68:1
نٓۚ
noon
Nun
وَٱلۡقَلَمِ
wal-qalami
By the pen
وَمَا
wama
and what
يَسۡطُرُونَ
yasturuna
they write
١
Nun By the pen! By all they write
Translation 1260
Al-Qalam 68:8
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68:2
مَآ
ma
Not
أَنتَ
anta
you (are)
بِنِعۡمَةِ
bini'mati
by (the) Grace
رَبِّكَ
rabbika
(of) your Lord
بِمَجۡنُونٖ
bimajnunin
a madman
٢
Your Lord’s grace does not make you [Prophet] a madman
Translation 1260
68:3
وَإِنَّ
wa-inna
And indeed
لَكَ
laka
for you
لَأَجۡرًا
la-ajran
surely (is) a reward
غَيۡرَ
ghayra
without
مَمۡنُونٖ
mamnunin
end
٣
you will have a never-ending reward––
Translation 1260
68:4
وَإِنَّكَ
wa-innaka
And indeed you
لَعَلَىٰ
la'ala
surely (are)
خُلُقٍ
khuluqin
(of) a moral character
عَظِيمٖ
azimin
great
٤
truly you have a strong character––
Translation 1260
68:5
فَسَتُبۡصِرُ
fasatub'siru
So you will see
وَيُبۡصِرُونَ
wayub'siruna
and they will see
٥
and soon you will see, as will they
Translation 1260
68:6
بِأَييِّكُمُ
bi-ayyikumu
Which of you
ٱلۡمَفۡتُونُ
al-maftunu
(is) the afflicted one
٦
which of you is afflicted with madness
Translation 1260
68:7
إِنَّ
inna
Indeed
رَبَّكَ
rabbaka
your Lord
هُوَ
huwa
He
أَعۡلَمُ
a'lamu
(is) most knowing
بِمَن
biman
of (he) who
ضَلَّ
dalla
has strayed
عَن
an
from
سَبِيلِهِۦ
sabilihi
His way
وَهُوَ
wahuwa
and He
أَعۡلَمُ
a'lamu
(is) most knowing
بِٱلۡمُهۡتَدِينَ
bil-muh'tadina
of the guided ones
٧
Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who is rightly guided
Translation 1260
68:8
فَلَا
fala
So (do) not
تُطِعِ
tuti'i
obey
ٱلۡمُكَذِّبِينَ
al-mukadhibina
the deniers
٨
So do not yield to those who deny the truth––
Translation 1260
68:9
وَدُّواْ
waddu
They wish
لَوۡ
law
that
تُدۡهِنُ
tud'hinu
you should compromise
فَيُدۡهِنُونَ
fayud'hinuna
so they would compromise
٩
they want you to compromise with them and then they will compromise with you––
Translation 1260
68:10
وَلَا
wala
And (do) not
تُطِعۡ
tuti'
obey
كُلَّ
kulla
every
حَلَّافٖ
hallafin
habitual swearer
مَّهِينٍ
mahinin
worthless
١٠
do not yield to any contemptible swearer
Translation 1260
68:11
هَمَّازٖ
hammazin
Defamer
مَّشَّآءِۭ
mashain
going about
بِنَمِيمٖ
binamimin
with malicious gossip
١١
to any backbiter, slander-monger
Translation 1260
68:12
مَّنَّاعٖ
manna'in
A preventer
لِّلۡخَيۡرِ
lil'khayri
of (the) good
مُعۡتَدٍ
mu'tadin
transgressor
أَثِيمٍ
athimin
sinful
١٢
or hinderer of good, to anyone who is sinful, aggressive
Translation 1260
68:13
عُتُلِّۭ
utullin
Cruel
بَعۡدَ
ba'da
after
ذَٰلِكَ
dhalika
(all) that
زَنِيمٍ
zanimin
utterly useless
١٣
coarse, and on top of all that, an imposter
Translation 1260
68:14
أَن
an
Because
كَانَ
kana
(he) is
ذَا
dha
a possessor
مَالٖ
malin
(of) wealth
وَبَنِينَ
wabanina
and children
١٤
Just because he has wealth and sons
Translation 1260
68:15
إِذَا
idha
When
تُتۡلَىٰ
tut'la
are recited
عَلَيۡهِ
alayhi
to him
ءَايَٰتُنَا
ayatuna
Our Verses
قَالَ
qala
he says
أَسَٰطِيرُ
asatiru
Stories
ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ
al-awalina
(of) the former (people)
١٥
when our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘These are just ancient fables.’
Translation 1260
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68:16
سَنَسِمُهُۥ
sanasimuhu
We will brand him
عَلَى
ala
on
ٱلۡخُرۡطُومِ
al-khur'tumi
the snout
١٦
We shall brand him on the snout
Translation 1260
68:17
إِنَّا
inna
Indeed We
بَلَوۡنَٰهُمۡ
balawnahum
have tried them
كَمَا
kama
as
بَلَوۡنَآ
balawna
We tried
أَصۡحَٰبَ
ashaba
(the) companions
ٱلۡجَنَّةِ
al-janati
(of) the garden
إِذۡ
idh
when
أَقۡسَمُواْ
aqsamu
they swore
لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا
layasrimunnaha
to pluck its fruit
مُصۡبِحِينَ
mus'bihina
(in the) morning
١٧
We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the morning
Translation 1260
68:18
وَلَا
wala
And not
يَسۡتَثۡنُونَ
yastathnuna
making exception
١٨
and made no allowance [for the Will of God]
Translation 1260
68:19
فَطَافَ
fatafa
So there came
عَلَيۡهَا
alayha
upon it
طَآئِفٞ
taifun
a visitation
مِّن
min
from
رَّبِّكَ
rabbika
your Lord
وَهُمۡ
wahum
while they
نَآئِمُونَ
naimuna
were asleep
١٩
a disaster from your Lord struck the garden as they slept
Translation 1260
68:20
فَأَصۡبَحَتۡ
fa-asbahat
So it became
كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
kal-sarimi
as if reaped
٢٠
and by morning it was stripped bare, a desolate land
Translation 1260
68:21
فَتَنَادَوۡاْ
fatanadaw
And they called one another
مُصۡبِحِينَ
mus'bihina
(at) morning
٢١
Still they called each other at daybreak
Translation 1260
68:22
أَنِ
ani
That
ٱغۡدُواْ
igh'du
Go early
عَلَىٰ
ala
to
حَرۡثِكُمۡ
harthikum
your crop
إِن
in
if
كُنتُمۡ
kuntum
you would
صَٰرِمِينَ
sarimina
pluck (the) fruit
٢٢
‘Go early to your field if you wish to gather all its fruits,’
Translation 1260
68:23
فَٱنطَلَقُواْ
fa-intalaqu
So they went
وَهُمۡ
wahum
while they
يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ
yatakhafatuna
lowered (their) voices
٢٣
and went off, whispering
Translation 1260
68:24
أَن
an
That
لَّا
la
Not
يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا
yadkhulannaha
will enter it
ٱلۡيَوۡمَ
al-yawma
today
عَلَيۡكُم
alaykum
upon you
مِّسۡكِينٞ
mis'kinun
any poor person
٢٤
‘Make sure no poor person enters the garden today!’––
Translation 1260
68:25
وَغَدَوۡاْ
waghadaw
And they went early
عَلَىٰ
ala
with
حَرۡدٖ
hardin
determination
قَٰدِرِينَ
qadirina
able
٢٥
they left early, bent on their purpose
Translation 1260