سُورَةُ القلم
68. Al-Qalam
The Pen
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بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ
نٓ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ١
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Nūn.1724 By the pen and what they inscribe,
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1724See footnote to 2:1.
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ٢
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You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ٣
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And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ٤
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And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ٥
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So you will see and they will see
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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ٦
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Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ٧
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Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ٨
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Then do not obey the deniers.
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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ٩
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They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ١٠
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And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
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هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ١١
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[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ١٢
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A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ١٣
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Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.1725
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1725i.e., claiming a particular lineage falsely. The description given in these verses is of al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah (see also 74:11-25) or possibly, as asserted by Ibn Katheer, al-Akhnas bin Shurayq.
أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ١٤
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Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ١٥
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When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ١٦
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We will brand him upon the snout.1726
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1726Literally, "trunk," meaning the nose of an elephant or pig.
إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ١٧
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Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ١٨
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Without making exception.1727
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1727i.e., without conceding that nothing can be accomplished unless Allāh wills, saying, "...if Allāh wills" ("in-shā’-Allāh"). See 18:23-24.
فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ١٩
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So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ٢٠
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And it became as though reaped.
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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ٢١
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And they called one another at morning,
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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ٢٢
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[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ٢٣
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So they set out, while lowering their voices,
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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ٢٤
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[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَٰدِرِينَ٢٥
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And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.1728
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1728To carry out their plan, confident of their ability.
فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ٢٦
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But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ٢٧
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Rather, we have been deprived."
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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ٢٨
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The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"1729
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1729i.e., remember or mention Him by saying, "...if Allāh wills." An additional meaning is "praise" or "thank" Him for His bounty.
قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ٢٩
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They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ٣٠
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Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
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قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ٣١
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They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ٣٢
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Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."1730
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1730Of His mercy, forgiveness and bounty.
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ٣٣
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Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ٣٤
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Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ٣٥
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Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ٣٦
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What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ٣٧
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Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ٣٨
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That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ٣٩
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Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ٤٠
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Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ٤١
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Or do they have partners?1731 Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
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1731i.e., those to whom they attribute divinity other than Allāh or partners from among themselves.
يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ٤٢
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The Day the shin will be uncovered1732 and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,
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1732i.e., when everyone will find before him great difficulty. In accordance with authentic ḥadīths, "the shin" might also refer to that of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), before which every believer will prostrate on the Day of Judgement. See footnote to 2:19.
خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ٤٣
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Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.1733
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1733During worldly life.
فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ٤٤
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So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.1734
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1734Allāh will increase His favors to them in this world by way of trial, whereby they will sink deeper into sin and thus into destruction.
وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ٤٥
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And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ٤٦
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Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ٤٧
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Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ٤٨
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Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.
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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ٤٩
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If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.1735
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1735But instead, Allāh accepted his repentance and provided means for his recovery. See 37:139-148.
فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ٥٠
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And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ٥١
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And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ٥٢
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But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.
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