68. Surah Al-Qalam – Verses 41–52

Or do they have partners?1 Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.

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The Day the shin will be uncovered1 and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,

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Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.1

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So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.1

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And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.

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Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?

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Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?

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Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.

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If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.1

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And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.

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And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."

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But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.

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