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بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ

نٓ ۚ وَٱلْقَلَمِ وَمَا يَسْطُرُونَ

Nun. By the pen and what they write.

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مَآ أَنتَ بِنِعْمَةِ رَبِّكَ بِمَجْنُونٍ

By the grace of your Rabb you are not a madman,

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وَإِنَّ لَكَ لَأَجْرًا غَيْرَ مَمْنُونٍ

and you shall have a never ending reward.

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وَإِنَّكَ لَعَلَىٰ خُلُقٍ عَظِيمٍ

You are of the highest noble character.

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فَسَتُبْصِرُ وَيُبْصِرُونَ

Soon you will see - as they will see

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بِأَييِّكُمُ ٱلْمَفْتُونُ

- which of you is afflicted with madness.

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إِنَّ رَبَّكَ هُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِمَن ضَلَّ عَن سَبِيلِهِۦ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ

Surely it is your Rabb Who knows those who have strayed from His Way, as He knows best those who are rightly guided.

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فَلَا تُطِعِ ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ

So do not yield to the unbelievers.

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وَدُّوا۟ لَوْ تُدْهِنُ فَيُدْهِنُونَ

They desire you to compromise a little, so they too would compromise.

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وَلَا تُطِعْ كُلَّ حَلَّافٍ مَّهِينٍ

Neither yield to any mean oath-monger,

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هَمَّازٍ مَّشَّآءٍۭ بِنَمِيمٍ

mischief making slanderer,

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مَّنَّاعٍ لِّلْخَيْرِ مُعْتَدٍ أَثِيمٍ

opponent of good, transgressor,

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عُتُلٍّۭ بَعْدَ ذَٰلِكَ زَنِيمٍ

wicked oppressor, and above all, ignoble by birth,

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أَن كَانَ ذَا مَالٍ وَبَنِينَ

though he be possessing wealth and children.

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إِذَا تُتْلَىٰ عَلَيْهِ ءَايَـٰتُنَا قَالَ أَسَـٰطِيرُ ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ

When Our revelations are recited to him , he says: "They are nothing but the tales of the ancient."

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سَنَسِمُهُۥ عَلَى ٱلْخُرْطُومِ

Soon We shall brand him on the snout.

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إِنَّا بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ كَمَا بَلَوْنَآ أَصْحَـٰبَ ٱلْجَنَّةِ إِذْ أَقْسَمُوا۟ لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا مُصْبِحِينَ

Surely We shall try them as We tried the owners of the garden when they swore that they would pluck its fruit the next morning,

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وَلَا يَسْتَثْنُونَ

without adding any reservation ( such as God willing).

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فَطَافَ عَلَيْهَا طَآئِفٌ مِّن رَّبِّكَ وَهُمْ نَآئِمُونَ

So a calamity from your Rabb came down upon it while they slept,

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فَأَصْبَحَتْ كَٱلصَّرِيمِ

and by the morning it lay as if it had been already harvested.

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فَتَنَادَوْا۟ مُصْبِحِينَ

At daybreak they called out to one another,

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أَنِ ٱغْدُوا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْثِكُمْ إِن كُنتُمْ صَـٰرِمِينَ

saying: "Go out early to your crop, if you want to pick its fruit."

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فَٱنطَلَقُوا۟ وَهُمْ يَتَخَـٰفَتُونَ

So they went, whispering to one another:

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أَن لَّا يَدْخُلَنَّهَا ٱلْيَوْمَ عَلَيْكُم مِّسْكِينٌ

"Let no needy person enter upon you in the garden today."

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وَغَدَوْا۟ عَلَىٰ حَرْدٍ قَـٰدِرِينَ

Thus they went out, fixed in their stingy resolve (not to give any fruit to the poor people, as if they had the full control over harvesting the fruit).

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فَلَمَّا رَأَوْهَا قَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا لَضَآلُّونَ

But when they saw the garden, they cried: "Surely we must have lost our way!

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بَلْ نَحْنُ مَحْرُومُونَ

Nay, we have become destitute."

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قَالَ أَوْسَطُهُمْ أَلَمْ أَقُل لَّكُمْ لَوْلَا تُسَبِّحُونَ

The most upright among them said: "Did I not tell you to glorify Allah? Why did you not glorify Him?"

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قَالُوا۟ سُبْحَـٰنَ رَبِّنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا ظَـٰلِمِينَ

Then they said: "Glory be to our Rabb! Surely we were unjust,"

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فَأَقْبَلَ بَعْضُهُمْ عَلَىٰ بَعْضٍ يَتَلَـٰوَمُونَ

and they started blaming one another.

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قَالُوا۟ يَـٰوَيْلَنَآ إِنَّا كُنَّا طَـٰغِينَ

Finally they said: "Woe to us! Surely we had become rebellious.

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عَسَىٰ رَبُّنَآ أَن يُبْدِلَنَا خَيْرًا مِّنْهَآ إِنَّآ إِلَىٰ رَبِّنَا رَٰغِبُونَ

It may be that our Rabb will give us in exchange a better garden than this: surely to our Rabb do we make our humble petition."

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كَذَٰلِكَ ٱلْعَذَابُ ۖ وَلَعَذَابُ ٱلْـَٔاخِرَةِ أَكْبَرُ ۚ لَوْ كَانُوا۟ يَعْلَمُونَ

Such is the punishment in this life; but the punishment in the Hereafter is even greater, if they but knew it.

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إِنَّ لِلْمُتَّقِينَ عِندَ رَبِّهِمْ جَنَّـٰتِ ٱلنَّعِيمِ

Surely the righteous will be rewarded with gardens of delight by their Rabb.

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أَفَنَجْعَلُ ٱلْمُسْلِمِينَ كَٱلْمُجْرِمِينَ

What do the disbelievers think? Shall We treat the Muslims as We treat the guilty?

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مَا لَكُمْ كَيْفَ تَحْكُمُونَ

What is the matter with you? What kind of judgement do you make?

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أَمْ لَكُمْ كِتَـٰبٌ فِيهِ تَدْرُسُونَ

Or do you have a Book in which you read,

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إِنَّ لَكُمْ فِيهِ لَمَا تَخَيَّرُونَ

that you shall be given whatever you choose?

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أَمْ لَكُمْ أَيْمَـٰنٌ عَلَيْنَا بَـٰلِغَةٌ إِلَىٰ يَوْمِ ٱلْقِيَـٰمَةِ ۙ إِنَّ لَكُمْ لَمَا تَحْكُمُونَ

Or do you have a sworn covenant - a covenant binding on Us till the Day of Resurrection - that you shall have whatever you demand?

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سَلْهُمْ أَيُّهُم بِذَٰلِكَ زَعِيمٌ

Ask if any of them will vouch for that.

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أَمْ لَهُمْ شُرَكَآءُ فَلْيَأْتُوا۟ بِشُرَكَآئِهِمْ إِن كَانُوا۟ صَـٰدِقِينَ

Or do they have other gods who could help them against Allah? If so, let them produce their other gods if they are truthful.

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يَوْمَ يُكْشَفُ عَن سَاقٍ وَيُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ فَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُونَ

On the Day of Judgement, when the dreadful events shall be unfolded, and they shall be asked to prostrate themselves, they shall not be able to do so.

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خَـٰشِعَةً أَبْصَـٰرُهُمْ تَرْهَقُهُمْ ذِلَّةٌ ۖ وَقَدْ كَانُوا۟ يُدْعَوْنَ إِلَى ٱلسُّجُودِ وَهُمْ سَـٰلِمُونَ

They shall stand with eyes downcast, utterly humbled; because during their safe and sound earthly life they were called upon to prostrate themselves but they refused to do so.

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فَذَرْنِى وَمَن يُكَذِّبُ بِهَـٰذَا ٱلْحَدِيثِ ۖ سَنَسْتَدْرِجُهُم مِّنْ حَيْثُ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ

O Prophet, leave to Me those who reject this revelation. We shall lead them step by step to their ruin, in ways that they cannot perceive.

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وَأُمْلِى لَهُمْ ۚ إِنَّ كَيْدِى مَتِينٌ

I shall even put up with them for a while; for My plan is fool proof.

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أَمْ تَسْـَٔلُهُمْ أَجْرًا فَهُم مِّن مَّغْرَمٍ مُّثْقَلُونَ

Or have you, O Prophet, demanded a compensation from them, that they are overburdened with debt?

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أَمْ عِندَهُمُ ٱلْغَيْبُ فَهُمْ يَكْتُبُونَ

Or do they have the knowledge of the unseen and they are writing it down?

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فَٱصْبِرْ لِحُكْمِ رَبِّكَ وَلَا تَكُن كَصَاحِبِ ٱلْحُوتِ إِذْ نَادَىٰ وَهُوَ مَكْظُومٌ

So wait with patience for the Judgement of your Rabb and be not like the man of the fish (reference is to the Prophet Jonah who was swallowed by a whale), who cried when he was in distress.

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لَّوْلَآ أَن تَدَٰرَكَهُۥ نِعْمَةٌ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ لَنُبِذَ بِٱلْعَرَآءِ وَهُوَ مَذْمُومٌ

Had his Rabb not bestowed on him His grace, he would certainly have been cast off on the naked shore, while he was condemned.

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فَٱجْتَبَـٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَجَعَلَهُۥ مِنَ ٱلصَّـٰلِحِينَ

But his Rabb choose him and included him among the righteous.

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وَإِن يَكَادُ ٱلَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا۟ لَيُزْلِقُونَكَ بِأَبْصَـٰرِهِمْ لَمَّا سَمِعُوا۟ ٱلذِّكْرَ وَيَقُولُونَ إِنَّهُۥ لَمَجْنُونٌ

The unbelievers would almost trip you up with their eyes when they hear Our revelations (The Qur'an), and say: "He (Muhammad) is surely crazy."

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وَمَا هُوَ إِلَّا ذِكْرٌ لِّلْعَـٰلَمِينَ

This (The Qur'an) is nothing but a Reminder to all the people of the world.

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