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Nun. By the Pen and what they write:
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by your Lord’s blessing, you are not, crazy,
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and yours indeed will be an everlasting reward,
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and indeed you possess a great character.
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You will see and they will see,
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which one of you is crazy.
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Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided.
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So do not obey the deniers,
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who are eager that you should be flexible, so that they [too] may be flexible [towards you].
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And do not obey any vile swearer,
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scandal-monger, talebearer,
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hinderer of all good, sinful transgressor,
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callous and, on top of that, baseborn
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—[who behaves in such a manner only] because he has wealth and children.
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When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’
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Soon We shall brand him on his snout.
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Indeed we have tested them just as We tested the People of the Garden when they vowed they would gather its fruit at dawn,
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and they did not make any exception.
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Then, a visitation from your Lord visited it while they were asleep.
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So, by dawn it was like a harvested field.
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At dawn they called out to one another,
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‘Get off early to your field if you have to gather [the fruits].’
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So off they went, murmuring to one another:
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‘Today no needy man shall come to you in it.’
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And they set out at early morning, [considering themselves] able to deprive [the poor of its fruit].
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But when they saw it, they said, ‘We have indeed lost our way!’
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‘No, it is we who have been deprived!’
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The most upright among them said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘Why do you not glorify [Allah]?’’ ’
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They said, ‘Immaculate is our Lord! We have indeed been wrongdoers!’
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Then they turned to one another, blaming each other.
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