English - Chapter 68 - Al-Qalam

Nun. By the pen and by what you write

(Muhammad), you are not insane, thanks to the bounty of your Lord

You will certainly receive a never-ending reward

You have attained a high moral standard

You will see and they will also see

which of you has been afflicted by insanity

Your Lord knows best who has gone astray from His path and who is rightly guided

Do not yield to those who reject the Truth

They would like you to relent to them so that they could also relent towards you

Do not yield to one persistent in swearing

back-biting, gossiping

obstructing virtues, a sinful transgressor

ill-mannered, and moraly corrupt or that because he may possess wealth and children

When Our revelations are recited to him

he says, "These are ancient legends

We shall brand him on his nose

We have tested them in the same way as we tested the dwellers of the garden (in Yemen) when they swore to pluck all the fruits of the garden in the morning

without adding ("if God wills)

A visitor from your Lord circled around the garden during the night while they were asleep

and the garden was turned into a barren desert

Go early to your farms, if you want to pluck the fruits

They all left, whispering to one another

Let no beggar come to the garden

They were resolved to repel the beggars

When they saw the garden, they said, "Surely we have lost our way

(No, we are not lost.) In fact, we have been deprived of everything

A reasonable one among them said, "Did I not tell you that you should glorify God

They said, "All glory belongs to God. We have certainly been unjust

Some of them started to blame others

They said, "Woe to us. We have been arrogant

Perhaps our Lord will replace it with a better garden. We turn in repentance to our Lord

Such is the torment if only they knew that the torment in the life hereafter will certainly be greater

The pious ones will receive a beautiful Paradise from their Lord

Shall We treat the Muslims like criminals

What is the matter with you? How could you judge this to be so

Do you have a book from which you study

that tells you to do whatever you want

Do you have a covenant with Us which allows you to do whatever you want until the Day of Judgment

(Muhammad), ask which of them can guarantee that on the Day of Judgment

they will receive the same thing that the Muslims will? Do they have any witness to such an agreement? Let them bring out such witness, if they are truthful

On the day when the terrible torment approaches, they will be told (in a mocking way) to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able to do it

Their eyes will be lowered and disgrace will cover them. They had certainly been told to prostrate themselves before God when they were safe and sound

Leave those who reject the Quran to Me and I shall lead them step by step to destruction, without their being aware of it

I shall give them respite, however, My plan is so strong that they will never be able to escape from it

(Muhammad), do you ask for your preaching any recompense which is too heavy a price for them to pay

Do they possess the knowledge of the unseen which confirms the truthfulness of their belief

Exercise patience until the promise of your Lord (to punish the unbelievers) comes true. Do not be like Jonah (who left his people without the permission of God; he wanted them to be punished immediately)

and who cried (for help) to his Lord, while imprisoned and helpless inside the fish. Had it not been for a favor from his Lord, he would have been left out in the open, deserving blame for his shortcomings

But his Lord chose him as His Prophet and made him one of the righteous ones

When the disbelievers listen to you reciting the Quran they almost try to destroy you with their piercing eyes. Then they say, "He is certainly insane

The Quran is nothing but a reminder from God to mankind