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The ink - stand and the pen and all that they (the owners of the pen - the scholars) write, bear witness (to the fact that),
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By the grace of your Lord you are not a mad man at all.
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(And) most surely, there awaits you a reward never to be cut off.
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And you possess outstandingly high standard of moral (excellence).
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And you shall soon know and so will these (the disbelievers),
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As to which of you is afflicted with madness.
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Surely, your Lord knows best those who go astray from His path and He (also) knows best those who follow the right guidance.
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So do not listen to those who cry lies to (the Truth).
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They wish you to be (dishonestly) pliant (and not condemn their evil deeds in strong language) so they (too) would (in return) adopt a conciliatory attitude.
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Do not listen to any wretched swearer,
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Who is backbiter, one who goes about with slander and evil talk,
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Any hinderer of people from doing good, transgressor, a sinful (person).
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(Nor listen to any) hard-hearted ruffian who is, above all this, utterly useless and known for mischief making,
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Only because he owns wealth and (numerous) sons (and influence).
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When Our Messages are recited to him he says, '(These are mere) stories of the ancients (so outdated rubbish).'
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We will soon brand him on the snout (and stigmatize him with indelible disgrace).
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(Thus) have We made these (opponents) undergo a trial just as We had made the owners of a garden undergo it when they swore (one to another) that they would pluck (all) its fruit with the next morning.
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And (they were so sure of it that) they made no reservation (for the poor and did not say, 'If it be Allâh's will').
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So a sudden and awful visitation (a calamity) from your Lord visited it while they were asleep.
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So that this (garden) became as it were a dark desolate spot whose (all) fruit had been already plucked.
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Meanwhile they called one to another at the break of dawn,
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(Saying), 'Go forth early at dawn to your field if you would pluck and gather the fruit.'
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So they set out talking together in low tones,
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(Saying), 'Let not a single indigent person break through you to enter this (garden) today.'
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And they repaired to the garden early with the dawn (thinking about themselves as) having the power to shut out (the poor from entry).
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When they saw it (desolated) they said, 'We have surely mistaken the way.
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'Rather we have been deprived (of all the fruit of our labour), Indeed we have lost every thing.'
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The most upright (man) among them said, 'Did I not say to you why do you not give glory (to God)?'
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(Thereupon) they said, 'Glory be to our Lord. Certainly we have been wrongdoers.'
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Then some of them turned their faces to the others, reproaching one another.
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