القلم Al-Qalam

68:1

نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ ۝١

Noon walqalami wama yasturoon

Nūn. By the pen and what they write, andS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Nun. By the Pen and what they write:Ali Quli Qarai

Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe,Saheeh International

68:2

مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍۢ ۝٢

Ma anta biniAAmati rabbika bimajnoon

by your Lord’s blessing, O Muḥammad, you are not lunatic;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

by your Lord’s blessing, you are not, crazy,Ali Quli Qarai

You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.Saheeh International

68:3

وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍۢ ۝٣

Wa-inna laka laajran ghayra mamnoon

and for conveying Our messag e, you shall indeed have a perpetual reward; in the eyes of your Lord,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and yours indeed will be an everlasting reward,Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.Saheeh International

68:4

وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍۢ ۝٤

Wa-innaka laAAala khuluqin AAatheem

you surely are a person of great character.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and indeed you possess a great character.Ali Quli Qarai

And indeed, you are of a great moral character.Saheeh International

68:5

فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ ۝٥

Fasatubsiru wayubsiroon

You shall soon see, and they too shall seeS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

You will see and they will see,Ali Quli Qarai

So you will see and they will seeSaheeh International

68:6

بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ ۝٦

Bi-ayyikumu almaftoon

which of you is afflicted with lunacy.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

which one of you is crazy.Ali Quli Qarai

Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].Saheeh International

68:7

إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ ۝٧

Inna rabbaka huwa aAAlamu biman dallaAAan sabeelihi wahuwa aAAlamu bilmuhtadeen

Indeed, your Lord very well knows one who has gone astray from His way, and He very well knows those who are rightly guided.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.Saheeh International

68:8

فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ ۝٨

Fala tutiAAi almukaththibeen

Therefore, O Muḥammad, do not obey those who reject My message;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So do not obey the deniers,Ali Quli Qarai

Then do not obey the deniers.Saheeh International

68:9

وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ ۝٩

Waddoo law tudhinu fayudhinoon

they wish that you should be soft towards them so that they may also be soft towards you;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

who are eager that you should be flexible, so that they [too] may be flexible [towards you].Ali Quli Qarai

They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].Saheeh International

68:10

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍۢ مَّهِينٍ ۝١٠

Wala tutiAA kulla hallafinmaheen

And do not obey any impulsive swearer, weak in intelligence,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And do not obey any vile swearer,Ali Quli Qarai

And do not obey every worthless habitual swearerSaheeh International

68:11

هَمَّازٍۢ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍۢ ۝١١

Hammazin mashsha-in binameem

habitual defamer, frequently creating frictions among people,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

scandal-monger, talebearer,Ali Quli Qarai

[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -Saheeh International

68:12

مَّنَّاعٍۢ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ ۝١٢

MannaAAin lilkhayri muAAtadin atheem

passionately hinders good, a transgressor of limits, sinful,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

hinderer of all good, sinful transgressor,Ali Quli Qarai

A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,Saheeh International

68:13

عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ ۝١٣

AAutullin baAAda thalika zaneem

callous, and moreover he is baseborn. Such a person behaves arrogantlyS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

callous and, on top of that, basebornAli Quli Qarai

Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.Saheeh International

68:14

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍۢ وَبَنِينَ ۝١٤

An kana tha malinwabaneen

because he has wealth and children;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

—[who behaves in such a manner only] because he has wealth and children.Ali Quli Qarai

Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,Saheeh International

68:15

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ ۝١٥

Itha tutla AAalayhi ayatunaqala asateeru al-awwaleen

and when Our verses are recited to him, he says, “These are nothing but the stories of the ancient people.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’Ali Quli Qarai

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."Saheeh International

68:16

سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ ۝١٦

Sanasimuhu AAala alkhurtoom

Soon, We shall ‘brand him upon the nose.’ (That is, stigmatize him with indelible disgrace.)S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Soon We shall brand him on his snout.Ali Quli Qarai

We will brand him upon the snout.Saheeh International

68:17

إِنَّا بَلَوْنَٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ ۝١٧

Inna balawnahum kamabalawna as-haba aljannati ith aqsamoolayasrimunnaha musbiheen

We have indeed tried them just as We tried the owners of the garden in Yemen when they swore that they would cut off its fruits in the morning,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed we have tested them just as We tested the People of the Garden when they vowed they would gather its fruit at dawn,Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morningSaheeh International

68:18

وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ ۝١٨

Wala yastathnoon

and they would not set aside the portion of the poor and the needy.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

and they did not make any exception.Ali Quli Qarai

Without making exception.Saheeh International

68:19

فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ ۝١٩

Fatafa AAalayha ta-ifunmin rabbika wahum na-imoon

But a disaster engulfed it from your Lord while they were sleeping;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then, a visitation from your Lord visited it while they were asleep.Ali Quli Qarai

So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.Saheeh International

68:20

فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ ۝٢٠

Faasbahat kassareem

and so it became like the dark night.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So, by dawn it was like a harvested field.Ali Quli Qarai

And it became as though reaped.Saheeh International

68:21

فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ ۝٢١

Fatanadaw musbiheen

In the morning, they called one another,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

At dawn they called out to one another,Ali Quli Qarai

And they called one another at morning,Saheeh International

68:22

أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَٰرِمِينَ ۝٢٢

Ani ighdoo AAala harthikum inkuntum sarimeen

“Go early to your field if you intend to cut off the fruits.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘Get off early to your field if you have to gather [the fruits].’Ali Quli Qarai

[Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."Saheeh International

68:23

فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَٰفَتُونَ ۝٢٣

Fantalaqoo wahum yatakhafatoon

So they went off while whispering to one another,S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So off they went, murmuring to one another:Ali Quli Qarai

So they set out, while lowering their voices,Saheeh International

68:24

أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌۭ ۝٢٤

An la yadkhulannaha alyawmaAAalaykum miskeen

“No poor person should enter it today.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘Today no needy man shall come to you in it.’Ali Quli Qarai

[Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."Saheeh International

68:25

وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍۢ قَٰدِرِينَ ۝٢٥

Waghadaw AAala hardin qadireen

So they went forth, feeling powerful enough to cut off their fruits and deprive the poor.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

And they set out at early morning, [considering themselves] able to deprive [the poor of its fruit].Ali Quli Qarai

And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.Saheeh International

68:26

فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ ۝٢٦

Falamma raawha qalooinna ladalloon

But when they saw the garden in ruins, they said, “Surely we have deviated from the right way by coming this morning with the intention to deprive the poor of their share;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

But when they saw it, they said, ‘We have indeed lost our way!’Ali Quli Qarai

But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;Saheeh International

68:27

بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ ۝٢٧

Bal nahnu mahroomoon

nay, rather we have been deprived of the produce.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

‘No, it is we who have been deprived!’Ali Quli Qarai

Rather, we have been deprived."Saheeh International

68:28

قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ ۝٢٨

Qala awsatuhum alam aqul lakumlawla tusabbihoon

The best among them said, “Didn’t I say to you: ‘Why do not you glorify Allāh who blessed you’”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The most upright among them said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘Why do you not glorify [Allah]?’’ ’Ali Quli Qarai

The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"Saheeh International

68:29

قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَٰلِمِينَ ۝٢٩

Qaloo subhana rabbinainna kunna thalimeen

As a result of this advice, they said, “Glory be to our Lord! We are surely evildoers.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Immaculate is our Lord! We have indeed been wrongdoers!’Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."Saheeh International

68:30

فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍۢ يَتَلَٰوَمُونَ ۝٣٠

Faaqbala baAAduhum AAala baAAdinyatalawamoon

They started turning to one another, blaming each other.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Then they turned to one another, blaming each other.Ali Quli Qarai

Then they approached one another, blaming each other.Saheeh International

68:31

قَالُوا۟ يَٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَٰغِينَ ۝٣١

Qaloo ya waylana innakunna tagheen

They said, “Woe to us! Surely we have been rebellious.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

They said, ‘Woe to us! Indeed, we have been rebellious.Ali Quli Qarai

They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.Saheeh International

68:32

عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًۭا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ ۝٣٢

AAasa rabbuna an yubdilanakhayran minha inna ila rabbina raghiboon

Maybe our Lord will replace a better garden than that; surely we turn to our Lord earnestly.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Maybe our Lord will give us a better one in its place. Indeed we earnestly beseech our Lord.’Ali Quli Qarai

Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."Saheeh International

68:33

كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلَْٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٣٣

Kathalika alAAathabu walaAAathabual-akhirati akbaru law kanoo yaAAlamoon

Such is the chastisement of this world; of course, the chastisement of the hereafter is greater only if they had known.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Such was their punishment; and the punishment of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known.Ali Quli Qarai

Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.Saheeh International

68:34

إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ ۝٣٤

Inna lilmuttaqeena AAinda rabbihim jannatiannaAAeem

Surely, the righteous ones shall have gardens of bliss with their Lord.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed for the Godwary there will be gardens of bliss near their Lord.Ali Quli Qarai

Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.Saheeh International

68:35

أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ ۝٣٥

AfanajAAalu almuslimeena kalmujrimeen

What, shall We place those believers who submit and obey at the same level as the guilty ones?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Shall We treat those who submit [to Us] as [We treat] the guilty?Ali Quli Qarai

Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?Saheeh International

68:36

مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ ۝٣٦

Ma lakum kayfa tahkumoon

So what is the matter with you: how is it that you judge irrationally?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

What is the matter with you? How do you judge!Ali Quli Qarai

What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?Saheeh International

68:37

أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَٰبٌۭ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ ۝٣٧

Am lakum kitabun feehi tadrusoon

Or do you have a revealed book in which you readS. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do you possess a scripture in which you readAli Quli Qarai

Or do you have a scripture in which you learnSaheeh International

68:38

إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ ۝٣٨

Inna lakum feehi lama takhayyaroon

that indeed therein you shall have whatever you choose?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

that you shall have in it whatever you choose?Ali Quli Qarai

That indeed for you is whatever you choose?Saheeh International

68:39

أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ ۝٣٩

Am lakum aymanun AAalayna balighatunila yawmi alqiyamati inna lakum lama tahkumoon

Or do you have confirmed pledges from Us, binding until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall have what you demand?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do you have a pledge binding on Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall indeed have whatever you decide?Ali Quli Qarai

Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?Saheeh International

68:40

سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ ۝٤٠

Salhum ayyuhum bithalika zaAAeem

So O Muḥammad, ask them: which of them will guarantee that same treatment to the guilty ones as to the righteous ones?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Ask them, which of them will aver [any of] that!Ali Quli Qarai

Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.Saheeh International

68:41

أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَٰدِقِينَ ۝٤١

Am lahum shurakao falya/too bishuraka-ihimin kanoo sadiqeen

Or do they have associate-gods who have given them such a promise; then bring their associate-gods if they are truthful ones?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do they have any ‘partners’ [that they claim for Allah]? Then let them produce their partners, if they are truthful.Ali Quli Qarai

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

68:42

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍۢ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ ۝٤٢

Yawma yukshafu AAan saqin wayudAAawnaila assujoodi fala yastateeAAoon

Think of the Day of Judgement when the calamity shall be unleashed, they, the unbelievers, also shall be summoned to prostrate, but they shall not be able to do it as they will be in awe of Allāh’s majesty;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

The day when the catastrophe occurs and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able [to do it].Ali Quli Qarai

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

68:43

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌۭ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ ۝٤٣

KhashiAAatan absaruhumtarhaquhum thillatun waqad kanoo yudAAawna ilaassujoodi wahum salimoon

their eyes were cast down out of humility, overcome by disgrace. They were summoned to prostrate in this world while they were physically sound.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

With a humbled look [in their eyes], they will be overcast by abasement. Certainly, they were summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet sound.Ali Quli Qarai

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

68:44

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ ۝٤٤

Fatharnee waman yukaththibubihatha alhadeethi sanastadrijuhum min haythula yaAAlamoon

So, O Muḥammad, leave Me to deal with one who rejects this Divine statement; We will shortly lure them into destruction from whence they do not know;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So leave Me with those who deny this discourse. We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know.Ali Quli Qarai

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.Saheeh International

68:45

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ ۝٤٥

Waomlee lahum inna kaydee mateen

and I will grant them respite— surely My scheme is effective.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure.Ali Quli Qarai

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

68:46

أَمْ تَسَْٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًۭا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍۢ مُّثْقَلُونَ ۝٤٦

Am tas-aluhum ajran fahum min maghraminmuthqaloon

Or O Muḥammad, are you asking them for payment for conveying God’s message so that they are burdened with debt?S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are weighed down with debt?Ali Quli Qarai

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

68:47

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ ۝٤٧

Am AAindahumu alghaybu fahum yaktuboon

Or do they have knowledge of the unseen which they are writing down that the righteous and the rebellious will be on the same level? Of course, none of these two possibilities is valid.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Do they possess [access to] the Unseen, so that they write it down?Ali Quli Qarai

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

68:48

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌۭ ۝٤٨

Fasbir lihukmi rabbikawala takun kasahibi alhooti ith nadawahuwa makthoom

So, O Muḥammad, exercise patience for the final judgement of your Lord and do not be like ‘the companion of the fish’ (i.e., Prophet Yūnus) when he cried while choking inwardly.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord, and do not be like the Man of the Fish who called out as he choked with grief.Ali Quli Qarai

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.Saheeh International

68:49

لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌۭ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌۭ ۝٤٩

Lawla an tadarakahu niAAmatunmin rabbihi lanubitha bilAAara-i wahuwa mathmoom

If a blessing of forgiveness from his Lord had not reached him, he would surely have been cast upon a bare shore, condemned for his action;S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Had it not been for a blessing that came to his rescue from his Lord, he would surely have been cast on the bare shore, being blameworthy.Ali Quli Qarai

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.Saheeh International

68:50

فَٱجْتَبَٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّٰلِحِينَ ۝٥٠

Fajtabahu rabbuhu fajaAAalahumina assaliheen

but his Lord chose him and included him among the righteous ones.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

So his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous.Ali Quli Qarai

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

68:51

وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌۭ ۝٥١

Wa-in yakadu allatheenakafaroo layuzliqoonaka bi-absarihim lamma samiAAooaththikra wayaqooloona innahu lamajnoon

Indeed, the unbelievers will soon smite you with their eyes when they hear the verses of the Reminder (i.e., the Qur’ān) and would be saying, “He is indeed a lunatic person.”S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Indeed the faithless almost devour you with their eyes when they hear this Reminder, and they say, ‘He is indeed crazy.’Ali Quli Qarai

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."Saheeh International

68:52

وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌۭ لِّلْعَٰلَمِينَ ۝٥٢

Wama huwa illa thikrunlilAAalameen

Nay, it is nothing but a reminder for the people.S. M. Rizvi (Explanatory)

Yet it is just a reminder for all the nations.Ali Quli Qarai

But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.Saheeh International