| 1 | O you who believe! Let it be said: Al-Mubdi; |
| 2 | The Originator, the Producer, the Initiator; |
| 3 | And the seventy-ninth name of Allah, the Infinite, the Unique, the All Knowing. |
| 4 | Verily, let it be said the ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr; |
| 5 | Yet there be no greater assassins than the historian and the translator. |
| 6 | Thus the learned scribe possessing moral character is the teacher and future for a community; |
| 7 | Whereas the corrupt mind, may destroy more in a day of writing than a year of rule under the worst of tyrants. |
| 8 | Therefore, to the scribe it is said do the good and you will prosper. |
| 9 | Never dip your pen to injure a man. |
| 10 | Allah knows and sees all. He is the best of scribes. |
| 11 | Do not think that such corruption will last. |
| 12 | The ground never forgets a killing. |
| 13 | The scribe who cheats with his finger, risks his soul. |
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Sufa 109 - The Scribe (Al-Qalam)