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