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Yusuf Ali - English translation

Translation of Surah Al-Qalam in الإنجليزية from Yusuf Ali - English translation

Yusuf Ali - English translation

Verse 5

Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
Verse 6

Which of you is afflicted with madness.
Verse 9

Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
Verse 12

(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,

Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
Verse 18

But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").

Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
Verse 20

So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
Verse 21

As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
Verse 23

So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
Verse 25

And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.

But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
Verse 27

"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"

Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
Verse 35

Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
Verse 40

Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!

Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!

The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-

Their eyes will be cast down,- ignominy will cover them; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to bow in adoration, while they were whole, (and had refused).

Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-

Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
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