ن ۚ وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ١
Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
68:2
مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ ٢
Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
68:3
وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ ٣
Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
68:4
وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ ٤
And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
68:5
فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ٥
Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
68:6
بِأَيْيِكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ ٦
Which of you is afflicted with madness.
68:7
إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَنْ ضَلَّ عَنْ سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ ٧
Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance.
68:8
فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ ٨
So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
68:9
وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ٩
Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
68:10
وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَهِينٍ ١٠
Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
68:11
هَمَّازٍ مَشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ ١١
A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
68:12
مَنَّاعٍ لِلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ١٢
(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
68:13
عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ١٣
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-