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Nun. By the pen and that which they write (therewith),
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Thou art not, for thy Lord’s favour unto thee, a madman.
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And lo! thine verily will be a reward unfailing.
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And lo! thou art of a tremendous nature.
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And thou wilt see and they will see
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Which of you is the demented.
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Lo! thy Lord is Best Aware of him who strayeth from His way, and He is Best Aware of those who walk aright.
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Therefor obey not thou the rejecters
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Who would have had thee compromise, that they may compromise.
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Neither obey thou each feeble oath-monger,
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Detracter, spreader abroad of slanders,
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Hinderer of the good, transgressor, malefactor
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Greedy therewithal, intrusive.
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It is because he is possessed of wealth and children
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That, when Our revelations are recited unto him, he saith: Mere fables of the men of old.
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We shall brand him on the nose.
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Lo! We have tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would pluck its fruit next morning,
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And made no exception (for the Will of Allah);
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Then a visitation from thy Lord came upon it while they slept
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And in the morning it was as if plucked.
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And they cried out one unto another in the morning,
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Saying: Run unto your field if ye would pluck (the fruit).
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So they went off, saying one unto another in low tones:
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No needy man shall enter it to-day against you.
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They went betimes, strong in (this) purpose.
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But when they saw it, they said: Lo! we are in error!
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Nay, but we are desolate!
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The best among them said: Said I not unto you: Why glorify ye not (Allah)?
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They said: Glorified be our Lord! Lo! we have been wrong-doers.
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Then some of them drew near unto others, self-reproaching.
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They said: Alas for us! In truth we were outrageous.
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It may be that our Lord will give us better than this in place thereof. Lo! we beseech our Lord.
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Such was the punishment. And verily the punishment of the Hereafter is greater if they did but know.
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Lo! for those who keep from evil are gardens of bliss with their Lord.
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Shall We then treat those who have surrendered as We treat the guilty?
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What aileth you? How foolishly ye judge!
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Or have ye a scripture wherein ye learn
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That ye shall indeed have all that ye choose?
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Or have ye a covenant on oath from Us that reacheth to the Day of Judgment, that yours shall be all that ye ordain?
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Ask them (O Muhammad) which of them will vouch for that!
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Or have they other gods? Then let them bring their other gods if they are truthful
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On the day when it befalleth in earnest, and they are ordered to prostrate themselves but are not able,
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With eyes downcast, abasement stupefying them. And they had been summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet unhurt.
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Leave Me (to deal) with those who give the lie to this pronouncement. We shall lead them on by steps from whence they know not.
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Yet I bear with them, for lo! My scheme is firm.
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Or dost thou (Muhammad) ask a fee from them so that they are heavily taxed?
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Or is the Unseen theirs that they can write (thereof)?
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But wait thou for thy Lord’s decree, and be not like him of the fish, who cried out in despair.
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Had it not been that favour from his Lord had reached him he surely had been cast into the wilderness while he was reprobate.
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But his Lord chose him and placed him among the righteous.
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And lo! those who disbelieve would fain disconcert thee with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say: Lo! he is indeed mad;
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When it is naught else than a Reminder to creation.