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68:1  Nun By the pen! By all they write
68:2  Your Lord’s grace does not make you [Prophet] a madman
68:3  you will have a never-ending reward––
68:4  truly you have a strong character––
68:5  and soon you will see, as will they
68:6  which of you is afflicted with madness
68:7  Your Lord knows best who strays from His path and who is rightly guided
68:8  So do not yield to those who deny the truth––
68:9  they want you to compromise with them and then they will compromise with you––
68:10  do not yield to any contemptible swearer
68:11  to any backbiter, slander-monger
68:12  or hinderer of good, to anyone who is sinful, aggressive
68:13  coarse, and on top of all that, an imposter
68:14  Just because he has wealth and sons
68:15  when our revelations are recited to him, he says, ‘These are just ancient fables.’
68:16  We shall brand him on the snout
68:17  We have tried them as We tried the owners of a certain garden, who swore that they would harvest its fruits in the mornin
68:18  and made no allowance [for the Will of God]
68:19  a disaster from your Lord struck the garden as they slep
68:20  and by morning it was stripped bare, a desolate land
68:21  Still they called each other at daybreak
68:22  ‘Go early to your field if you wish to gather all its fruits,’
68:23  and went off, whispering
68:24  ‘Make sure no poor person enters the garden today!’––
68:25  they left early, bent on their purpose
68:26  but when they saw the garden, they said, ‘We must have lost our way
68:27  No- we are ruined!’
68:28  The wisest of them said, ‘Did I not say to you, “Will you not glorify God?”’
68:29  they said, ‘Glory be to God, Our Lord! Truly, we were doing wrong!’
68:30  and then they turned to each other in mutual reproach
68:31  They said, ‘Alas for us! We have done terrible wrong
68:32  but maybe our Lord will give us something better in its place: we truly turn to Him in hope.’
68:33  Such is the punishment [in this life], but greater still is the punishment in the Hereafter, if only they knew
68:34  There will be Gardens of bliss for those who are mindful of God
68:35  Should We treat those who submit to Us as We treat those who do evil
68:36  What is the matter with you? On what basis do you judge
68:37  Do you have a Scripture that tells yo
68:38  that you will be granted whatever you choose
68:39  Have you received from Us solemn oaths, binding to the Day of Resurrection, that you will get whatever you yourselves decide
68:40  Ask them [Prophet] which of them will guarantee this
68:41  Do they have ‘partners’ [besides God]? Let them produce their ‘partners’, if what they say is true
68:42  On the Day when matters become dire, they will be invited to prostrate themselves but will be prevented from doing so
68:43  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]
68:44  So [Prophet] leave those who reject this revelation to Me: We shall lead them on, step by step, in ways beyond their knowledge
68:45  I will allow them more time, for My plan is powerful
68:46  Do you demand some reward from them that would burden them with debt
68:47  Do they have knowledge of the unseen that enables them to write it down
68:48  Wait patiently [Prophet] for your Lord’s judgement: do not be like the man in the whale who called out in distress
68:49  if his Lord’s grace had not reached him, he would have been left, abandoned and blameworthy, on the barren shore
68:50  but his Lord chose him and made him one of the Righteous
68:51  The disbelievers almost strike you down with their looks when they hear the Quran. They say, ‘He must be mad!’
68:52  but truly it is nothing other than a Reminder for all peoples