68:0 In the name of God, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

68:1 NuN, the pen, and what they (the people) write.

68:2 You have attained a great blessing from your Lord; you are not crazy.

68:3 You have attained a recompense that is well deserved.

68:4 You are blessed with a great moral character.

68:5 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 Do not obey the rejectors.

68:9 They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise.

68:10 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 Even though he possessed enough money and children.

68:15 When our revelations are recited to him, he says, "Tales from the past!"

68:16 We will mark his face.

68:17 We have tested them like we tested the owners of the garden who swore that they will harvest it in the morning.

68:18 They were so absolutely sure.

68:19 A passing (storm) from your Lord passed by it while they were asleep.

68:20 By morning, it was barren.

68:21 They called on each other in the morning.

68:22 "Let us harvest the crop."

68:23 On their way, they confided to each other.

68:24 That from then on, none of them would be poor.

68:25 They were so absolutely sure of their harvest.

68:26 But when they saw it, they said, "We were so wrong!

68:27 "Now, we have nothing!" They Should Have Said: "God Willing."

68:28 The righteous among them said, "If only you had glorified (God)!"

68:29 They said, "Glory be to our Lord. We have transgressed."

68:30 They started to blame each other.

68:31 They said, "Woe to us. We sinned.

68:32 "May our Lord grant us a better one. We repent to our Lord."

68:33 Such was the requital. But the retribution of the Hereafter is far worse, if they only knew.

68:34 The righteous have deserved, at their Lord, gardens of bliss.

68:35 Shall we treat the Submitters like the criminals?

68:36 What is wrong with your logic?

68:37 Do you have another book to uphold?

68:38 In it, do you find anything you want?

68:39 Or, have you received solemn assurances from us that grant you whatever you wish on the Day of Resurrection?

68:40 Ask them, "Who guarantees this for you?"

68:41 Do they have idols? Let their idols help them, if they are truthful.

68:42 The day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to fall prostrate, but they will be unable to.

68:43 With their eyes subdued, humiliation will cover them. They were invited to fall prostrate when they were whole and able.

68:44 Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive.

68:45 I will give them enough rope; My scheming is formidable.

68:46 Are you asking them for money, so they are burdened by the fine?

68:47 Do they know the future? Do they have it recorded?

68:48 You shall steadfastly persevere in carrying out the commands of your Lord. Do not be like (Jonah) who called from inside the fish.

68:49 If it were not for his Lord's grace, he would have been ejected into the desert as a sinner.

68:50 But his Lord blessed him, and made him righteous.

68:51 Those who disbelieved show their ridicule in their eyes when they hear the message and say, "He is crazy!"

68:52 It is in fact a message to the world.