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[1] Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
[2] Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
[3] Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
[4] And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
[5] Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
[6] Which of you is afflicted with madness.
[7] Verily it is thy Lord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive (true) Guidance.
[8] So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
[9] Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
[10] Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
[11] A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
[12] (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
[13] Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
[14] Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
[15] When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
[16] Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
[17] Verily We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they resolved to gather the fruits of the (garden) in the morning.
[18] But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will").
[19] Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
[20] So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
[21] As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
[22] "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
[23] So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
[24] "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
[25] And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
[26] But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
[27] "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
[28] Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify (Allah)?'"
[29] They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
[30] Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
[31] They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
[32] "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
[33] Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
[34] Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
[35] Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
[36] What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
[37] Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
[38] That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
[39] Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
[40] Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
[41] Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
[42] The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
[43] 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).
[44] Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
[45] A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
[46] Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?-
[47] Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
[48] 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.
[49] Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace.
[50] Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
[51] And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!"
[52] But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds.