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68. Al-Qalam (القلم)

بِسمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحمـٰنِ الرَّحيمِ
Verse 1
ن ۚ وَالقَلَمِ وَما يَسطُرونَ
Translation
Nūn[1]. By the pen and what they [i.e., the angels] write [in the Records of deeds],
Footnotes
[1] See footnote 2:1.
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Verse 2
ما أَنتَ بِنِعمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجنونٍ
Translation
By the grace of your Lord [O Prophet], you are not a madman.
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Verse 3
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجرًا غَيرَ مَمنونٍ
Translation
You will surely have a never-ending reward.
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Verse 4
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظيمٍ
Translation
Indeed, you are of a great moral character.
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Verse 5
فَسَتُبصِرُ وَيُبصِرونَ
Translation
Soon you will see and they will see,
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Verse 6
بِأَييِكُمُ المَفتونُ
Translation
which of you is afflicted with madness.
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Verse 7
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعلَمُ بِالمُهتَدينَ
Translation
Indeed, your Lord alone knows best who has strayed from His way and those who are rightly guided.
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Verse 8
فَلا تُطِعِ المُكَذِّبينَ
Translation
So do not obey the deniers.
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Verse 9
وَدّوا لَو تُدهِنُ فَيُدهِنونَ
Translation
They wish that you would compromise so they would too compromise.
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Verse 10
وَلا تُطِع كُلَّ حَلّافٍ مَهينٍ
Translation
And do not obey every disgraceful swearer,
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Verse 11
هَمّازٍ مَشّاءٍ بِنَميمٍ
Translation
backbiter, gossip-monger,
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Verse 12
مَنّاعٍ لِلخَيرِ مُعتَدٍ أَثيمٍ
Translation
withholder of good, transgressor, sinful,
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Verse 13
عُتُلٍّ بَعدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنيمٍ
Translation
coarse, and furthermore, an illegitimate child[1].
Footnotes
[1] i.e., falsely claiming a particular lineage. It refers to Al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah (See also 74:11-25) or possibly Al-Akhnas ibn Shurayq.
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Verse 14
أَن كانَ ذا مالٍ وَبَنينَ
Translation
Simply because he has wealth and children,
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Verse 15
إِذا تُتلىٰ عَلَيهِ ءايـٰتُنا قالَ أَسـٰطيرُ الأَوَّلينَ
Translation
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”
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Verse 16
سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الخُرطومِ
Translation
We will soon brand him on the snout[1].
Footnotes
[1] Lit., "trunk," meaning the nose of an elephant or pig. These verses refer to Al-Walīd ibn al-Mughīrah, a leader of the pagans of Makkah and a staunch enemy of Islam. He called the Prophet (ﷺ) a madman, so the Qur’an responded by mentioning ten of Al-Walīd’s qualities. (See 53:33-35 and 74:11-26). Two of those qualities were not known to him: the fact that he was an illegitimate child and that his nose would be chopped off years later at the Battle of Badr. Khālid ibn al-Walīd and two of his brothers embraced Islam.
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Verse 17
إِنّا بَلَونـٰهُم كَما بَلَونا أَصحـٰبَ الجَنَّةِ إِذ أَقسَموا لَيَصرِمُنَّها مُصبِحينَ
Translation
Indeed, We have tested them [i.e., the Makkans] as We tested the people of the garden when they swore to harvest its fruits in the early morning,
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Verse 18
وَلا يَستَثنونَ
Translation
and made no exception [by saying: if Allah wills][1].
Footnotes
[1] Or without leaving some for the poor.
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Verse 19
فَطافَ عَلَيها طائِفٌ مِن رَبِّكَ وَهُم نائِمونَ
Translation
Then it was struck by an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep,
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Verse 20
فَأَصبَحَت كَالصَّريمِ
Translation
and it turned to ashes [as black as night].
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Verse 21
فَتَنادَوا مُصبِحينَ
Translation
Then in the early morning they called out to one another:
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Verse 22
أَنِ اغدوا عَلىٰ حَرثِكُم إِن كُنتُم صـٰرِمينَ
Translation
“Go early to your garden if you really wish to harvest.”
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Verse 23
فَانطَلَقوا وَهُم يَتَخـٰفَتونَ
Translation
So they set out, whispering to one another,
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Verse 24
أَن لا يَدخُلَنَّهَا اليَومَ عَلَيكُم مِسكينٌ
Translation
“Not a single poor person should enter your garden today.”
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Verse 25
وَغَدَوا عَلىٰ حَردٍ قـٰدِرينَ
Translation
And they left early, fully determined to stick to their plan[1].
Footnotes
[1] To implement their plan, fully confident of their ability.
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Verse 26
فَلَمّا رَأَوها قالوا إِنّا لَضالّونَ
Translation
But when they saw the garden, they said, “We must have lost our way!
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Verse 27
بَل نَحنُ مَحرومونَ
Translation
Rather, we have been deprived.”
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Verse 28
قالَ أَوسَطُهُم أَلَم أَقُل لَكُم لَولا تُسَبِّحونَ
Translation
The best among them said, “Did I not tell you to glorify Allah[1]?”
Footnotes
[1] i.e., remember Him by saying, "...if Allah wills." Or "praise" and "thank" Allah for His bounty.
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Verse 29
قالوا سُبحـٰنَ رَبِّنا إِنّا كُنّا ظـٰلِمينَ
Translation
They said, “Glory be to our Lord! We were truly wrongdoers.”
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Verse 30
فَأَقبَلَ بَعضُهُم عَلىٰ بَعضٍ يَتَلـٰوَمونَ
Translation
Then they turned to one another, throwing blame.
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Verse 31
قالوا يـٰوَيلَنا إِنّا كُنّا طـٰغينَ
Translation
They said, “Woe to us! We were surely transgressors.
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Verse 32
عَسىٰ رَبُّنا أَن يُبدِلَنا خَيرًا مِنها إِنّا إِلىٰ رَبِّنا رٰغِبونَ
Translation
Our Lord may give us something better than this. We certainly turn to our Lord in hope[1].”
Footnotes
[1] Of His forgiveness and bounty.
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Verse 33
كَذٰلِكَ العَذابُ ۖ وَلَعَذابُ الـٔاخِرَةِ أَكبَرُ ۚ لَو كانوا يَعلَمونَ
Translation
Such is the punishment [in this world]; but the punishment of the Hereafter is far worse, if only they knew.
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Verse 34
إِنَّ لِلمُتَّقينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِم جَنّـٰتِ النَّعيمِ
Translation
Indeed, the righteous will have gardens of bliss with their Lord.
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Verse 35
أَفَنَجعَلُ المُسلِمينَ كَالمُجرِمينَ
Translation
Should We then treat Muslims like the wicked?
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Verse 36
ما لَكُم كَيفَ تَحكُمونَ
Translation
What is the matter with you that you make such a judgment?
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Verse 37
أَم لَكُم كِتـٰبٌ فيهِ تَدرُسونَ
Translation
Or do you have a scripture in which you read
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Verse 38
إِنَّ لَكُم فيهِ لَما تَخَيَّرونَ
Translation
that you will be given whatever you choose?
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Verse 39
أَم لَكُم أَيمـٰنٌ عَلَينا بـٰلِغَةٌ إِلىٰ يَومِ القِيـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُم لَما تَحكُمونَ
Translation
Or do you have a solemn promise binding upon Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you will have whatever you decide for yourselves?
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Verse 40
سَلهُم أَيُّهُم بِذٰلِكَ زَعيمٌ
Translation
Ask them which of them can guarantee that.
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Verse 41
أَم لَهُم شُرَكاءُ فَليَأتوا بِشُرَكائِهِم إِن كانوا صـٰدِقينَ
Translation
Or do they have associate-gods? Then let them bring forth their associate-gods[1], if they are truthful.
Footnotes
[1] whom they took as partners with Allah.
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Verse 42
يَومَ يُكشَفُ عَن ساقٍ وَيُدعَونَ إِلَى السُّجودِ فَلا يَستَطيعونَ
Translation
On the Day when the Shin [of Allah] will be uncovered[1], and they are invited to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so.
Footnotes
[1] i.e., It is a Day that everyone will find before him great difficulty. According to a long and authentic Hadīth of Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudrī, "the Shin" refers to that of Allah Almighty, before which every believer will prostrate on the Day of Judgment when the disbelievers and hypocrites will not be able to prostrate. The text of the Hadith is as follows: "... Then the Lord will uncover His Shank, so they will prostrate to Him...".
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Verse 43
خـٰشِعَةً أَبصـٰرُهُم تَرهَقُهُم ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَد كانوا يُدعَونَ إِلَى السُّجودِ وَهُم سـٰلِمونَ
Translation
Their eyes will be downcast, overwhelmed with humiliation, for they were invited to prostrate when they were capable[1] [but they refused].
Footnotes
[1] During the life of this world.
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Verse 44
فَذَرنى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهـٰذَا الحَديثِ ۖ سَنَستَدرِجُهُم مِن حَيثُ لا يَعلَمونَ
Translation
So leave to Me those who reject this message [O Prophet]. We will gradually lead them to their ruin in ways that they do not perceive[1].
Footnotes
[1] Allah will increase favors upon them in this life as a trial, so they will increase sin, which will lead to their destruction.
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Verse 45
وَأُملى لَهُم ۚ إِنَّ كَيدى مَتينٌ
Translation
I will give them respite, but My plan is firm.
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Verse 46
أَم تَسـَٔلُهُم أَجرًا فَهُم مِن مَغرَمٍ مُثقَلونَ
Translation
Or are you asking them for a reward, so they find it too burdensome?
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Verse 47
أَم عِندَهُمُ الغَيبُ فَهُم يَكتُبونَ
Translation
Or do they have knowledge of the unseen, so they write it down?
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Verse 48
فَاصبِر لِحُكمِ رَبِّكَ وَلا تَكُن كَصاحِبِ الحوتِ إِذ نادىٰ وَهُوَ مَكظومٌ
Translation
So be patient with the decree of your Lord, and do not be like the man of the Whale [i.e., Jonah], when he cried out in anguish[1].
Footnotes
[1] While inside the belly of the whale. See 21:87 and 37:139-148.
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Verse 49
لَولا أَن تَدٰرَكَهُ نِعمَةٌ مِن رَبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالعَراءِ وَهُوَ مَذمومٌ
Translation
Had it not been for the grace that he received from his Lord, he would have surely been thrown onto the barren shore, blameworthy[1].
Footnotes
[1] Instead, Allah accepted his repentance and provided for him means of recovery. See 37:139-148.
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Verse 50
فَاجتَبـٰهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصّـٰلِحينَ
Translation
But his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous.
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Verse 51
وَإِن يَكادُ الَّذينَ كَفَروا لَيُزلِقونَكَ بِأَبصـٰرِهِم لَمّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكرَ وَيَقولونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجنونٌ
Translation
The disbelievers would almost strike you down with their malicious gazes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, “He is certainly mad.”
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Verse 52
وَما هُوَ إِلّا ذِكرٌ لِلعـٰلَمينَ
Translation
But it is nothing other than a reminder to the whole world.
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Translation source: QuranEnc.com - english_rwwad (2026-10-21 01:12:31 (v1.0.20-xml.1))

Quran text: Tanzil Project (CC BY 3.0), unmodified. tanzil.net