# Sura  68 - The Pen

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> 68. al-Qalam: The Pen
> 1 Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith), 
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> 2 Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman. 
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> 3 And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing. 
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> 4 And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature. 
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> 5 And thou wilt see and they will see 
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> 6 Which of you is the demented. 
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> 7 Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright. 
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> 8 Therefor obey not thou the rejecters 
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> 9 Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise. 
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> 10 Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger, 
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> 11 Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders, 
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> 12 Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor 
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> 13 Greedy therewithal, intrusive. 
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> 14 It is because he is possessed of wealth and children 
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> 15 That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old. 
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> 16 We shall brand him on the nose. 
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> 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, 
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> 18 And made no exception (for the Will of Allah); 
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> 19 Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept 
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> 20 And in the morning it was as if plucked. 
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> 21 And they cried out one unto another in the morning, 
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> 22 Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit). 
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> 23 So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones: 
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> 24 No needy man shall enter it to-day against you. 
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> 25 They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose. 
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> 26 But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error! 
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> 27 Nay, but we are desolate! 
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> 28 The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah) ? 
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> 29 They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers. 
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> 30 Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching. 
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> 31 They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous. 
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> 32 It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord. 
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> 33 Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know. 
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> 34 Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord. 
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> 35 Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty ? 
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> 36 What aileth you ? How foolishly ye judge! 
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> 37 Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn 
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> 38 That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose ? 
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> 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 ? 
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> 40 Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that! 
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> 41 Or have they other gods ? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful 
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> 42 On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able, 
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> 43 With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt. 
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> 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. 
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> 45 Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm. 
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> 46 Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed ? 
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> 47 Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof) ? 
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> 48 But wait thou for thy Lord's decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair. 
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> 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. 
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> 50 But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous. 
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> 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; 
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> 52 When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.
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> — *Sura  68 - The Pen*