
your Lord
وَهُمۡ
while they
نَا ٓئِمُو نَ
١٩were asleep
So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
68:20
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ
So it became
كَٱ ل صَّرِي مِ
٢٠as if reaped
And it became as though reaped.
68:21
فَتَنَادَوۡاۡ
And they called one another
مُصۡبِحِي نَ
٢١(at) morning
And they called one another at morning,
68:22
أَنِ
That
Go early
عَلَىٰ
to
حَرۡثِكُمۡ
your crop
إِن
if
you would
صَـٰ رِمِي نَ
٢٢pluck (the) fruit
[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
68:23
فَٱ نط َلَقُواۡ
So they went
وَهُمۡ
while they
يَتَخَـٰ فَتُو نَ
٢٣lowered (their) voices
So they set out, while lowering their voices,
68:24
أَن
That
Not
يَدۡ خُلَنّ َهَا
will enter it
today
عَلَيۡكُم
upon you
any poor person
[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
68:25
وَغَدَوۡاۡ
And they went early
عَلَىٰ
with
حَرۡدٍ
determination
able
And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.1
68:26
فَلَمّ َا
But when
رَأَوۡهَا
they saw it
قَالُوٓ اۡ
they said
إِنّ َا
Indeed, we
لَضَا ٓلُّو نَ
٢٦(are) surely lost
But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
68:27
بَلۡ
Nay
نَحۡنُ
We
مَحۡرُومُو نَ
٢٧(are) deprived
Rather, we have been deprived."
68:28
قَالَ
Said
أَوۡسَطُهُمۡ
(the) most moderate of them
أَلَمۡ
Did not
أَقُل
I tell
لَّكُمۡ
you
لَوۡلَا
'Why not
تُسَبِّحُو نَ
٢٨you glorify (Allah)?'
The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"1
68:29
قَالُواۡ
They said
سُبۡ حَـٰ نَ
Glory be
رَبِّنَآ
(to) our Lord
إِنّ َا
Indeed, we
كُنّ َا
[we] were
ظَـٰ لِمِي نَ
٢٩wrongdoers
They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
68:30
فَأَقۡ بَلَ
Then approached
بَعۡضُهُمۡ
some of them
عَلَىٰ
to
بَعۡضٍ
others
blaming each other
Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
68:31
قَالُواۡ
They said
يَـٰ وَيۡلَنَآ
O woe to us
إِنّ َا
Indeed, we
كُنّ َا
[we] were
طَـٰ غِي نَ
٣١transgressors
They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
68:32
عَسَىٰ
Perhaps
رَبُّنَآ
our Lord
أَن
[that]
will substitute for us
خَيۡرًا
a better
than it
إِنّ َآ
Indeed, we
إِلَىٰ
to
رَبِّنَا
our Lord
رٰ ُو نَ
٣٢turn devoutly
Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."1
68:33
كَذٰ
Such
(is) the punishment
وَلَعَذَابُ
And surely the punishment
(of) the Hereafter
أَكۡبَرُۚ
(is) greater
لَوۡ
if
كَانُواۡ
they
يَعۡلَمُو نَ
٣٣know
Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
68:34
إِنّ َ
Indeed
لِلۡمُتَّقِينَ
for the righteous
عِند َ
with
رَبِّهِمۡ
their Lord
جَنّ َـٰ تِ
(are) Gardens
(of) Delight
Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
68:35
أَفَنَجۡ عَلُ
Then will We treat
the Muslims
كَٱ لۡمُجۡ رِمِي نَ
٣٥like the criminals
Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
68:36
مَا
What
لَكُمۡ
(is) for you
كَيۡفَ
How
تَحۡكُمُو نَ
٣٦(do) you judge
What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
68:37
أَمۡ
Or
لَكُمۡ
(is) for you
كِتَـٰ بٌ
a book
wherein
تَدۡ رُسُو نَ
٣٧you learn
Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
68:38
إِنّ َ
Indeed
لَكُمۡ
for you
فِيهِ
in it
لَمَا
what
تَخَيَّرُو نَ
٣٨you choose
That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
68:39
أَمۡ
Or
لَكُمۡ
for you
أَيۡمَـٰ نٌ
oaths
عَلَيۡنَا
from us
بَـٰ لِغَةٌ
reaching
إِلَىٰ
to
يَوۡمِ
(the) Day
(of) the Resurrection
إِنّ َ
indeed
لَكُمۡ
for you
لَمَا
(is) what
تَحۡكُمُو نَ
٣٩you judge
Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
68:40
سَلۡهُمۡ
Ask them
أَيُّهُم
which of them
for that
زَعِي مٌ
٤٠(is) responsible
Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
68:41
أَمۡ
Or
لَهُمۡ
(are) for them
شُرَكَا ٓءُ
partners
فَلۡيَأۡتُواۡ
Then let them bring
بِشُرَكَا ٓئِهِمۡ
their partners
إِن
if
they are
صَـٰ دِقِي نَ
٤١truthful
Or do they have partners?1 Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
68:42
يَوۡمَ
(The) Day
يُكۡشَفُ
will be uncovered
عَن
from
the shin
and they will be called
إِلَى
to
prostrate
فَلَا
but not
يَسۡتَطِيعُو نَ
٤٢they will be able
The Day the shin will be uncovered1 and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,
68:43
خَـٰ شِعَةً
Humbled
أَبۡ صَـٰ رُهُمۡ
their eyes
تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ
will cover them
ذِلَّةٌۖ
humiliation
And indeed
كَانُواۡ
they were
يُدۡ عَوۡنَ
called
إِلَى
to
prostrate
وَهُمۡ
while they
سَـٰ لِمُو نَ
٤٣(were) sound
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.1
68:44
فَذَرۡنِى
So leave Me
وَمَن
and whoever
denies
بِهَـٰ ذَا
this
Statement
سَنَسۡتَدۡ رِجُهُم
We will progressively lead them
from
حَيۡثُ
where
لَا
not
يَعۡلَمُو نَ
٤٤they know
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.1
68:45
وَأُمۡلِى
And I will give respite
لَهُمۡۚ
to them
إِنّ َ
Indeed
كَيۡدِى
My plan
مَتِي نٌ
٤٥(is) firm
And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
68:46
أَمۡ
Or
تَسۡــَٔلُهُمۡ
you ask them
أَجۡ رًا
a payment
so they
from
(the) debt
(are) burdened
Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
68:47
أَمۡ
Or
عِند َهُمُ
(is) with them
the unseen
فَهُمۡ
so they
يَكۡتُبُو نَ
٤٧write it
Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
68:48
فَٱ صۡبِرۡ
So be patient
لِحُكۡمِ
for (the) decision
رَبِّكَ
(of) your Lord
وَلَا
and (do) not
تَكُن
be
like (the) companion
(of) the fish
إِذۡ
when
نَادَىٰ
he called out
وَهُوَ
while he
مَكۡظُو مٌ
٤٨(was) distressed
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.
68:49
لَّوۡلَآ
If not
أَن
that
overtook him
نِعۡمَةٌ
a Favor
from
his Lord
لَنُبِذَ
surely he would have been thrown
بِٱ لۡعَرَا ٓءِ
onto (the) naked shore
وَهُوَ
while he
مَذۡمُو مٌ
٤٩(was) blamed
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.1
68:50
فَٱ جۡ تَبَـٰ هُ
But chose him
رَبُّهُۥ
his Lord
فَجَعَلَهُۥ
and made him
مِنَ
of
the righteous
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
68:51
وَإِن
And indeed
would almost
those who
كَفَرُواۡ
disbelieve
لَيُزۡلِقُونَكَ
surely make you slip
بِأَبۡ صَـٰ رِهِمۡ
with their look
لَمّ َا
when
سَمِعُواۡ
they hear
the Message
وَيَقُولُونَ
and they say
إِنّ َهُۥ
Indeed, he
لَمَجۡ نُو نٌ
٥١(is) surely mad
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."
68:52
وَمَا
And not
هُوَ
it (is)
إِلَّا
but
ذِكۡرٌ
a Reminder
to the worlds
But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.