Chapter 68
In the name of God, the Almighty, the Merciful.
68:1 N, the pen, and what they write.
68:2 You are not, by the blessing of your Lord, crazy.
68:3 And you will have a reward that will not end.
68:4 And you are of a high moral character.
68:5 So you will see, and they will see.
68:6 Which of you are condemned.
68:7 Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided.
68:8 So do not obey those who deny.
68:9 They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise.
68:10 And do not obey every lowly swearer.
68:11 A slanderer, a backbiter.
68:12 Forbidder of charity, a transgressor, a sinner.
68:13 Unappreciative, and greedy.
68:14 Because he possessed money and sons.
68:15 When Our revelations are recited to him, he says: "Tales of old!"
68:16 We will mark him on the path.
68:17 We have tested them like We tested those who owned the farm, when they swore that they will harvest it in the morning.
68:18 They were without doubt.
68:19 So a passing sent from your Lord came to it while they all were asleep.
68:20 Thus, it became barren.
68:21 They called on one another when they awoke.
68:22 "Let us go this morning to harvest the crop."
68:23 So they went, while conversing.
68:24 That from today, none of them would ever be poor.
68:25 And they went, ready to harvest.
68:26 But when they saw it, they said: "We have gone astray!"
68:27 "Now, we have nothing!"
68:28 The most balanced among them said: "If only you had glorified!"
68:29 They said: "Glory be to our Lord. We have transgressed."
68:30 Then they started to blame each other.
68:31 They said: "Woe to us. We sinned."
68:32 "Perhaps our Lord will grant us better than it. We repent to our Lord."
68:33 Such was the punishment. But the retribution of the Hereafter is far worse, if only they knew.
68:34 The righteous have deserved, at their Lord, gardens of bliss.
68:35 Should We treat those who submitted the same as those who are criminals?
68:36 What is wrong with you, how do you judge?
68:37 Or do you have a book which you study?
68:38 In it, you can find what you wish?
68:39 Or do you have an oath from Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that you can judge as you please?
68:40 Ask them: "Who of them will make such a claim?"
68:41 Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they are truthful.
68:42 The Day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to prostrate, but they will be unable to.
68:43 With their eyes subdued, humiliation will cover them. They were invited to prostrate when they were whole and able.
68:44 Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this narrative; We will entice them from where they do not perceive.
68:45 And I will lead them on; for My planning is formidable.
68:46 Or do you ask them for a wage, so they are burdened by the fine?
68:47 Or do they know the future? So they have it recorded?
68:48 You shall be patient for the judgment of your Lord. And do not be like the companion of the whale who called out while he was in sorrow.
68:49 Had it not been for the grace of his Lord, he would have remained trapped, while he was to be blamed.
68:50 But his Lord selected him, and made him righteous.
68:51 And those who have rejected almost attack you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: "He is crazy!"
68:52 And it is but a reminder for the worlds.