who
will protect the disbelievers from a painful doom?

S: Say: Have you considered if Allah should destroy me and those with
me-- rather He will have mercy on us; yet who will protect the
unbelievers from a painful punishment?

067.029
Y: Say: "He is (Allah) Most Gracious: We have believed in Him, and on
Him have we put our trust: So, soon will ye know which (of us) it is
that is in manifest error."

P: Say: He is the Beneficent. In Him we believe and in Him we put our
trust. And ye will soon know who it is that is in error manifest.

S: Say: He is the Beneficent Allah, we believe in Him and on Him do we
rely, so you shall come to know who it is that is in clear error.

067.030
Y: Say: "See ye?- If your stream be some morning lost (in the
underground earth), who then can supply you with clear-flowing water?"

P: Say: Have ye thought: If (all) your water were to disappear into the
earth, who then could bring you gushing water?

S: Say: Have you considered if your water should go down, who is it then
that will bring you flowing water?

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Chapter 68:

AL-QALAM (THE PEN)
Total Verses: 52 Revealed At: MAKKA

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In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Most Merciful.

068.001
Y: Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-

P: Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),

S: Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,

068.002
Y: Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.

P: Thou art not, for thy Lord's favour unto thee, a madman.

S: By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.

068.003
Y: Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:

P: And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.

S: And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off.

068.004
Y: And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.

P: And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.

S: And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality.

068.005
Y: Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,

P: And thou wilt see and they will see

S: So you shall see, and they (too) shall see,

068.006
Y: Which of you is afflicted with madness.

P: Which of you is the demented.

S: Which of you is afflicted with madness.

068.007
Y: Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men)