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Nun. By the pen and all they write,
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you are not, by the grace of your Lord, a madman.
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And you will have a never-ending reward.
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And you are a man of great moral character.
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You will see and they will see
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which of you is afflicted by madness.
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Your Lord knows best who has strayed from His path, and He knows best who is guided.
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Then do not obey the unbelievers.
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They wish that you compromise, So they too can compromise.
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And do not obey any worthless contemptible swearer
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or any backbiter and slander-monger,
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obstructor of good, a transgressing sinner,
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cruel, moreover, and furthermore one who is despicable.
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Just because he has money and children,
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when Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Myth of former people."
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We will brand him on the snout.
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We have tested them, as We tested the owners of a certain garden, when they vowed to harvest it in the morning
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and made no allowance [for the Will of God].
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But a disaster from your Lord came upon it while they slept.
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By morning it became barren and bleak.
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At day break they called to one another,
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saying, "Go early to your crop if you want to harvest the fruit."
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So they set out, whispering,
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“Make sure no disabled, needy perSon enters the garden today (to ask for help).”
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And early they went bent on their purpose.
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But when they saw it, they said, " We are lost;
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Rather, we have been ruined.
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The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, that you should praise your Lord’s glory?
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They said, "May our Lord be exalted in His glory, we were unjust."
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Then they turned to one another, each blaming the other.
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They said, "How terrible for us; we were aggressors.
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Perhaps our Lord will give us a better substitute for it. We are turning to our Lord in hope."
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Such is the punishment. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
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There will be Gardens of delight for those who are mindful of God.
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Would We treat those who submit to us like those who forced others to reject Our messages.
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What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
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Or do you have a Book which you study?
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And in it do you find all that you wish for?
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Or do you have oaths from Us, that are binding until the Day of Resurrection, allowing you to have whatever you want?
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Ask them which of them, will be responsible for that claim.
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Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they are telling the truth.
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On the Day when the truth shall be laid bare, they will be called upon to prostrate themselves, but they will not be able to do so.
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Their eyes cast down in humbled reverence, overlaid with shame; though they had been called to prostration while they were still sound.
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So, leave those who deny this revelation to Me. We will proceed against them gradually, from whence they do not know.
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And I will give them time. My plan is firm.
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Or do you ask them for a wage, so they are burdened with debt?
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Or do they know the future, and they write what is going to happen?
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So be patient for your Lord’s judgment, and do not be like the fellow of the whale who called out in despair.
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Had a blessing from his Lord not reached him, he would have been abandoned and disgraced on a naked shore.
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But his Lord chose him and made him among the righteous.
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Those unbelievers all but kill you with their evil looks when they hear the Reminder, and they say, "He must be mad."
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But it is only a Reminder to all people.
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