Al-Qalam (ٱلْقَلَم)

٦٨ - ٱلْقَلَم

68 - Al-Qalam

نۗ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُوْنَ۝۱ۙ
Noon waalqalami wama yasturoona

English

Ahmed Ali

NUN. I CALL to witness the pen and what they inscribe,

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مَاۗ اَنْتَ بِنِعْمَۃِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُوْنٍ۝۲ۚ
Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoonin

English

Ahmed Ali

You are not demented by the grace of your Lord.

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وَاِنَّ لَكَ لَاَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُوْنٍ۝۳ۚ
Wainna laka laajran ghayra mamnoonin

English

Ahmed Ali

There is surely reward unending for you,

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وَاِنَّكَ لَعَلٰى خُلُقٍ عَظِيْمٍ۝۴
Wainnaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheemin

English

Ahmed Ali

For you are verily born of sublime nature.

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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُوْنَ۝۵ۙ
Fasatubsiru wayubsiroona

English

Ahmed Ali

So you will see, and they will realise,

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بِاَىيِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُوْنُ۝۶
Biayyikumu almaftoonu

English

Ahmed Ali

Who is distracted.

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اِنَّ رَبَّكَ ہُوَاَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيْلِہٖ۝۰۠ وَہُوَاَعْلَمُ بِالْمُہْتَدِيْنَ۝۷
Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dalla AAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bialmuhtadeena

English

Ahmed Ali

Verily your Lord knows those who have gone astray from His path, and He knows those who are guided on the way.

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فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِيْنَ۝۸
Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeena

English

Ahmed Ali

So do not comply with those who deny:

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وَدُّوْا لَوْ تُدْہِنُ فَيُدْہِنُوْنَ۝۹
Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoona

English

Ahmed Ali

They only want that you should relent, so that they may come to terms.

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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّہِيْنٍ۝۱۰ۙ
Wala tutiAA kulla hallafin maheenin

English

Ahmed Ali

Do not heed a contemptible swearer,

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