Surah “The Pen”

as rendered by Hasan Al-Fatih Qaribullah — 52 verses

Noon. By the Pen and that (the angels) write
you are not, because of the favor of your Lord, mad
Indeed, there is an unfailing wage for you
Surely, you (Prophet Muhammad) are of a great morality
You shall see and they will se
which of you is the demented
Indeed, your Lord knows very well those who strayed from His Path, and those who are guided
Therefore, do not obey those who belie
they wish you would compromise, then, they would compromise
And do not obey every mean swearer
the backbiter who goes about slandering
those who hinder good, the guilty aggressor
the crude of low characte
because he has wealth and sons
When Our verses are recited to him, he says: 'They are but fairytales of the ancients!
We shall mark him upon his nose
We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden who had sworn that in the morning they would reap it
without adding to their swearing, (Allah willing, InshaAllah)
Then, a visitation from your Lord came down upon it while they slept
and in the morning it was if the garden had been reaped
(Then) in the morning they called out to one another, saying
'Come out to your tillage if you want to reap!
And so they departed, whispering to one another
'No needy person shall set foot in it today.
And they went out early, determined in their resolve
But when they saw it they said: 'We have surely gone astray
No, rather, we have been prevented!
(Whereupon) the best among them said: 'Did I not say to you to exalt (Allah)?
'Exaltations to Allah, our Lord, ' they said, 'We were truly harmdoers.
And they came blaming one another
They said 'Woe to us, truly we were insolent!
It may be that our Lord will give us better than it in exchange. To our Lord we humbly turn.
Such was their punishment. But the punishment of the Everlasting Life is much greater, if they but knew
Surely, the cautious shall have Gardens of Bliss with their Lord
What, shall We make those who are submissive like the wrongdoers
What is the matter with you then, how do you judge
Or, have you a Book from which you stud
surely in it you shall have whatever you choose
Or, have you an oath from Us that stretches to the Day of Resurrection (if so) you shall surely have what you judge
Ask them, which of them will guarantee that
Or, do they have associates? Then let them bring their associates, if what they say is true
On the Day when the leg shall be bared, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves, they will be unable
Their eyes will be humbled, and humiliation shall spread over them for they were already ordered to prostrate themselves when they were undiminished
Therefore, leave Me with he who belied this discourse. We will draw them on little by little from where they do not know
I shall respite them, My stratagem is firm
Or, do you ask them for a wage, so that they are burdened withdebt
Or, is the Unseen with them, and they are writing it down
So be patient with the judgement of your Lord and do not be like the Companion of the Whale (Jonah), when he called out choking inwardly
Had the favor of his Lord not come upon him, he would have been blamed, cast upon the shore
But his Lord had chosen him and He placed him among the righteous
When the unbelievers hear the Reminder, they nearly strike you down with their glances, and say: 'Surely, he is mad!
But it is nothing other than a Reminder for all the worlds