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Nu'n, (the Pen): By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write
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You (O Prophet!) are not, by the grace of your Lord, mad, insane or possessed.
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No (in reality), and surely, for you is a reward unfailing:
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And verily, you (are placed) on an exalted standard of character.
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Soon will you see, and they will see,
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Which of you is affected with madness.
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Surely, it is your Lord Who knows best, which (among men) has strayed from His Path: And He Knows (Aalam) best those who receive (true) Guidance.
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So listen not to those who deny (the Truth).
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Their desire is that you should be suffering: So they would be suffering.
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Do not pay attention to the type of lowly man Ready with (false) words,
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A slanderer, going about with hurtful falsehoods,
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(By habit) stopping (all) good, exceeding all bounds (and) deep in sin.
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Violent (and cruel) and in addition a shrewd manipulator
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Because he possesses wealth and numerous sons.
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When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he cries; "Tales of the men of old (ancient peoples),"
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Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the nose!
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Surely, We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning,
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But made no reservation, (by saying: "Inshâ-Allah", or "If Allah Wills it.")
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Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from your Lord, (which swept away) all around while they were asleep.
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So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark desolate spot (whose fruit had been gathered).
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As the morning broke, they called out, one to another
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Saying: "You go to your garden early in the morning, if you were to gather the fruits."
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And so they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)
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Let not a single needy person break in upon you into the (garden) this day.
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And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) claim.
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But when they saw the (garden) they said: "We have surely lost our way:
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Nay! Indeed we are denied (of the fruits of our labor)!
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Said one (person) more just than the rest of them: "Did I not say to you; Why not Glorify [Allah by saying, if Allah so Wills, (or Insha Allah)]?"
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They said: "Glory to our Lord! Surely, we have been doing wrong!"
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Then they turned, one against another, in blame.
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