بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
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نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
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Nun. By the pen and what the scribes write. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:2
مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
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By your Lord's Grace, you are not afflicted with madness, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
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and surely yours shall be a never-ending reward, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
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and you are certainly on the most exalted standard of moral excellence. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
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So you will soon see, and they too will see, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ
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which of you is afflicted with madness. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:7
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ
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Surely your Lord knows well those who have strayed from His Way just as He knows well those who are on the Right Way. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:8
فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ
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Do not, then, yield to those who reject the Truth, decrying it as false; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:9
وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
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they would wish you to be pliant so that they too may be pliant. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
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And do not yield to any contemptible swearer, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:11
هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ
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the fault-finder who goes around slandering, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
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the hinderer of good, the transgressor, the sinful; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:13
عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
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the coarse-grained, and above all mean and ignoble; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
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(who so acts) simply because he has wealth and sons, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ
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and whenever Our verses are rehearsed to him, he says: “These are fairy- tales of times gone by.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ
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Soon shall We brand him on his snout. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
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We have put them [i.e., the Makkans] to test even as We put to test the owners of the orchard when they vowed that they would gather the fruit of their orchard in the morning, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
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without making any allowance (for the will of Allah). - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ
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Thereupon a calamity from your Lord passed over it while they were asleep, - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ
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and so by morning the orchard lay as though it had been fully harvested. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ
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At daybreak they called out to one another: - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ
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“Hurry to your orchard if you would gather its fruit.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ
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So off they went, whispering to one another: - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
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“No destitute person shall enter it today.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ
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They went forth early, believing that they had the power (to gather the fruit). - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ
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But as soon as they beheld the orchard, (they cried out): “We have certainly lost the way; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
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rather, we are utterly ruined.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
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The best among them said: “Did I not say to you: why do you not give glory to (your Lord)?” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ
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They cried out: “Glory be to our Lord! Certainly we were sinners.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ
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Then they began to reproach one another. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ
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They said: “Woe to us! We had indeed transgressed. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ
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Maybe our Lord will give us a better orchard in its place; to our Lord do we penitently turn.” - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:33
كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ
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Such is the chastisement; and the chastisement of the Hereafter is assuredly even greater, if only they knew. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:34
إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ
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Surely the God-fearing shall have Gardens of bliss with their Lord. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ
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What! Shall We treat those who have submitted (to Our command) like those who have acted as criminals? - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:36
مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
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What is the matter with you? How ill do you judge! - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:37
أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
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Or do you have a Book wherein you read - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:38
إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
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that (in the Hereafter) you shall have all that you choose for yourselves? - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:39
أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
68:39
Or have We sworn a covenant with you which We are bound to keep till the Day of Resurrection, (a covenant requiring that whatever you ordain for yourselves shall be yours)? - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
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Ask them: “Which of them can guarantee that? - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ
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Or has something been guaranteed by any of those whom they associate with Allah in His Divinity?” If so, let them bring forth their associates, if they are truthful. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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On the Day when the dreadful calamity will unfold, when people will be summoned to prostrate themselves, and yet they will not be able to prostrate. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ
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Their eyes shall be downcast and ignominy shall overwhelm them. For when they were safe and sound, they were summoned to prostrate themselves, (and they refused). - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
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So leave Me, (O Prophet), to deal with him who gives the lie to this Discourse. We shall draw them little by little (to their undoing) in a way that they will not know. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ
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I am giving them a respite. Great is My scheme! - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
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Or are you asking them for some compensation so that they feel burdened with debt? - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:47
أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
68:47
Or do they have any knowledge of the Unseen which they are now writing down? - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:48
فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
68:48
So bear with patience until the Judgement of your Lord comes, and do not belike the man in the fish (i.e., Jonah) who called out, choking with grief: - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:49
لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
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had his Lord not bestowed His favour upon him, he would have been cast upon that barren shore (and would have remained there) in disgrace. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:50
فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ
68:50
But his Lord exalted him, and included him among His righteous servants. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:51
وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ
68:51
When the unbelievers hear this Exhortation, they look at you as though they would knock you off your feet with their (hostile) glances. They say: “Surely he is afflicted with madness”; - Abul Ala Maududi (English)
68:52
وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ
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although this is nothing but an Exhortation (to goodness) for everyone in the world. - Abul Ala Maududi (English)