| | Yusuf Ali (Saudi Rev. 1985) rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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| 68:1 | | Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write, |
| 68:2 | | Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed |
| 68:3 | | Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing |
| 68:4 | | And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character |
| 68:5 | | Soon wilt thou see, and they will see |
| 68:6 | | Which of you is afflicted with madness |
| 68:7 | | 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 |
| 68:8 | | So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth) |
| 68:9 | | Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant |
| 68:10 | | Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths |
| 68:11 | | A slanderer, going about with calumnies |
| 68:12 | | (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin |
| 68:13 | | Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born, |
| 68:14 | | Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons |
| 68:15 | | When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries |
| 68:16 | | Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout |
| 68:17 | | 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 |
| 68:18 | | But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will") |
| 68:19 | | Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep |
| 68:20 | | So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered) |
| 68:21 | | As the morning broke, they called out, one to another, |
| 68:22 | | "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits." |
| 68:23 | | So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying) |
| 68:24 | | "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day." |
| 68:25 | | And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve |
| 68:26 | | But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way |
| 68:27 | | "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!" |
| 68:28 | | Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'" |
| 68:29 | | They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!" |
| 68:30 | | Then they turned, one against another, in reproach |
| 68:31 | | They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed |
| 68:32 | | "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!" |
| 68:33 | | Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew |
| 68:34 | | Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord |
| 68:35 | | Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin |
| 68:36 | | What is the matter with you? How judge ye |
| 68:37 | | Or have ye a book through which ye learn |
| 68:38 | | That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose |
| 68:39 | | Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand |
| 68:40 | | Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that |
| 68:41 | | Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful |
| 68:42 | | The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able, |
| 68:43 | | 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) |
| 68:44 | | Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not |
| 68:45 | | A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan |
| 68:46 | | Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt? |
| 68:47 | | Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down |
| 68:48 | | 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 |
| 68:49 | | Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace |
| 68:50 | | Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous |
| 68:51 | | And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!" |
| 68:52 | | But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds |
