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al-Qalam (The Pen)
as rendered by Musharraf Hussain
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Musharraf Hussain rendition of Surah The Pen(al-Qalam)
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68:1 Noon. By the pen and everything they write.
68:2 By the grace of your Lord, Prophet, you aren’t possessed.
68:3 Indeed, you shall have an everlasting reward,
68:4 and you have a strong character
68:5 Soon you will see, and so will they,
68:6 who is really demented.
68:7 Your Lord knows best who strayed from His path, and He knows best who are the guided.
68:8 So don’t compromise with the deniers;
68:9 they would love to see you compromise with them so that they may compromise.
68:10 Don’t yield to every despicable swearer of oaths –
68:11 a fault-finder, dashing around backbiting,
68:12 obstructing the common good, an aggressor, a sinner,
68:13 an oppressor, and moreover of doubtful birth.
68:14 He has plenty of wealth and children.
68:15 When Our verses are recited to him he says, “These are ancient stories.”
68:16 We shall soon put a mark on his nose
68:17 We test them as We tested the owners of the orchard, when they promised they would pick the fruits early in the morning
68:18 and they made no exceptions.
68:19 While they slept, a disaster from your Lord struck the orchard,
68:20 so by the morning it was a desolate place.
68:21 They woke up in the morning and called out to each other,
68:22 “Hurry to your harvest, if you are going to pick its fruits.”
68:23 So off they went, whispering to each other,
68:24 “Absolutely no needy person will enter it today and bother you.”
68:25 They went early, purposefully and determined.
68:26 However, when they reached there they saw it utterly desolate, they said, “We are lost,
68:27 rather we are prevented from picking the fruit!
68:28 The middle one said, “Didn’t I tell you to glorify Allah?”
68:29 They replied, “Glory be to Our Lord, we were wicked!”
68:30 So they turned to one other and began blaming each other.
68:31 They cried, “Woe to us! We were shamelessly disobedient,
68:32 perhaps Our Lord will give us something better in exchange for the orchard; we turn genuinely in hope to Our Lord.”
68:33 Such was the punishment, but the punishment of the Hereafter is even greater. If only they knew
68:34 The righteous will have attractive Gardens near their Lord.
68:35 So are We to treat those who have submitted themselves like the sinners?
68:36 What is the matter with you; what makes you judge in this way?
68:37 Or do you have a book from where you have learnt
68:38 that you will get whatever you choose?
68:39 Or do you have solemn oaths with Us that are binding till Judgement Day – you will have whatever you decide?
68:40 Ask them: “Who will guarantee this?
68:41 Or do they have partners beside Allah?” So let them bring their partners if they are truthful.
68:42 The Day things will be extremely difficult, they will be invited to prostrate, but they won’t be able to do so,
68:43 their eyes lowered and faces covered with humiliation. They were invited to prostrate when they were safe and sound.
68:44 So leave those to Me who deny this Revelation. So gradually We shall lead them to their ruin, and they will not know it,
68:45 and We shall give them more time. My plan will work
68:46 Or do you ask them for a wage, which will burden them heavily with debt
68:47 Or do they have knowledge of the unseen that they write down
68:48 So wait patiently for your Lord’s judgement and do not be like the companion in the belly of the whale who prayed whilst in distress.
68:49 Hadn’t a blessing from His Lord reached him, he would have been abandoned on the barren shore, condemned forever.
68:50 So His Lord accepted his plea and selected him, and He made him among the righteous.
68:51 They wish to strike you down with their evil eyes; when the disbelievers hear the Reminder they say, “He is mad!”
68:52 This is a clear Reminder for all people


   


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