Chapter 68 Meccan
68

Al Qalm

سورة القلم
The Opening
Verses 52
Revealed in Mecca
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أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ
I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed one
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
1
نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ﴿1﴾
68:1
Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe,
2
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ﴿2﴾
68:2
You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
3
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ ﴿3﴾
68:3
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
4
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ﴿4﴾
68:4
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
5
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ﴿5﴾
68:5
So you will see and they will see.
6
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ﴿6﴾
68:6
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
7
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ﴿7﴾
68:7
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
8
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ﴿8﴾
68:8
Then do not obey the deniers.
9
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ﴿9﴾
68:9
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
10
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ ﴿10﴾
68:10
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
11
هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ ﴿11﴾
68:11
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
12
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ﴿12﴾
68:12
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
13
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ﴿13﴾
68:13
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
14
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ ﴿14﴾
68:14
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
15
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ﴿15﴾
68:15
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
16
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ﴿16﴾
68:16
We will soon mark his snout.1
17
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿17﴾
68:17
Indeed, We have tested those ˹Meccans˺ as We tested the owners of the garden—when they swore they would surely harvest ˹all˺ its fruit in the early morning,
18
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ﴿18﴾
68:18
leaving no thought for Allah’s Will.1
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ﴿19﴾
68:19
Then it was struck by a torment from your Lord while they slept,
20
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ﴿20﴾
68:20
so it was reduced to ashes.
21
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ﴿21﴾
68:21
Then by daybreak they called out to each other,
22
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ ﴿22﴾
68:22
˹saying,˺ “Go early to your harvest, if you want to pick ˹all˺ the fruit.”
23
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ ﴿23﴾
68:23
So they went off, whispering to one another,
24
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ ﴿24﴾
68:24
“Do not let any poor person enter your garden today.”
25
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَـٰدِرِينَ ﴿25﴾
68:25
And they proceeded early, totally fixated on their purpose.
26
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ﴿26﴾
68:26
But when they saw it ˹devastated˺, they cried, “We must have lost ˹our˺ way!
27
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ﴿27﴾
68:27
In fact, we have been deprived ˹of our livelihood˺.”
28
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ﴿28﴾
68:28
The most sensible of them said, “Did I not urge you to say, ‘Allah willing.’?”
29
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ ﴿29﴾
68:29
They replied, “Glory be to our Lord! We have truly been wrongdoers.”
30
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ ﴿30﴾
68:30
Then they turned on each other, throwing blame.
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