68

Al Qalm

سورة القلم

أعوذُ بِٱللَّهِ مِنَ ٱلشَّيۡطَٰنِ ٱلرَّجِيمِ
O Allah, I seek refuge in you from the accursed Satan
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
I start with the name of ALLAH, very beneficient and merciful.
نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ

۝

68:1

Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe,

Tafseer
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ

۝

68:2

You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.

Tafseer
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ

۝

68:3

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.

Tafseer
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ

۝

68:4

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.

Tafseer
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

۝

68:5

So you will see and they will see.

Tafseer
بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

۝

68:6

Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].

Tafseer
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

۝

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.

Tafseer
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

۝

68:8

Then do not obey the deniers.

Tafseer
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

۝

68:9

They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].

Tafseer
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ

۝

68:10

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

Tafseer
هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ

۝

68:11

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -

Tafseer
مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

۝

68:12

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,

Tafseer
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

۝

68:13

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.

Tafseer
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ

۝

68:14

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,

Tafseer
إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

۝

68:15

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."

Tafseer
سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ

۝

68:16

We will soon mark his snout.1

Tafseer
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

۝

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,

Tafseer
وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ

۝

68:18

leaving no thought for Allah’s Will.1

Tafseer
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

۝

68:19

Then it was struck by a torment from your Lord while they slept,

Tafseer
فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

۝

68:20

so it was reduced to ashes.

Tafseer
فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

۝

68:21

Then by daybreak they called out to each other,

Tafseer
أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ

۝

68:22

˹saying,˺ “Go early to your harvest, if you want to pick ˹all˺ the fruit.”

Tafseer
فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ

۝

68:23

So they went off, whispering to one another,

Tafseer
أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ

۝

68:24

“Do not let any poor person enter your garden today.”

Tafseer
وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَـٰدِرِينَ

۝

68:25

And they proceeded early, totally fixated on their purpose.

Tafseer
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

۝

68:26

But when they saw it ˹devastated˺, they cried, “We must have lost ˹our˺ way!

Tafseer
بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

۝

68:27

In fact, we have been deprived ˹of our livelihood˺.”

Tafseer
قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

۝

68:28

The most sensible of them said, “Did I not urge you to say, ‘Allah willing.’?”

Tafseer
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

۝

68:29

They replied, “Glory be to our Lord! We have truly been wrongdoers.”

Tafseer
فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ

۝

68:30

Then they turned on each other, throwing blame.

Tafseer