| | Abdul Majid Daryabadi rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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| 68:1 | | Nun By the pen and by that which they inscribe |
| 68:2 | | Thou art nor, through the grace of thy Lord, mad |
| 68:3 | | And verily thine shall be a hire unending." |
| 68:4 | | And verily thou art of a high and noble disposition |
| 68:5 | | Anon thou wilt see and they will see |
| 68:6 | | Which of you is afflicted with madness |
| 68:7 | | Verily thy Lord! He is the best Knower of him who strayeth from His path, and He is the best Knower of the guided one |
| 68:8 | | Wherefore obey not thou the beliers |
| 68:9 | | Fain would they that thou shouldst be pliant, so that they will be pliant |
| 68:10 | | And obey not: thou any swearer ignominous |
| 68:11 | | A defamer, spreader abroad of slander |
| 68:12 | | Hinderer of the good, trespasser; sinner |
| 68:13 | | Gross, and therewithal ignoble |
| 68:14 | | Because he is owner of riches and children |
| 68:15 | | When Our revelations are rehearsed Unto him, he saith: fables of the ancients |
| 68:16 | | Anon We shall brand him on snout |
| 68:17 | | Verily We! We have proved them even as We proved the fellows of a garden when they swarethat they would surely reap it in the morning |
| 68:18 | | And they made not the exception |
| 68:19 | | Wherefore an encircling visitation visited it even as they slept on |
| 68:20 | | Then in the morning it became as though it had been reaped |
| 68:21 | | Then they cried out Unto each other in the morning |
| 68:22 | | Saying: go out betimes to your tilth if ye would reap |
| 68:23 | | So they went off speaking to each other in a low voice |
| 68:24 | | Let there not enter upon you today any needy man |
| 68:25 | | And they went out betimes determined in purpose |
| 68:26 | | Then when they beheld it, they said: verily we have strayed |
| 68:27 | | Aye! it is we who are deprived |
| 68:28 | | The most moderate of them said: said I not Unto you, wherefore hallow him ye not |
| 68:29 | | They said: hallowed be Our Lord! verily we have been wrong- doers |
| 68:30 | | Then they turned to each other reproachin |
| 68:31 | | They said: woe Unto us! verily we! we have been arrogant |
| 68:32 | | Belike our Lord may exchange for us better garden than this; verily we are Unto our Lord beseechers |
| 68:33 | | Such is the torment. And the torment of the Hereafter is far greater; if they but knew |
| 68:34 | | Verily for the God-fearing, are with their Lord Gardens of Delight |
| 68:35 | | Shall We then make the Muslims like the culprits |
| 68:36 | | What aileth you? How ill ye judge |
| 68:37 | | Is there with you a Book wherein ye study |
| 68:38 | | That therein is yours that which. ye may choose |
| 68:39 | | Or have ye oaths from us reaching to the Day of Resurrection, that you shall be that which ye judge |
| 68:40 | | Ask then, which of them will stand thereof a surety |
| 68:41 | | Have they associate gods? Then let them produce their associate gods if they say sooth |
| 68:42 | | Remember the Day whereon the shank shall be bared and they shall be called upon to Prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able |
| 68:43 | | Downcast will be their looks; abjectness will overspread them. Surely they had been called upon to Prostrate themselves while yet they were whole |
| 68:44 | | Let Me alone with him who belieth this discourse; step by step We lead them on when they perceive not |
| 68:45 | | And I bear with them; verily My contrivance is sure |
| 68:46 | | Askest thou a hire from them so that they are laden with debt |
| 68:47 | | Is with them the unseen, so that they write down |
| 68:48 | | Be patient thou, then, with thy Lord's judgment, and be thou not like him of the fish, when he cried out while he was in anguish |
| 68:49 | | Had not grace from his Lord reached him, he had surely been cast into the wilderness in a plight |
| 68:50 | | Then his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous |
| 68:51 | | And those who disbelieve well-nigh cause thee to stumble with their looks when they hear the Admonition, and they say: verily he is mad |
| 68:52 | | While it is naught but an admonition Unto the worlds |
