68. Surah Al-Qalam

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Ayah 68:41

اَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ١ۛۚ فَلْیَاْتُوْا بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ اِنْ كَانُوْا صٰدِقِیْنَ Open ayah 68:41 in the Quran reader

Or, have they some associate gods (who might be responsible for it) ? If so, let them produce their associate gods if they are truthful. 23

23 That is, "The judgement you are passing concerning yourselves has no basis whatever. It is against reason and you cannot show any such thing written in any Divine Book either. No one can make the claim that he has made Allah promise some such thing, and you cannot make any of your deities vouch that it would take the responsibility of securing Paradise for you from God. How then have you been involved in such a misunderstanding?
Ayah 68:42

یَوْمَ یُكْشَفُ عَنْ سَاقٍ وَّ یُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُوْدِ فَلَا یَسْتَطِیْعُوْنَۙ Open ayah 68:42 in the Quran reader

The Day the affliction befalls 24 and the people are called upon to prostrate themselves, they will not be able to prostrate themselves.

24 Literally: "The Day the shin shall be uncovered". A section of the Companions and their successors says that these words have been used idiomatically, for according to Arabic idiom, kashf-i saq implies befalling of an affliction. Hadrat `Abdullah bin 'Abbas also has given this same meaning of this and has supported it by evidence from Arabic poetry. According to another saying that has been cited from Ibn 'Abbas and Rabi' bin Anas, kashf-i saq implies uncovering the facts and truths. In view of this interpretation, the meaning would be: "The Day when all truths shall be bared and the people's deeds shall become open and manifest. "
Ayah 68:43

خَاشِعَةً اَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ١ؕ وَ قَدْ كَانُوْا یُدْعَوْنَ اِلَى السُّجُوْدِ وَ هُمْ سٰلِمُوْنَ Open ayah 68:43 in the Quran reader

Their eyes downcast, abjectness will be covering them. Yet when they were safe and sound they used to be called upon to prostrate themselves (but they refused to do so) . 25

25 It means: On the Resurrection Day it will be openly and publicly demonstrated as to who in the world had actually worshipped Allah and who was disinclined to do so. For this purpose the people will be called upon to prostrate themselves before Allah. Then, those who had been sincerely worshipping Allah in the world, would prostrate themselves, and those who had declined to bow before Him in the world, would be unable to do so. It will become impossible for them to put up a false show of being worshippers. Therefore, they will remain standing, degraded and downcast with shame.
Ayah 68:44

فَذَرْنِیْ وَ مَنْ یُّكَذِّبُ بِهٰذَا الْحَدِیْثِ١ؕ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُمْ مِّنْ حَیْثُ لَا یَعْلَمُوْنَۙ Open ayah 68:44 in the Quran reader

So, O Prophet, leave to Me the case of those who belie this Revelation. 26 We .shall lead them to ruin by degrees in ways they will not perceive. 27

26 That is, "Do not worry yourself as to how to deal with them; it is for Me to see how to chastise them. " 27 A form of leading somebody to ruin in imperceptible ways is that an enemy of the Truth and wicked person may be blessed in the world, and be granted health, wealth, children and worldly successes, by which he may be deluded into believing that whatever he is doing, he is doing well and right: there is nothing wrong with his acts and deeds. Thus, he may go on getting more and more deeply involved in enmity of the truth and wickedness and rebellious conduct and may not realize that the blessings he is being favoured with are not a reward but, in fact, a means of his own ruin.
Ayah 68:45

وَ اُمْلِیْ لَهُمْ١ؕ اِنَّ كَیْدِیْ مَتِیْنٌ Open ayah 68:45 in the Quran reader

I am respiting them: My scheme 28 is mighty.

28 The word kayd in the original means to devise a secret scheme against another. It is an evil only in case it is devised to harm somebody unjustly, otherwise there is nothing wrong with it, especially when such a scheme is adopted against a person who has made himself worthy of it.
Ayah 68:46

اَمْ تَسْئَلُهُمْ اَجْرًا فَهُمْ مِّنْ مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُوْنَۚ Open ayah 68:46 in the Quran reader

Are you asking them for a reward that they are being weighed down under undeserved penalties? 29

29 The question apparently is being asked of the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) , but its real audience are the people, who were crossing all limits in their opposition to him. They are being asked: "is Our Messenger asking you for a reward which makes you feel so upset? You yourself know that he is absolutely selfless in his invitation and is exerting himself only for your own benefit and well-being. If you do not want to believe in what he says, you may not, but why are you feeling so enraged at his this invitation to you? (For further explanation, see E.N. 31 of Surah At-Tur) .
Ayah 68:47

اَمْ عِنْدَهُمُ الْغَیْبُ فَهُمْ یَكْتُبُوْنَ Open ayah 68:47 in the Quran reader

Have they the knowledge of the unseen, which they might be writing down? 30

30 This second question also appears to be directed to the Holy Prophet, but, in fact, its audience are his opponents. It means: "Have you, O people, peered behind the unseen and found that the Messenger, in fact, is not a Messenger sent by God, and the truths that he is presenting before you are also false; that is why you are being so stubborn in belying what he says?" (For explanation, see E.N. 32 of At-Tur) .
Ayah 68:48

فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَ لَا تَكُنْ كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوْتِ١ۘ اِذْ نَادٰى وَ هُوَ مَكْظُوْمٌؕ Open ayah 68:48 in the Quran reader

So, wait for the issuance of your Lord's decree, 31 and do not be like the Man of the Fish (the Prophet Jonah) , 32 when he cried out, overwhelmed with grief. 33

31 That is, "The time when Allah will issue His decree about your success and victory and your opponents' defeat, is yet far off. Till then you should go on enduring with patience whatever hardships and afflictions you may have to face in the way of preaching the Faith. " 32 That is, "Do not behave impatiently as did the Prophet Jonah (peace be on him) , who an account of his impatience was driven into the fish's belly." Immediately after exhorting the Holy Prophet (upon whom be peace) to have patience until Allah issued forth His decree, to tell him not to behave like the Prophet Jonah by itself gives the meaning that the latter had shown some kind of impatience before Allah gave His decision and thus had incurred His wrath. (For explanation, see Yunus; 98, and E.N, 99 on it; Al-Anbiya': 87-88 and E.N.'s 82 to 85; As-Saaffat: 139-148 and E.N.'s 78 to 85) . 33 In Surah Al-Anbiya' it has been explained thus: "From inside the fish's belly and the darkness of the sea, the Prophet Jonah invoked Allah, saying: La ilaha ills ants subhanaka inni kuntu min-az-zalimin: `There is no god but You; glory be to You: I had indeed committed a wrong.' Thereupon Allah heard his prayer and delivered him from this affliction." (vv. 87-88) .
Ayahs 68:49–50

لَوْ لَاۤ اَنْ تَدٰرَكَهٗ نِعْمَةٌ مِّنْ رَّبِّهٖ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَآءِ وَ هُوَ مَذْمُوْمٌ Open ayah 68:49 in the Quran reader

Had not the grace of his Lord reached him, he would have been cast off on the barren ground, condemned.; 34

فَاجْتَبٰىهُ رَبُّهٗ فَجَعَلَهٗ مِنَ الصّٰلِحِیْنَ Open ayah 68:50 in the Quran reader

Consequently. his Lord chose him and included him among the righteous.

34 When this verse is read with As-Saaffat: 142-146, one learns that at the tune the Prophet Jonah was caused to be swallowed by the fish, he was blameworthy. But when he glorified Allah and confessed his fault, although he was spat up by the fish on a bare beach in a state of sickness, he was.not blameworthy at that time. Allah by His mercy caused a creeper to grow over him so that its leaves should provide him shade and its fruit food and drink.
Ayahs 68:51–52

وَ اِنْ یَّكَادُ الَّذِیْنَ كَفَرُوْا لَیُزْلِقُوْنَكَ بِاَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَ یَقُوْلُوْنَ اِنَّهٗ لَمَجْنُوْنٌۘ Open ayah 68:51 in the Quran reader

When the disbelievers hear the Admonition (the Qur'an) , they look at you in a way as though they would trip you up, 35 and say, "He is certainly mad",

وَ مَا هُوَ اِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعٰلَمِیْنَ۠ Open ayah 68:52 in the Quran reader

although it is an Admonition to aII the people of the world.

35 "Would trip you up": "Would eat you up with their eyes". For a similar expression of the Makkan disbelievers' rage and fury against the Holy Prophet, see also Bani Isra'il: 73-77.