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Nun, (The is the name of a letter of the Arabic alphabet, and only Allah knows its meaning here) and (by) the pen and what they inscribe,
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In no way are you, by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
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And surely you will have indeed a reward bountifully unfailing.
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And surely you are indeed of a magnificent character.
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So you will behold, and they will behold,
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Whichever of you is the demented (The is the name of a letter of the Arabic alphabet, and only Allah knows its meaning here).
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Surely your Lord, He, Ever He, knows best the ones who have erred away from His way, and He Ever He, knows best the right-guided ones.
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So do not obey the beliers.
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They would like (if) you would dissimulate, then they would dissimulate.
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And do not obey every most contemptible (person), constantly swearing,
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Constantly slandering, ever-walking about with detraction,
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Constant preventer of charity, constantly-vicious transgressor,
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Coarse-grained, and of spurious parentage after all (Literally: after that)
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For that he has (Literally: for that he owns) wealth and sons,
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When Our ayat (Verses, signs) are recited to him, he says, "Myths of the earliest (people)."
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We will (brand) him markedly upon the snout!
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Surely We have tried them as We tried the companions (i.e., owners) of the garden, as they swore that indeed they would definitely wrest away (i.e., gather all) (its fruits) in the (early) morning,
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And made no exception (for the Will of Allah).
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Then a (destructive) visitation from your Lord visited (Literally: went around it) it while they were sleeping,
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So (in the morning) it became as if it were a garden wrested away.
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Then in the (early) morning they called out to one another,
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(Saying), "Go forth early upon your tillage, in case you would wrest away (the fruit)!"
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So they went off, speaking together in hushed voices,
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(Saying), "Definitely no indigent person shall enter it today against you."
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And they went forth early, determined on interdiction.
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Then, as soon as they saw it, they said, "Surely we are indeed erring (people).
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No indeed, (but) we are dispossessed!"
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Said the most moderate of them, "Did I not say to you: Had you only extolled (Him)!"
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They said, All Extolment be to our Lord! Surely we were unjust."
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Then some of them came forward to others, blaming each other.
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