Surat Al-Qalam - سورة القلم

وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

: They wish that you should compromise (in religion out of courtesy) with them, so they (too) would compromise with you.

وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

: And obey not everyone who swears much, and is considered worthless,

هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاءٍ بِنَمِيمٍ

: A slanderer, going about with calumnies,

مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

: Hinderer of the good, transgressor, sinful,

عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

: Cruel, after all that base-born (of illegitimate birth),

أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

: (He was so) because he had wealth and children.

إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ

: When Our Verses (of the Quran) are recited to him, he says: "Tales of the men of old!"