Surah 68. Al-Qalam

In the name of ALLAH, the Benevolent, the Merciful

1. Nun. By the Pen and what they write,
2. You are not, by the grace of your Lord, obsessed.
3. And surely for you is a reward unfailing.
4. And truly you are possessed of a sublime nature.
5. And, then, you will see and they will see
6. Which of you is beguiled.
7. Truly your Lord, He knows best who is astray from His path and He knows best who are the guided.

8. Therefore obey not the rejecters
9. Who would have had you compromise, that they may compromise.
10. Neither obey each feeble oath monger,
11. Detractor, spreader abroad of slanders,
12. Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor
13. Greedy therewithal, intrusive.
14. It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
15. That, when Our Signs are recited to him, he says: Old stories.
16. We shall brand him on the nose.
17. Lo! we have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed they would pluck its fruit next morning.
18. And made no exception;
19. Then a visitation came upon it while they slept
20. And in the morning it was as if plucked.
21. And they cried out one to another in the morning,
22. Saying: Run to your field if you would pluck.
23. So they went off, saying one to another in low tones:
24. No needy man shall enter it today against you.
25. They went before, strong in purpose.
26. But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
27. Nay, but we are desolate!
28. The best among them said: Said I not to you: Why glorify you not?
29. They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong doers.
30. Then some of them drew near to others, self reproaching.
31. They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
32. It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.
33. Such was the punishment. And surely the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.

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