Sura al-Qalam 68:42

يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

yawma yukshafu ʿan sāqin wa-yudʿawna ilā l-sujūdi fa-lā yastaṭīʿūna

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

Sura al-Qalam 68:43

خَٰشِعَةً أَبْصَٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَٰلِمُونَ

khāshiʿatan abṣāruhum tarhaquhum dhillatun wa-qad kānū yudʿawna ilā l-sujūdi wa-hum sālimūna

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).

Sura al-Qalam 68:44

فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

fadharnī wa-man yukadhdhibu bi-hādhā l-ḥadīthi sa-nastadrijuhum min ḥaythu lā yaʿlamūna

Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.

Sura al-Qalam 68:45

وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

wa-umlī lahum inna kaydī matīnun

A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.

Sura al-Qalam 68:46

أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

am tasʾaluhum ajran fa-hum min maghramin muthqalūna

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

Sura al-Qalam 68:47

أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

am ʿindahumu l-ghaybu fa-hum yaktubūna

Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?

Sura al-Qalam 68:48

فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

fa-iṣbir li-ḥukmi rabbika wa-lā takun ka-ṣāḥibi l-ḥūti idh nādā wa-huwa makẓūmun

So wait with patience for the Command of thy Lord, and be not like the Companion of the Fish,- when he cried out in agony.