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1 Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,- ن وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
2 Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed. مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
3 Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing: وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
4 And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character. وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
5 Soon wilt thou see, and they will see, فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
6 Which of you is afflicted with madness. بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
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. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
8 So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth). فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
9 Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant. وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
10 Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths, وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
11 A slanderer, going about with calumnies, هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاء بِنَمِيمٍ
12 (Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin, مَنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
13 Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,- عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
14 Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons. أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
15 When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries! إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
16 Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout! سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
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. إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
18 But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah´s Will"). وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
19 Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep. فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
20 So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered). فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
21 As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,- فَتَنَادَوا مُصْبِحِينَ
22 "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits." أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
23 So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)- فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
24 "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day." أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
25 And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve. وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
26 But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way: فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
27 "Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!" بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
28 Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, ´Why not glorify (Allah)?´" قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
29 They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!" قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
30 Then they turned, one against another, in reproach. فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ
31 They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed! قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ
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)!" عَسَى رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
33 Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew! كَذَلِكَ الْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
34 Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord. إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
35 Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin? أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
36 What is the matter with you? How judge ye? مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
37 Or have ye a book through which ye learn- أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
38 That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose? إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
39 Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand? أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
40 Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that! سَلْهُم أَيُّهُم بِذَلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
41 Or have they some "Partners" (in Allahhead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful! أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاء فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ
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,- يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
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). خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
44 Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not. فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
45 A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan. وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
46 Or is it that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of debt?- أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
47 Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down? أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
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. فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
49 Had not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, in disgrace. لَوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاء وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
50 Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous. فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
51 And the Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he is possessed!" وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ
52 But it is nothing less than a Message to all the worlds. وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
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