# Surah 68

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> Surah 68
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> Al Qalam (The Pen) -or- Nun
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> In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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> 1.  Nun.  By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write--
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> 2.  Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
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> 3.  Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
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> 4.  And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
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> 5.  Soon wilt thou see and they will see,
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> 6.  Which of you is afflicted with madness.
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> 7.  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.
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> 8.  So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
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> 9.  Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant; so would thy be pliant.
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> 10.  Need not the type of despicable man--ready with oaths.
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> 11.  A slanderer, going about with calumnies.
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> 12.  (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin.
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> 13.  Violent (and cruel)--with all that, base-born--
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> 14.  Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
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> 15.  When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the Ancients," he cries.
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> 16.  Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
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> 17.  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.
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> 18.  But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
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> 19.  So there came, on the (garden) a visitation from thy from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
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> 20.  So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
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> 21.  As the morning broke, they called out, one to another--
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> 22.  "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
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> 23.  So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)--
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> 24.  "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
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> 25.  And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
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> 26.  But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
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> 27.  "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labor)!"
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> 28.  Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?' "
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> 29.  They said: "Glory to our Lord!  Verily we have been doing wrong!"
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> 30.  Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
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> 31.  They said: "Alas for us!  We have indeed transgressed!
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> 32.  "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
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> 33.  Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter--if only they knew!
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> 34.  Verily, for the righteous are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
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> 35.  Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
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> 36.  What is the matter with you?  How judge ye?
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> 37.  Or have ye a Book through which ye learn--
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> 38.  That ye shall have through it whatever ye choose?
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> 39.  Or have ye Covenants with Us on oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
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> 40.  Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety of that!
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> 41.  Or have they some "Partners" (in Godhead)?  Then let them produce their "partners," if they are truthful!
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> 42.  The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able--
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> 43.  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).
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> 44.  Then leave Me alone with such as reject this message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
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> 45.  A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My plan.
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> 46.  Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?--
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> 47.  Or that they Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
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> 48.  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.
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> 49.  Had not Grace from His Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
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> 50.  Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the company of the Righteous.
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> 51.  And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
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> 52.  But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.
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> — *Surah 68*