Surah 68: Al-Qalam
The Holy Qur’an
Holy Qur’an 68:1
In the name of Allah, the Gracious, the Merciful.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:2
By the inkstand and dy the pen and dy that which they write,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:3
Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, a madman.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:4
And for thee, most surely, there is an unending reward.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:5
And thou dost surely possess high moral excellences.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:6
And thou wilt soon see and they too will see
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:7
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:8
Surely, thy Lord knows best those who go astray from His way, and He knows best those who follow guidance.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:9
So comply not with the wishes of those who reject the truth.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:10
They wish that thou shouldst be pliant so that they may also be pliant.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:11
And yield not to any mean swearer,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:12
Backbiter, one who goes about slandering,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:13
Forbidder of good, transgressor, sinful,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:14
Ill-mannered and, in addition to that, of doubtful birth.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:15
This is because he possesses riches and children.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:16
When Our Signs are recited unto him, he says, ‘Stories of the ancients!’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:17
We will brand him on the snout.
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:18
We will surely try them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would certainly pluck all its fruit in the morning,
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:19
And they made no exception and did not say, ‘If God please.’
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)
Holy Qur’an 68:20
Then a visitation from thy Lord visited it while they were asleep;
Translation: Maulawi Sher Ali (Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat)