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Translated by Malik, and Explained by Amina Elahi

 
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Now Playing # (68) The Pen (Al-Qalam)

(52 Verses)
# 68 The Pen (Al-Qalam) Explanation of # 68 The Pen (Al-Qalam)
In the name of Allah, the Compassionate, the Merciful

SECTION: 1
Nün. By the pen and what they write.[1] By the grace of your Rabb you are not a madman,[2] and you shall have a never ending reward.[3] You are of the highest noble character.[4] Soon you will see - as they will see[5] - which of you is afflicted with madness.[6] Surely it is your Rabb Who knows those who have strayed from His Way, as He knows best those who are rightly guided.[7] So do not yield to the unbelievers.[8] They desire you to compromise a little, so they too would compromise.[9] Neither yield to any mean oath-monger,[10] mischief making slanderer,[11] opponent of good, transgressor,[12] wicked oppressor, and above all, ignoble by birth,[13] though he be possessing wealth and children.[14] When Our revelations are recited to him , he says: “They are nothing but the tales of the ancients."[15] Soon We shall brand him on the snout.[16]

68:[1-16]




Allah has declared Muhammad to be of the highest moral character



Do not yield to any disbelieving oath- monger, slanderer or wicked person

Surely We shall try them as We tried the owners of the garden when they swore that they would pluck its fruit the next morning,[17] without adding any reservation ( such as God willing).[18] So a calamity from your Rabb came down upon it while they slept,[19] and by the morning it lay as if it had been already harvested.[20] At daybreak they called out to one another,[21] saying: “Go out early to your crop, if you want to pick its fruit."[22] So they went, whispering to one another:[23] “Let no needy person enter upon you in the garden today."[24] Thus they went out, fixed in their stingy resolve (not to give any fruit to the poor people, as if they had the full control over harvesting the fruit).[25] But when they saw the garden, they cried: “Surely we must have lost our way![26] Nay, we have become destitute."[27] The most upright among them said: “Did I not tell you to glorify Allah? Why did you not glorify Him?”[28] Then they said: “Glory be to our Rabb! Surely we were unjust,"[29] and they started blaming one another.[30] Finally they said: “Woe to us! Surely we had become rebellious.[31] It may be that our Rabb will give us in exchange a better garden than this: surely to our Rabb do we make our humble petition."[32] Such is the punishment in this life; but the punishment in the Hereafter is even greater, if they but knew it.[33]

68:[17-33]

What happened to the arrogant stingy owners of a garden who did not want to pay charity?

SECTION: 2
Surely the righteous will be rewarded with gardens of delight by their Rabb.[34] What do the disbelievers think? Shall We treat the Muslims as We treat the guilty?[35] What is the matter with you? What kind of Judgment do you make?[36] Or do you have a Book in which you read,[37] that you shall be given whatever you choose?[38] Or do you have a sworn covenant - a covenant binding on Us till the Day of Resurrection - that you shall have whatever you demand?[39] Ask if any of them will vouch for that.[40] Or do they have other gods who could help them against Allah? If so, let them produce their other gods if they are truthful.[41] On the Day of Judgment, when the dreadful events shall be unfolded, and they shall be asked to prostrate themselves, they shall not be able to do so.[42] They shall stand with eyes downcast, utterly humbled; because during their safe and sound earthly life they were called upon to prostrate themselves but they refused to do so.[43]

68:[34-43]


Allah is not going to treat the Muslims as He will treat the guilty. Why don't the disbelievers understand this?

O Prophet, leave to Me those who reject this revelation. We shall lead them step by step to their ruin, in ways that they cannot perceive.[44] I shall even put up with them for a while; for My plan is fool proof.[45] Or have you, O Prophet, demanded a compensation from them, that they are overburdened with debt?[46] Or do they have the knowledge of the unseen and they are writing it down?[47] So wait with patience for the Judgment of your Rabb and be not like the man of the fish (reference is to the Prophet Jonah who was swallowed by a whale), who cried when he was in distress[48] Had his Rabb not bestowed on him His grace, he would certainly have been cast off on the naked shore, while he was condemned.[49] But his Rabb chose him and included him among the righteous.[50] The unbelievers would almost trip you up with their eyes when they hear Our revelations (The Qur’an), and say: “He (Muhammad) is surely crazy."[51] This (The Qur’an) is nothing but a Reminder to all the people of the world.[52]

68:[44-52]

Those who do not believe in Allah's revelations are led step by step towards destruction

Major Issues, Divine Law and Guidance:

* Allah declared Muhammad (pbuh) to be of the highest moral character.
* Commandment of not yielding to any disbelieving oath monger,
slanderer and wicked person.
* Example of the arrogant stingy owners of a garden who did not want to pay charity and as a result, their garden was destroyed.
* Allah is not going to treat the Muslims as He will treat the guilty.
* Those who do not believe in Allah’s revelations are led step by step towards destruction.
* Three important themes of this Sürah:

  1. Response to the opponents' objections,
  2. Warning and admonition to the disbelievers, and
  3. Exhortation of patience to the Prophet (pbuh) .

The Holy Prophet is addressed as if to say: “The disbelievers call you a madman whereas the Book that you are presenting and the sublime conduct that you practise are by themselves sufficient to refute their false accusations. Soon they will see as to who was mad and who was sane.”

The disbelievers are admonished that well-being in the Hereafter inevitably belongs to those who are God conscious. It is utterly against reason that in the Hereafter, the obedient servants should meet the same fate as the guilty. Those who are being called upon to bow before God in the world and refuse to do so, would be unable to prostrate themselves on the Day of Resurrection, even if they wanted to do so, and thus would stand disgraced and condemned. They have no reasonable ground for opposing the Rasool, they cannot either make the claim that they know with certainty that he is not a true Rasool, nor that what he says is false.

In conclusion, the Prophet (pbuh) has been exhorted: "Bear with patience the hardships that you may have to face in the way of preaching the Faith until Allah’s judgement arrives, and avoid the impatience which caused suffering and affliction to the Prophet Jonah (pbuh).”

No Chapter (Surah)
1 The Opening (Al-Fatiha)
2 The Cow (Al-Baqrah)
3 The Family of Imran (Aal-Imran)
4 The Women (An-Nisah)
5 The Table (Al-Maeda)
6 The Cattle (Al-An'aam)
7 The Heights (Al-A'raf)
8 The Spoils of War (Al-Anfal)
9 The Repentance(At-Tawba)
10 Jonah (Yunus)
11 The Prophet Hud (Hud)
12 Joseph (Yusuf)
13 The Thunder (Al-Ra'd)
14 Abraham (Imbrahim)
15 The Rocky Tract(Al-Hijr)
16 The Bees (An-Nahl)
17 The Night Journey (Al-Isra)
18 The Cave (Al-Kahf)
19 Mary (Maryam)
20 Ta-Ha (Ta-Ha)
21 The Prophets (Al-Anbiya)
22 The Pilgrimage (Al-Hajj)
23 The Believers (Al-Muminun)
24 The Light (An-Nour)
25 The Criterion (Al-Furqan)
26 The Poets (Ash-Shu'ara)
27 The Ants (An-Naml)
28 The Narration (Al-Qasas)
29 The Spider (Al-Ankaboot)
30 The Romans (Al-Rum)
31 Luqman (Luqman)
32 The Prostration (As-Sajda)
33 The Confederates (Al-Ahzab)
34 Sheba (Saba)
35 The Originator of Creation (Fatir)
36 Ya-Seen (Ya Seen)
37 The Rangers (As-Saffat)
38 The Letter Sad (Sad)
39 The Groups (Az-Zumar)
40 The Forgiver (Ghafir)
41 Explained in Detail (Fussilat)
42 The Consultation (Ash-Shura)
43 Ornaments of Gold (Az-Zukruf)
44 The Smoke (Ad-Dukhan)
45 The Kneeling (Al-Jathiya)
46 The Curved Sand hills (Al-Ahqaf)
47 Muhammad
48 The Victory (Al-Fath)
49 The Dwellings (Al-Hujurat)
50 The Letter Qaf (Qaf)
51 The Winds that Scatter (Az-Zariyat)
52 The Mount (At-Tur)
53 The Star (An-Najm)
54 The Moon (Al-Qamar)
55 The Most Beneficent (Ar-Rahman)
56 The Event (Al-Waqi'a)
57 The Iron (Al-Hadid)
58 She That Dispute (Al-Mujidala)
59 The Gathering (Al-Hashr)
60 The Examined One (Al-Mumtahina)
61 The Row (As-Saff)
62 Friday (Al-Jumu'ah)
63 The Hypocrites (Al-Munafiqoon)
64 Loss and Gain (At-Taghabun)
65 The Divorce (At-Talaq)
66 Prohibition (At-Tahreem)
67 Dominion (Al-Mulk)
68 The Pen (Al-Qalam)
69 The Reality (Al-Haaqqa)
70 The Ways of Ascent (Al-Ma'arij)
71 Noah (Nuh)
72 The Jinn (Al-Jinn)
73 The Enshrouded One (Al-Muzzammil)
74 The Cloaked One (Al-Muddathir)
75 The-Resurrection (Al-Qiyamah)
76 Man (Al-Insan)
77 Those Sent Forth (Al-Mursalat)
78 The News (An-Naba)
79 Those Who Pull Out (An-Naziat)
80 He frowned (Abasa)
81 The Folding Up (At-Takwir)
82 The Cleaving (Al-Infitar)
83 Those Who Deal in Fraud (Al-Mutaffifin)
84 The Splitting Asunder (Al-Inshiqaq)
85 The Mansions of the Stars (Al-Burooj)
86 The Night Comer (At-Tariq)
87 The Most High (Al-A'la)
88 The Overwhelming (Al-Ghashiya)
89 The Dawn (Al-Fajr)
90 The City (Al-Balad)
91 The Sun (Ash-Shams)
92 The Night (Al-Layl)
93 The Morning Hours (Ad-Dhuha)
94 Relief  (Al-Inshirah)
95 The Figs (At-Teen)
96 The Clot (Al-Alaq)
97 The Night of Decree (Al-Qadr)
98 The Clear Proof (Al-Bayyina)
99 The Earthquake (Az-Zalzala)
100 The Courser (Al-Adiyat)
101 The Calamity (Al-Qariah)
102 Rivalry in world increase (At-Takathur)
103 The Declining Day (Al-Asr)
104 The Slanderer (Al-Humaza)
105 The Elephant (Al-Feel)
106 Quraish ( Quraish)
107 Small Kindnesses (Al-Maun)
108 Abundance (Al-Kawthar)
109 The Disbelievers (Al-Kafiroon)
110 Divine- Support (An-Nasr)
111 The Flame (Al-Masadd)
112 Sincerity (Al-Ikhlas)
113 The Daybreak (Al-Falaq)
114 The Mankind (An-Nas)

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