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NuN, the pen, and what they (the people) write.
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You have attained a great blessing from your Lord; you are not crazy.
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You have attained a recompense that is well deserved.
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You are blessed with a great moral character.
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You will see, and they will see.
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Which of you are condemned.
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Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided.
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Do not obey the rejectors.
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They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise.
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Do not obey every lowly swearer.
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A slanderer, a backbiter.
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Forbidder of charity, a transgressor, a sinner.
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Unappreciative, and greedy.
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Even though he possessed enough money and children.
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When our revelations are recited to him, he says, Tales from the past!
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We will mark his face.
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We have tested them like we tested the owners of the garden who swore that they will harvest it in the morning.
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They were so absolutely sure.
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A passing (storm) from your Lord passed by it while they were asleep.
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By morning, it was barren.
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They called on each other in the morning.
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Let us harvest the crop.
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On their way, they confided to each other.
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That from then on, none of them would be poor.
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They were so absolutely sure of their harvest.
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But when they saw it, they said, We were so wrong!
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The righteous among them said, If only you had glorified (God)!
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They said, Glory be to our Lord. We have transgressed.
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They started to blame each other.
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