Holy Quran Verses

Holy Quran Verses from Yusufali's Translation

Surah Qalam: The Pen

In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

068.001	Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
068.002	Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
068.003	Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
068.004	And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
068.005	Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
068.006	Which of you is afflicted with madness.
068.007	Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance.
068.008	So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
068.009	Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
068.010	Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
068.011	A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
068.012	(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
068.013	Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
068.014	Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
068.015	When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
068.016	Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
068.017	Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
068.018	But made no reservation, ("If it be God's Will").
068.019	Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
068.020	So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
068.021	As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
068.022	"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
068.023	So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
068.024	"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
068.025	And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
068.026	But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
068.027	"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
068.028	Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (God)?'"
068.029	They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
068.030	Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
068.031	They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
068.032	"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
068.033	Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
068.034	Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
068.035	Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
068.036	What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
068.037	Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
068.038	That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
068.039	Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
068.040	Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
068.041	Or have they some "Partners" (in Godhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
068.042	The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
068.043	Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).
068.044	Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
068.045	A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
068.046	Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-
068.047	Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
068.048	So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.
068.049	Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
068.050	Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
068.051	And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
068.052	But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.

Let us pray (Sura 20, Ayat 114) 'Ya Rabbi Zidni Ilma!' ('O Lord! Increase me in knowledge.') and seek spiritual help (ta'yid) to understand our great faith.

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