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1 Nun. By the pen and what the scribes write. ن وَالْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ
2 By your Lord's Grace, you are not afflicted with madness, مَا أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ
3 and surely yours shall be a never-ending reward, وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ
4 and you are certainly on the most exalted standard of moral excellence. وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلى خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ
5 So you will soon see, and they too will see, فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ
6 which of you is afflicted with madness. بِأَييِّكُمُ الْمَفْتُونُ
7 Surely your Lord knows well those who have strayed from His Way just as He knows well those who are on the Right Way. إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِالْمُهْتَدِينَ
8 Do not, then, yield to those who reject the Truth, decrying it as false; فَلَا تُطِعِ الْمُكَذِّبِينَ
9 they would wish you to be pliant so that they too may be pliant. وَدُّوا لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ
10 And do not yield to any contemptible swearer, وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ
11 the fault-finder who goes around slandering, هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّاء بِنَمِيمٍ
12 the hinderer of good, the transgressor, the sinful; مَنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ
13 the coarse-grained, and above all mean and ignoble; عُتُلٍّ بَعْدَ ذَلِكَ زَنِيمٍ
14 (who so acts) simply because he has wealth and sons, أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ
15 and whenever Our verses are rehearsed to him, he says: “These are fairy- tales of times gone by.” إِذَا تُتْلَى عَلَيْهِ آيَاتُنَا قَالَ أَسَاطِيرُ الْأَوَّلِينَ
16 Soon shall We brand him on his snout. سَنَسِمُهُ عَلَى الْخُرْطُومِ
17 We have put them [i.e., the Makkans] to test even as We put to test the owners of the orchard when they vowed that they would gather the fruit of their orchard in the morning, إِنَّا بَلَوْنَاهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَا أَصْحَابَ الْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ
18 without making any allowance (for the will of Allah). وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ
19 Thereupon a calamity from your Lord passed over it while they were asleep, فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَائِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَائِمُونَ
20 and so by morning the orchard lay as though it had been fully harvested. فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَالصَّرِيمِ
21 At daybreak they called out to one another: فَتَنَادَوا مُصْبِحِينَ
22 “Hurry to your orchard if you would gather its fruit.” أَنِ اغْدُوا عَلَى حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَارِمِينَ
23 So off they went, whispering to one another: فَانطَلَقُوا وَهُمْ يَتَخَافَتُونَ
24 “No destitute person shall enter it today.” أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا الْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ
25 They went forth early, believing that they had the power (to gather the fruit). وَغَدَوْا عَلَى حَرْدٍ قَادِرِينَ
26 But as soon as they beheld the orchard, (they cried out): “We have certainly lost the way; فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوا إِنَّا لَضَالُّونَ
27 rather, we are utterly ruined.” بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ
28 The best among them said: “Did I not say to you: why do you not give glory to (your Lord)?” قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ
29 They cried out: “Glory be to our Lord! Certainly we were sinners.” قَالُوا سُبْحَانَ رَبِّنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَالِمِينَ
30 Then they began to reproach one another. فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَى بَعْضٍ يَتَلَاوَمُونَ
31 They said: “Woe to us! We had indeed transgressed. قَالُوا يَا وَيْلَنَا إِنَّا كُنَّا طَاغِينَ
32 Maybe our Lord will give us a better orchard in its place; to our Lord do we penitently turn.” عَسَى رَبُّنَا أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَا إِنَّا إِلَى رَبِّنَا رَاغِبُونَ
33 Such is the chastisement; and the chastisement of the Hereafter is assuredly even greater, if only they knew. كَذَلِكَ الْعَذَابُ وَلَعَذَابُ الْآخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ لَوْ كَانُوا يَعْلَمُونَ
34 Surely the God-fearing shall have Gardens of bliss with their Lord. إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّاتِ النَّعِيمِ
35 What! Shall We treat those who have submitted (to Our command) like those who have acted as criminals? أَفَنَجْعَلُ الْمُسْلِمِينَ كَالْمُجْرِمِينَ
36 What is the matter with you? How ill do you judge! مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ
37 Or do you have a Book wherein you read أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَابٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ
38 that (in the Hereafter) you shall have all that you choose for yourselves? إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ
39 Or have We sworn a covenant with you which We are bound to keep till the Day of Resurrection, (a covenant requiring that whatever you ordain for yourselves shall be yours)? أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَانٌ عَلَيْنَا بَالِغَةٌ إِلَى يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ
40 Ask them: “Which of them can guarantee that? سَلْهُم أَيُّهُم بِذَلِكَ زَعِيمٌ
41 Or has something been guaranteed by any of those whom they associate with Allah in His Divinity?” If so, let them bring forth their associates, if they are truthful. أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَاء فَلْيَأْتُوا بِشُرَكَائِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا صَادِقِينَ
42 On the Day when the dreadful calamity will unfold, when people will be summoned to prostrate themselves, and yet they will not be able to prostrate. يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ
43 Their eyes shall be downcast and ignominy shall overwhelm them. For when they were safe and sound, they were summoned to prostrate themselves, (and they refused). خَاشِعَةً أَبْصَارُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ وَقَدْ كَانُوا يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى السُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَالِمُونَ
44 So leave Me, (O Prophet), to deal with him who gives the lie to this Discourse. We shall draw them little by little (to their undoing) in a way that they will not know. فَذَرْنِي وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ
45 I am giving them a respite. Great is My scheme! وَأُمْلِي لَهُمْ إِنَّ كَيْدِي مَتِينٌ
46 Or are you asking them for some compensation so that they feel burdened with debt? أَمْ تَسْأَلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ
47 Or do they have any knowledge of the Unseen which they are now writing down? أَمْ عِندَهُمُ الْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ
48 So bear with patience until the Judgement of your Lord comes, and do not belike the man in the fish (i.e., Jonah) who called out, choking with grief: فَاصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ الْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَى وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ
49 had his Lord not bestowed His favour upon him, he would have been cast upon that barren shore (and would have remained there) in disgrace. لَوْلَا أَن تَدَارَكَهُ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِ لَنُبِذَ بِالْعَرَاء وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ
50 But his Lord exalted him, and included him among His righteous servants. فَاجْتَبَاهُ رَبُّهُ فَجَعَلَهُ مِنَ الصَّالِحِينَ
51 When the unbelievers hear this Exhortation, they look at you as though they would knock you off your feet with their (hostile) glances. They say: “Surely he is afflicted with madness”; وَإِن يَكَادُ الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَارِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا الذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُ لَمَجْنُونٌ
52 although this is nothing but an Exhortation (to goodness) for everyone in the world. وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَالَمِينَ
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