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Nun. [I swear] by the pen and by what they write!
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— [O Muhammad!] By the grace of your Lord, you are not insane!
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Verily, a sure reward is in store for you,
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for you have a noble character.
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Soon you shall see, and they shall see
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which among you is insane!
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Verily, your Lord knows best who has strayed away from His path, and He knows best who follows the Guidance.
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So, do not yield to the disbelievers!
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They want you to yield [first], then they would yield.
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But do not yield to any despicable swearer,
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slanderer, peddler of calumny,
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enemy of the good, foe and transgressor,
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violent, and impure of birth as well,
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even if he has money and sons! II. Eschatology and Apocalypsis
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When Our Verses are recited to him, he says: “Some fables of the Old!”
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— Soon We will brand him on the snout!
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Verily, We will test them, as We have tested the owners of the orchard who decided to harvest in the morning,
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but forgot to acknowledge [God’s Will].
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[An Envoy] of your Lord came in their sleep,
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and at dawn [their orchard] was bare!
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In the morning they called to one another:
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“Hurry up to your orchard if you want to harvest!”
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They set off, whispering among themselves:
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“Today we won’t let any indigent in!”
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They started the morning with this resolve,
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but when they saw everything, they said: “Truly, we’ve sinned,
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and we’ve suffered a loss!”
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One of the more reasonable among them said: “Didn’t I tell you to glorify [God]?”
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They said: “Glory to our Lord! Indeed, we were wrong!”
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And they began blaming one another,
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