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Al-Qalam · 68:12

In context

1. وَدُّواْ لَوۡ تُدۡهِنُ فَيُدۡهِنُونَ

   68:9They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you]

2. وَلَا تُطِعۡ كُلَّ حَلَّافٖ مَّهِينٍ

   68:10And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer

3. هَمَّازٖ مَّشَّآءِۭ بِنَمِيمٖ

   68:11[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip

4. مَّنَّاعٖ لِّلۡخَيۡرِ مُعۡتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

   68:12A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful

5. عُتُلِّۭ بَعۡدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

   68:13Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender

6. أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٖ وَبَنِينَ

   68:14Because he is a possessor of wealth and children

7. إِذَا تُتۡلَىٰ عَلَيۡهِ ءَايَٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَٰطِيرُ ٱلۡأَوَّلِينَ

   68:15When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples