Al-Qalam

Surah 68

068 surah

نٓ وَالۡقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسۡطُرُوۡنَۙ‏ ١

Nun. By the pen and what the scribes write.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Noon, Kasam hai qalam ki aur us cheez ki jisey likhne waley likh rahey hain

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

مَاۤ اَنۡتَ بِـنِعۡمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجۡنُوۡنٍۚ‏ ٢

By your Lord's Grace, you are not afflicted with madness,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Tum apne Rubb ke fazl se majnoon (deewane) nahin ho

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَاِنَّ لَڪَ لَاَجۡرًا غَيۡرَ مَمۡنُوۡنٍۚ‏ ٣

and surely yours shall be a never-ending reward,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur yaqeenan tumhare liye aisa ajar (reward) hai jiska silsila kabhi khatm honay wala nahin

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَاِنَّكَ لَعَلٰى خُلُقٍ عَظِيۡمٍ‏ ٤

and you are certainly on the most exalted standard of moral excellence.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur beshak tum akhlaaq ke bade martabe par ho

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَسَتُبۡصِرُ وَيُبۡصِرُوۡنَۙ‏ ٥

So you will soon see, and they too will see,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Anqareeb tum bhi dekh logey aur woh bhi dekh lenge

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

بِاَيِّٮكُمُ الۡمَفۡتُوۡنُ‏ ٦

which of you is afflicted with madness.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Ke tum mein se kaun junoon (madness) mein mubtala hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ اَعۡلَمُ بِمَنۡ ضَلَّ عَنۡ سَبِيۡلِهٖ وَهُوَ اَعۡلَمُ بِالۡمُهۡتَدِيۡنَ‏ ٧

Surely your Lord knows well those who have strayed from His Way just as He knows well those who are on the Right Way.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Tumhara Rubb un logon ko bhi khoob jaanta hai jo uski raah se bhatkey huey hain , aur wahi unko bhi acchi tarah jaanta hai jo raah-e-raast par hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَلَا تُطِعِ الۡمُكَذِّبِيۡنَ‏ ٨

Do not, then, yield to those who reject the Truth, decrying it as false;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Lihaza tum in jhutlane walon ke dabao mein hargiz na aao

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَدُّوۡا لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُوۡنَ‏ ٩

they would wish you to be pliant so that they too may be pliant.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

yeh to chahte hain ke kuch tum mudahnat (narmi) karo to yeh bhi mudahnat (narmi) karein

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِيۡنٍۙ‏ ١٠

And do not yield to any contemptible swearer,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Hargiz na dabo kisi aisey shaks se jo bahut kasmein khane wala be-waqaat (worthless) aadmi hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۢ بِنَمِيۡمٍۙ‏ ١١

the fault-finder who goes around slandering,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Taaney deta hai , chugliyan khata phirta hai (slanderer, gossip-monger)

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ اَثِيۡمٍۙ‏ ١٢

the hinderer of good, the transgressor, the sinful;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Bhalayi se rokta hai , zulm-o-zyadti mein hadd se guzar janey wala hai, sakht badh-amal hai , jafa-kaar hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

عُتُلٍّ ۢ بَعۡدَ ذٰلِكَ زَنِيۡمٍۙ‏ ١٣

the coarse-grained, and above all mean and ignoble;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur in sab uyub (aib) ke saath badh-asl (illegitimate child) hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَنۡ كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَّبَنِيۡنَؕ‏ ١٤

(who so acts) simply because he has wealth and sons,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Is bina par ke woh bahut maal-o-aulad rakhta hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اِذَا تُتۡلٰى عَلَيۡهِ اٰيٰتُنَا قَالَ اَسَاطِيۡرُ الۡاَوَّلِيۡنَ‏ ١٥

and whenever Our verses are rehearsed to him, he says: “These are fairy- tales of times gone by.”

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Jab hamari aayat usko sunayi jati hai to kehta hai yeh to agle waqton ke afsane hain

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

سَنَسِمُهٗ عَلَى الۡخُـرۡطُوۡمِ‏ ١٦

Soon shall We brand him on his snout.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Ankareeb hum iski sund (snout) par daag lagayenge

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اِنَّا بَلَوۡنٰهُمۡ كَمَا بَلَوۡنَاۤ اَصۡحٰبَ الۡجَـنَّةِ ۚ اِذۡ اَقۡسَمُوۡا لَيَصۡرِمُنَّهَا مُصۡبِحِيۡنَۙ‏ ١٧

We have put them [i.e., the Makkans] to test even as We put to test the owners of the orchard when they vowed that they would gather the fruit of their orchard in the morning,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Humne in (ehle makkah) ko usi taraah aazmaish mein dala hai jis tarah ek baagh (garden) ke maalikon ko aazmaish mein dala tha, jab unhon ne kasam khayi ke subah sawerey zaroor apne baagh ke phal todenge

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَلَا يَسۡتَثۡنُوۡنَ‏ ١٨

without making any allowance (for the will of Allah).

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur woh koi istasna (exception) nahin kar rahey thay

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَطَافَ عَلَيۡهَا طَآٮِٕفٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّكَ وَهُمۡ نَآٮِٕمُوۡنَ‏ ١٩

Thereupon a calamity from your Lord passed over it while they were asleep,

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Raat ko woh soye padey thay ke tumhare Rubb ki taraf se ek balaa is baagh par phir gayi

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَاَصۡبَحَتۡ كَالصَّرِيۡمِۙ‏ ٢٠

and so by morning the orchard lay as though it had been fully harvested.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aur uska haal aisa ho gaya jaise kati hui fasal ho

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَتَـنَادَوۡا مُصۡبِحِيۡنَۙ‏ ٢١

At daybreak they called out to one another:

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Subah un logon ne ek dusre ko pukara

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَنِ اغۡدُوۡا عَلٰى حَرۡثِكُمۡ اِنۡ كُنۡتُمۡ صٰرِمِيۡنَ‏ ٢٢

“Hurry to your orchard if you would gather its fruit.”

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Kaha agar phal todne hai ho to sawerey sawerey apni kheti ki taraf nikal chalo

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَانۡطَلَقُوۡا وَهُمۡ يَتَخَافَتُوۡنَۙ‏ ٢٣

So off they went, whispering to one another:

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Chunanchey woh chal padey aur aapas mein chupke chupke kehte jatay thay

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَنۡ لَّا يَدۡخُلَنَّهَا الۡيَوۡمَ عَلَيۡكُمۡ مِّسۡكِيۡنٌۙ‏ ٢٤

“No destitute person shall enter it today.”

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Ke aaj koi miskeen tumhare paas baag mein na aane paye

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَّغَدَوۡا عَلٰى حَرۡدٍ قٰدِرِيۡنَ‏ ٢٥

They went forth early, believing that they had the power (to gather the fruit).

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Woh kuch na dene ka faisla kiye huye subah sawerey jaldi jaldi is tarah wahan gaye jaise ke woh (phal todne par) qadir hain

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَلَمَّا رَاَوۡهَا قَالُوۡۤا اِنَّا لَـضَآلُّوۡنَۙ‏ ٢٦

But as soon as they beheld the orchard, (they cried out): “We have certainly lost the way;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Magar jab baagh ko dekha to kehne lagey “hum raasta bhool gaye hain

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

بَلۡ نَحۡنُ مَحۡرُوۡمُوۡنَ‏ ٢٧

rather, we are utterly ruined.”

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Nahin balke hum mehroom reh gaye”

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

قَالَ اَوۡسَطُهُمۡ اَلَمۡ اَقُلۡ لَّكُمۡ لَوۡلَا تُسَبِّحُوۡنَ‏ ٢٨

The best among them said: “Did I not say to you: why do you not give glory to (your Lord)?”

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Un mein jo sab se behtar aadmi tha usne kaha “maine tumse kaha na tha ke tum tasbeeh kyun nahin karte?”

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

قَالُوۡا سُبۡحٰنَ رَبِّنَاۤ اِنَّا كُنَّا ظٰلِمِيۡنَ‏ ٢٩

They cried out: “Glory be to our Lord! Certainly we were sinners.”

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Woh pukar utthey paak hai hamara Rubb, waqayi hum gunahgaar thay

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَاَقۡبَلَ بَعۡضُهُمۡ عَلٰى بَعۡضٍ يَّتَلَاوَمُوۡنَ‏ ٣٠

Then they began to reproach one another.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Phir unmein se har ek dusre ko malamat karne laga

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

قَالُوۡا يٰوَيۡلَنَاۤ اِنَّا كُنَّا طٰغِيۡنَ‏ ٣١

They said: “Woe to us! We had indeed transgressed.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Akhir ko unhon ne kaha “afsos hamare haal par, beshak hum sarkash ho gaye thay

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

عَسٰى رَبُّنَاۤ اَنۡ يُّبۡدِلَـنَا خَيۡرًا مِّنۡهَاۤ اِنَّاۤ اِلٰى رَبِّنَا رٰغِبُوۡنَ‏ ٣٢

Maybe our Lord will give us a better orchard in its place; to our Lord do we penitently turn.”

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Baeed (door) nahin ke hamara Rubb humein badle mein issey behtar baagh ata farmaye, hum apne Rubb ki taraf rujoo karte hain

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

كَذٰلِكَ الۡعَذَابُؕ وَلَعَذَابُ الۡاٰخِرَةِ اَكۡبَرُ ۘ لَوۡ كَانُوۡا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَ‏ ٣٣

Such is the chastisement; and the chastisement of the Hereafter is assuredly even greater, if only they knew.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aisa hota hai azaab aur aakhirat ka azaab issey bhi bada hai, kaash yeh log isko jaante

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اِنَّ لِلۡمُتَّقِيۡنَ عِنۡدَ رَبِّهِمۡ جَنّٰتِ النَّعِيۡمِ‏ ٣٤

Surely the God-fearing shall have Gardens of bliss with their Lord.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Yaqeenan khuda-tars logon ke liye unke Rubb ke yahan niyamat bhari jannatein hain

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَفَنَجۡعَلُ الۡمُسۡلِمِيۡنَ كَالۡمُجۡرِمِيۡنَؕ‏ ٣٥

What! Shall We treat those who have submitted (to Our command) like those who have acted as criminals?

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Kya hum farma-bardaaron ka haal mujreemon sa kardein

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

مَا لَـكُمۡ كَيۡفَ تَحۡكُمُوۡنَۚ‏ ٣٦

What is the matter with you? How ill do you judge!

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Tum logon ko kya ho gaya hai, tum kaise hukum lagate ho

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَمۡ لَـكُمۡ كِتٰبٌ فِيۡهِ تَدۡرُسُوۡنَۙ‏ ٣٧

Or do you have a Book wherein you read

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Kya tumhare paas koi kitaab hai jismein tum yeh padhte ho

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اِنَّ لَـكُمۡ فِيۡهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُوۡنَۚ‏ ٣٨

that (in the Hereafter) you shall have all that you choose for yourselves?

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Ke tumhare liye zaroor wahan wahi kuch hai jo tum apne liye pasand karte ho

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَمۡ لَـكُمۡ اَيۡمَانٌ عَلَيۡنَا بَالِغَةٌ اِلٰى يَوۡمِ الۡقِيٰمَةِ ۙ اِنَّ لَـكُمۡ لَمَا تَحۡكُمُوۡنَۚ‏ ٣٩

Or have We sworn a covenant with you which We are bound to keep till the Day of Resurrection, (a covenant requiring that whatever you ordain for yourselves shall be yours)?

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Ya phir kya tumhare liye roz-e-qayamat tak humpar kuch ahad-o-paiman (covenant) sabit hai ke tumhein wahi kuch milega jiska tum hukum lagao

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

سَلۡهُمۡ اَيُّهُمۡ بِذٰلِكَ زَعِيۡمٌ ۛۚ‏ ٤٠

Ask them: “Which of them can guarantee that?

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Inse pucho tum mein se kaun iska zaamin (gurantee/responsible) hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَمۡ لَهُمۡ شُرَكَآءُ ۛۚ فَلۡيَاۡتُوۡا بِشُرَكَآٮِٕهِمۡ اِنۡ كَانُوۡا صٰدِقِيۡنَ‏ ٤١

Or has something been guaranteed by any of those whom they associate with Allah in His Divinity?” If so, let them bring forth their associates, if they are truthful.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Ya phir inke thehraye huye kuch sahreek hain (jinhon ne iska zimma liya ho)?yeh baat hai to layein apne shareekon ko agar yeh sacchey hain

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

يَوۡمَ يُكۡشَفُ عَنۡ سَاقٍ وَّيُدۡعَوۡنَ اِلَى السُّجُوۡدِ فَلَا يَسۡتَطِيۡعُوۡنَۙ‏ ٤٢

On the Day when the dreadful calamity will unfold, when people will be summoned to prostrate themselves, and yet they will not be able to prostrate.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Jis roz sakht waqt aa padega aur logon ko sajda karne ke liye bulaya jayega to yeh log sajda na kar sakenge

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

خَاشِعَةً اَبۡصَارُهُمۡ تَرۡهَقُهُمۡ ذِلَّةٌ ؕ وَقَدۡ كَانُوۡا يُدۡعَوۡنَ اِلَى السُّجُوۡدِ وَهُمۡ سٰلِمُوۡنَ‏ ٤٣

Their eyes shall be downcast and ignominy shall overwhelm them. For when they were safe and sound, they were summoned to prostrate themselves, (and they refused).

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Inki nigaahein nichey hongi, zillat inpar chaa rahi hogi. Yeh jab sahi-o-saalim thay us waqt inhein sajde ke liye (bulaya jata tha) aur yeh inkar karte thay

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَذَرۡنِىۡ وَمَنۡ يُّكَذِّبُ بِهٰذَا الۡحَـدِيۡثِؕ سَنَسۡتَدۡرِجُهُمۡ مِّنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَعۡلَمُوۡنَۙ‏ ٤٤

So leave Me, (O Prophet), to deal with him who gives the lie to this Discourse. We shall draw them little by little (to their undoing) in a way that they will not know.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Pas aey Nabi, tum is kalam ke jhutlane walon ka maamla mujhpar chodh do hum aise tarike se inko batadreej tabahi ki taraf le jayenge ke inko khabar bhi na hogi

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَاُمۡلِىۡ لَهُمۡؕ اِنَّ كَيۡدِىۡ مَتِيۡنٌ‏ ٤٥

I am giving them a respite. Great is My scheme!

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Main inki rassi daraaz kar raha hoon, meri chaal badi zabardast hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَمۡ تَسۡـَٔـلُهُمۡ اَجۡرًا فَهُمۡ مِّنۡ مَّغۡرَمٍ مُّثۡقَلُوۡنَۚ‏ ٤٦

Or are you asking them for some compensation so that they feel burdened with debt?

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Kya tum insey koi ajar (compensation) talab kar rahey ho ke yeh is chatti ke bojh (feel burdened with debt) taley dabey ja rahe hoon

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

اَمۡ عِنۡدَهُمُ الۡغَيۡبُ فَهُمۡ يَكۡتُبُوۡنَ‏ ٤٧

Or do they have any knowledge of the Unseen which they are now writing down?

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Kya inke paas gaib ka ilam hai jisey yeh likh rahey hon

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَاصۡبِرۡ لِحُكۡمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُنۡ كَصَاحِبِ الۡحُوۡتِۘ اِذۡ نَادٰى وَهُوَ مَكۡظُوۡمٌؕ‏ ٤٨

So bear with patience until the Judgement of your Lord comes, and do not belike the man in the fish (i.e., Jonah) who called out, choking with grief:

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Pas apne Rubb ka faisla saadir honay tak sabr karo aur machli wale (younis) ki tarah na ho jao, jab usne pukara tha aur woh gham se bhara hua tha

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

لَوۡلَاۤ اَنۡ تَدٰرَكَهٗ نِعۡمَةٌ مِّنۡ رَّبِّهٖ لَنُبِذَ بِالۡعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذۡمُوۡمٌ‏ ٤٩

had his Lord not bestowed His favour upon him, he would have been cast upon that barren shore (and would have remained there) in disgrace.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Agar uske Rubb ki meharbani uske shamil-e-haal na ho jati to woh mazmoom (disgrace) hokar chatyal maidan mein phenk diya jata

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

فَاجۡتَبٰهُ رَبُّهٗ فَجَعَلَهٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِيۡنَ‏ ٥٠

But his Lord exalted him, and included him among His righteous servants.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Aakhir-e-kaar uske Rubb ne usey barguzida (exalted) farma liya aur usey saleh bandon mein shamil kardiya

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَاِنۡ يَّكَادُ الَّذِيۡنَ كَفَرُوۡا لَيُزۡلِقُوۡنَكَ بِاَبۡصَارِهِمۡ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكۡرَ وَيَقُوۡلُوۡنَ اِنَّهٗ لَمَجۡنُوۡنٌۘ‏ ٥١

When the unbelievers hear this Exhortation, they look at you as though they would knock you off your feet with their (hostile) glances. They say: “Surely he is afflicted with madness”;

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Jab yeh kafir log kalam-e-nasihat (Quran) sunte hain to tumhein aisi nazaron se dekhte hain ke goya tumhare qadam ukhaad denge, Aur kehte hain ke yeh zaroor deewana hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

وَمَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكۡرٌ لِّلۡعٰلَمِيۡنَ‏ ٥٢

although this is nothing but an Exhortation (to goodness) for everyone in the world.

— A. Maududi (English Tafhim commentary)

Halaanke yeh to sarey jahaan walon ke liye ek naseehat hai

— Abul Ala Maududi (Roman Urdu)

51 Adh-Dhariyat

60 Al-Mumtahanah

63 Al-Munafiqun

73 Al-Muzzammil

74 Al-Muddaththir

83 Al-Mutaffifin

88 Al-Ghashiyah

102 At-Takathur