| | [The Monotheist Group] (2013 Edition) rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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| 68:1 | | N, the pen, and what they write. |
| 68:2 | | You are not, by the blessing of your Lord, crazy. |
| 68:3 | | And you will have a reward that will not end. |
| 68:4 | | And you are of a high moral character. |
| 68:5 | | So you will see, and they will see. |
| 68:6 | | Which of you are condemned. |
| 68:7 | | Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided. |
| 68:8 | | So do not obey those who deny. |
| 68:9 | | They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise. |
| 68:10 | | And do not obey every lowly swearer. |
| 68:11 | | A slanderer, a backbiter. |
| 68:12 | | Forbidder of charity, a transgressor, a sinner |
| 68:13 | | Unappreciative, and greedy. |
| 68:14 | | Because he possessed money and sons |
| 68:15 | | When Our revelations are recited to him, he says: "Fictional tales of old!" |
| 68:16 | | We will mark him on the path |
| 68:17 | | We have tested them like We tested those who owned the farm, when they swore that they will harvest it in the morning. |
| 68:18 | | They were without doubt. |
| 68:19 | | So a passing sent from your Lord came to it while they all were asleep. |
| 68:20 | | Thus, it became barren. |
| 68:21 | | They called on one another when they awoke |
| 68:22 | | "Let us go this morning to harvest the crop." |
| 68:23 | | So they went, while conversing. |
| 68:24 | | That from today, none of them would ever be poor. |
| 68:25 | | And they went, ready to harvest |
| 68:26 | | But when they saw it, they said: "We have gone astray!" |
| 68:27 | | "Now, we have nothing!" |
| 68:28 | | The best among them said: "If only you had glorified! |
| 68:29 | | They said: "Glory be to our Lord. We have transgressed." |
| 68:30 | | Then they started to blame each other. |
| 68:31 | | They said: "Woe to us. We sinned." |
| 68:32 | | "Perhaps our Lord will grant us better than it. We repent to our Lord." |
| 68:33 | | Such was the punishment. But the retribution of the Hereafter is far worse, if only they knew. |
| 68:34 | | The righteous have deserved, at their Lord, gardens of bliss |
| 68:35 | | Should We treat those who submitted the same as those who are criminals? |
| 68:36 | | What is wrong with you, how do you judge? |
| 68:37 | | Or do you have a book which you study? |
| 68:38 | | In it, you can find what you wish? |
| 68:39 | | Or do you have an oath from Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that you can judge as you please? |
| 68:40 | | Ask them: "Who of them will make such a claim?" |
| 68:41 | | Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they are truthful. |
| 68:42 | | The Day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to prostrate, but they will be unable to. |
| 68:43 | | With their eyes subdued, humiliation will cover them. They were invited to prostrate when they were whole and able. |
| 68:44 | | Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this narrative; We will entice them from where they do not perceive. |
| 68:45 | | And I will lead them on; for My planning is formidable |
| 68:46 | | Or do you ask them for a wage, so they are burdened by the fine? |
| 68:47 | | Or do they know the future? So they have it recorded? |
| 68:48 | | You shall be patient for the judgment of your Lord. And do not be like the companion of the whale who called out while he was in sorrow |
| 68:49 | | Had it not been for the grace of his Lord, he would have remained trapped, while he was to be blamed. |
| 68:50 | | But his Lord blessed him, and made him righteous |
| 68:51 | | And those who have rejected almost attack you with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: "He is crazy!" |
| 68:52 | | And it is but a reminder for the worlds. |
