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Nun. By the Pen and what they write with it line by line.
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You are not, by the grace of your Lord, a madman.
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And yours for sure is a reward constant and beyond measure.
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You are surely of a sublime character and do act by a sublime pattern of conduct.
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Soon you will see and they will see
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Which of you is afflicted with madness.
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Surely your Lord is He Who knows best who is astray from His way, and He knows best those who are rightly guided.
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So pay no heed to (the desires of) those who persistently deny (God’s Message).
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They wish you to compromise (with them in matters of faith), so they would compromise (with you).
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Pay no heed to any contemptible oath-maker (who swears much with no consideration of truth, and no will to act on his word),
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A defamer, circulating slander (in all directions),
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Who hinders the doing of good, transgressor of all bounds (of sense or decency), one addicted to sinning;
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Cruel and ignoble, and in addition to all that, morally corrupt
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Because he has wealth and many sons.
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When Our Revelations are recited to him, he says: "Fables of the ancients."
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We will brand him on the nose (to mark indelibly his disgrace).
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For sure We try them (with drought as they rely on their wealth and children We have granted them and reject Our call), just as We tried the owners of the garden. They swore that they would assuredly harvest its produce the next day.
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They made no allowance (in their oaths, being oblivious of the rights of the needy and oblivious of God’s will).
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Then a visitation from your Lord encompassed it while they were sleeping.
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So by morning it had become bleak.
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So they cried out to one another having risen for the morning:
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Hurry to your cultivated land if you mean to harvest (its produce)!
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So they set out, confiding to one another:
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(Take care) that no destitute enter there on you today.
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So early they went, firmly resolved in intent (to collect the harvest and not share it with the destitute).
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But when they saw it, they said: "We have assuredly arrived at the wrong place!"
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(Then when they realized that it was indeed their garden:) "No, rather we are made destitute!"
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The one more equitable among them said: "Did I not say to you: Will you not glorify God?"
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They said: "All-Glorified is our Lord! Indeed we have done wrong (by regarding ourselves as self-sufficient and not dependent on Him)."
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Then they approached one another, reproaching themselves.
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