Surah 68 القلم

وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ Verse 9

Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ Verse 10

Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ Verse 11

Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ Verse 12

Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ Verse 13

Greedy therewithal, intrusive.

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ Verse 14

It is because he is possessed of wealth and children

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ Verse 15

That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.

سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ Verse 16

We shall brand him on the nose.

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ Verse 17

Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ Verse 18

And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ Verse 19

Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ Verse 20

And in the morning it was as if plucked.

فَتَنَادَوْا مُصْبِحِينَ Verse 21

And they cried out one unto another in the morning,

أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ Verse 22

Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).

فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ Verse 23

So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ Verse 24

No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.

وَغَدَوْا عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ Verse 25

They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ Verse 26

But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ Verse 27

Nay, but we are desolate!

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ Verse 28

The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)?

قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ Verse 29

They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ Verse 30

Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.

قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ Verse 31

They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ Verse 32

It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.

كَذَٰلِكَ الْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ Verse 33

Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ Verse 34

Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.

أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ Verse 35

Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ Verse 36

What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ Verse 37

Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ Verse 38

That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ Verse 39

Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ Verse 40

Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ Verse 41

Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful,

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ Verse 42

On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ Verse 43

With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.

فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا الْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ Verse 44

Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.

وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ Verse 45

Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ Verse 46

Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ Verse 47

Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ Verse 48

But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.

لَّوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ Verse 49

Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.

فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ Verse 50

But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.

وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ Verse 51

And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ Verse 52

When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.