سورة القلم   

Surah Name: Al-Qalam Meaning: The Pen

  • Revealed at Makkah
  • It is also known as Surah Younus-AS, Jonah.
  • Total Number of Rukū / Sections 2
  • Total Number of Āyāt / Parts 52
  • Sūrah / Chapter number 68
  • Rukū / Section 2 contains Āyāt / Parts 18
  • Siparah/ Volume 29

bismillah

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ

Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannati a(l)nnaAAeem(i)

Verily for the pious there are Gardens of Delight with their Rabb-SWT .

(68:34)

أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ

AfanajAAalu almuslimeena ka(a)lmujrimeen(a)

Shall We-SWT make the Muslims like the culprits?

(68:35)

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoon(a)

How it is with you! How ill you judge!

(68:36)

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ

Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoon(a)

Is there with you a Book wherein you study?

(68:37)

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمََا تَخَيَّرُونَ

Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroon(a)

That therein is for you what you may choose?

(68:38)

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatun ila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoon(a)

Or, have you oaths from Us-SWT , reaching to the Day of Resurrection, that yours will be what you judge?

(68:39)

سَلْهُم أَيُّهُم بِذَلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeem(un)

Ask them, which of them will stand thereof as a guarantee?

(68:40)

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاء فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ

Am lahum shurakao falyatoo bishurakaihim in kanoo sadiqeen(a)

Have they associate gods? Let them produce their associate gods if they are truthful.

(68:41)

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawna ila a(l)ssujoodi fala yastateeAAoon(a)

Remember the Day when the shank shall be bared and they shall be called upon to prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able.

(68:42)

خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ

KhashiAAatan absaruhum tarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ila a(l)ssujoodi wahum salimoon(a)

Downcast will be their looks; abjectness will overspread them. Surely they had been called upon to prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able.

(68:43)

فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

Fatharnee waman yukaththibu bihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythu la yaAAlamoon(a)

Let Me-SWT alone with him who belies this discourse; We-SWT lead them on by steps whence they perceive not.

(68:44)

وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ

Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateen(un)

And I-SWT bear with them. Verily My-SWT contrivance is sure.

(68:45)

أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Am tasaluhum ajran fahum min maghramin muthqaloon(a)

Do you ask them a wage, so that they are laden with debt?

(68:46)

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboon(a)

Is with them the Unseen, so that they write down Allah-SWT's Decrees?

(68:47)

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

Fa(i)sbir lihukmi rabbika wala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nada wahuwa makthoom(un)

Be you patient with your Rabb-SWT's judgement, and do not be you like him of the fish, when he cried out, while he was in anguish.

(68:48)

لَوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاء وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatun min rabbihi lanubitha bi(a)lAAarai wahuwa mathmoom(un)

Had there not reached him the Grace from his Rabb-SWT , he would surely have been cast into the wilderness in a plight.

(68:49)

فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ

Fa(i)jtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahu mina a(l)ssaliheen(a)

Then his Rabb-SWT chose him, and made him of the righteous.

(68:50)

وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ

Wain yakadu allatheena kafaroo layuzliqoonaka biabsarihim lamma samiAAoo a(l)ththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoon(un)

And when those who disbelieve hear the admonition; they shall cause you--SW to stumble with the stem looks, and they say: Indeed he is mad.

(68:51)

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ

Wama huwa illa thikrun lilAAalameen(a)

While it is nothing but an admonition to the worlds.

(68:52)

In The Name of Allah-SWT the Most Gracious, The Most Merciful
SECRETS OF REVELATION:

Those who acknowledge Allaah-SWT ’s Greatness deserve the bounties of Jannah. How can the sinners ever be equal to the obedient and the submissive?  O’ infidels! You hope for a fair requital against wickedness. Has a Divine Scripture given you the right to choose for yourselves the better things, or has Allaah-SWT sworn to provide you whatever you ask for till the Day of Judgement? Or is there some partner to Allaah-SWT who has promised all this to you? If so, you must bring it out. If not, you must know that when Allaah-SWT shall unveil His-SWT Refulgence on the Final Day, all believers shall do Sajdah, whereas this capability shall be seized from you.

 

Unveiling of the Calf

Saq literally means calf, used here metaphorically It symbolizes His-SWT Personal Refulgence, which would be so ravishing that people will be awed into Sajdah. But the non believers and the hypocrites will be left gaping with their eyes petrified and faces ashened. Shame and ignominy will be inscribed all over their faces for when they had all the faculties in the world, and were invited to bow before their Rabb-SWT , they used to disdainfully turn away. Now is the unimaginable humiliation for them. They should have known that a respite in sin augments Allah-SWT's Wrath. And His-SWT Rules are very firm.

 

The Holy Prophet-SW has demanded no reward or wealth from them to feel burdened and they have no knowledge of the Unseen. He-SW must, therefore, be patient over their behaviour and need not hurry like Prophet Yunus-AS, who was consequently swallowed by the fish. He had then deeply regretted and was spewed out by the fish on the shore. Allaah-SWT relented and mercifully included him among His-SWT chosen bondmen.

 

The Evil-Eye

The infidels want to rip the Holy Prophet-SW apart by their very looks. A vicious look can harm a person. The Arabs had perfected this as a skill, and used to destroy cattle or anything with such looks. They tried it against the Holy Prophet-SW but Allaah-SWT protected him-SW.

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