Nun By the pen! By all they write
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One of the 240 subdivisions of the Quran (quarter of a Hizb)
Nun By the pen! By all they write
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Your Lord’s grace does not make you [Prophet] a madman
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you will have a never-ending reward––
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truly you have a strong character––
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and soon you will see, as will they
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which of you is afflicted with madness
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Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who is rightly guided
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So do not yield to those who deny the truth––
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they want you to compromise with them and then they will compromise with you––
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do not yield to any contemptible swearer
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to any backbiter, slander-monger
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or hinderer of good, to anyone who is sinful, aggressive
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coarse, and on top of all that, an imposter
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Just because he has wealth and sons
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when our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘These are just ancient fables.’
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We shall brand him on the snout
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We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the morning
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and made no allowance [for the Will of God]
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a disaster from your Lord struck the garden as they slept
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and by morning it was stripped bare, a desolate land
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Still they called each other at daybreak
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‘Go early to your field if you wish to gather all its fruits,’
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and went off, whispering
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‘Make sure no poor person enters the garden today!’––
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they left early, bent on their purpose
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but when they saw the garden, they said, ‘We must have lost our way
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No- we are ruined!’
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The wisest of them said, ‘Did I not say to you, “Will you not glorify God?”’
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they said, ‘Glory be to God, Our Lord! Truly, we were doing wrong!’
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and then they turned to each other in mutual reproach
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They said, ‘Alas for us! We have done terrible wrong
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but maybe our Lord will give us something better in its place: we truly turn to Him in hope.’
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Such is the punishment [in this life], but greater still is the punishment in the Hereafter, if only they knew
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There will be Gardens of bliss for those who are mindful of God
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Should We treat those who submit to Us as We treat those who do evil
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What is the matter with you? On what basis do you judge
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Do you have a Scripture that tells you
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that you will be granted whatever you choose
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Have you received from Us solemn oaths, binding to the Day of Resurrection, that you will get whatever you yourselves decide
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Ask them [Prophet] which of them will guarantee this
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Do they have ‘partners’ [besides God]? Let them produce their ‘partners’, if what they say is true
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On the Day when matters become dire, they will be invited to prostrate themselves but will be prevented from doing so
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and their eyes will be downcast and they will be overwhelmed with shame: they were invited to prostrate themselves when they were safe [but refused]
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So [Prophet] leave those who reject this revelation to Me: We shall lead them on, step by step, in ways beyond their knowledge
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I will allow them more time, for My plan is powerful
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Do you demand some reward from them that would burden them with debt
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Do they have knowledge of the unseen that enables them to write it down
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Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: do not be like the man in the whale who called out in distress
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if his Lord’s grace had not reached him, he would have been left, abandoned and blameworthy, on the barren shore
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but his Lord chose him and made him one of the Righteous
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The disbelievers almost strike you down with their looks when they hear the Quran. They say, ‘He must be mad!’
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but truly it is nothing other than a Reminder for all peoples
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