The Quran

سورة القَلَم

Surah Al-Qalam 68:2

The Pen · Verse 2 of 52

مَا أَنْتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

Abdul Mannan Omar

By the grace of your Lord you are not a mad man at all.

Abdullah Yusuf Ali

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

Ahmed Ali

You are not demented by the grace of your Lord.

12 more translations

Ali Unal

You are not, by the grace of your Lord, a madman.

Daryabadi

Thou art nor, through the grace of thy Lord, mad.

Faridul Haque

You are not insane, by the munificence of your Lord.

Maulana Muhammad Ali

By the grace of thy Lord thou art not mad.

Maulvi Sher Ali

Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, a madman.

Muhammad Asad

Thou art not, by thy Sustainer's grace, a madman!

Muhammad Musin Khan

You (O Muhammad SAW) are not, by the Grace of your Lord, a madman.

Muhammad Pickthall

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

Muhammad Sarwar

(Muhammad), you are not insane, thanks to the bounty of your Lord.

Muhammed ali Shakir

By the grace of your Lord you are not mad.

Rashad Khalifa

You have attained a great blessing from your Lord; you are not crazy.

Shabbir Ahmed

You (O Messenger), by the grace of your Lord, are not a madman.

Commentary 68:2 The Prophets of Allâh were always referred to as “mad” (مَجْنُونٍ) by their opponents and the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was no exception to it. With the…

مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

68:2 The Prophets of Allâh were always referred to as “mad” (مَجْنُونٍ) by their opponents and the Holy Prophet (pbuh) was no exception to it. With the advancement of the knowledge, the absurdities of the charge of madness attributed to the Holy Prophet (pbuh) will be expounded upon and he will be declared the sane and wise. The actions of a mad man lack balance, order or arrangement, so they fail to produce abiding and useful results, but not the Words uttered from the mouth of the Holy Prophet (pbuh). The Holy Qur’ân will bear testimony that he was not mad as stated in this verse.