1. Nun. By the Pen and
the (Record) which (men) write,-
2. Thou art not, by the Grace of
thy Lord, mad or possessed.
3. Nay, verily for thee is a
Reward unfailing:
4. And thou (standest) on an
exalted standard of character.
5. Soon wilt thou see, and they
will see,
6. Which of you is afflicted
with madness.
7. Verily it is thy Lord that
knoweth best, which (among men)
hath strayed from His Path: and
He knoweth best those who
receive (true) Guidance.
8. So hearken not to those who
deny (the Truth).
9. Their desire is that thou
shouldst be pliant: so would
they be pliant.
10. Heed not the type of
despicable men,- ready with
oaths,
11. A slanderer, going about
with calumnies,
12. (Habitually) hindering (all)
good, transgressing beyond
bounds, deep in sin,
13. Violent (and cruel),- with
all that, base-born,-
14. Because he possesses wealth
and (numerous) sons.
15. When to him are rehearsed
Our Signs, "Tales of the
ancients", he cries!
16. Soon shall We brand (the
beast) on the snout!
17. Verily We have tried them as
We tried the People of the
Garden, when they resolved to
gather the fruits of the
(garden) in the morning.
18. But made no reservation,
("If it be Allah.s Will").
19. Then there came on the
(garden) a visitation from thy
Lord, (which swept away) all
around, while they were asleep.
20. So the (garden) became, by
the morning, like a dark and
desolate spot, (whose fruit had
been gathered).
21. As the morning broke, they
called out, one to another,-
22. "Go ye to your tilth
(betimes) in the morning, if ye
would gather the fruits."
23. So they departed, conversing
in secret low tones, (saying)-
24. "Let not a single indigent
person break in upon you into
the (garden) this day."
25. And they opened the morning,
strong in an (unjust) resolve.
26. But when they saw the
(garden), they said: "We have
surely lost our way:
27. "Indeed we are shut out (of
the fruits of our labour)!"
28. Said one of them, more just
(than the rest): "Did I not say
to you, 'Why not glorify
((Allah))?'"
29. They said: "Glory to our
Lord! Verily we have been doing
wrong!"
30. Then they turned, one
against another, in reproach.
31. They said: "Alas for us! We
have indeed transgressed!
32. "It may be that our Lord
will give us in exchange a
better (garden) than this: for
we do turn to Him (in
repentance)!"
33. Such is the Punishment (in
this life); but greater is the
Punishment in the Hereafter,- if
only they knew!
34. Verily, for the Righteous,
are Gardens of Delight, in the
Presence of their Lord.
35. Shall We then treat the
People of Faith like the People
of Sin?
36. What is the matter with you?
How judge ye?
37. Or have ye a book through
which ye learn-
38. That ye shall have, through
it whatever ye choose?
39. Or have ye Covenants with Us
to oath, reaching to the Day of
Judgment, (providing) that ye
shall have whatever ye shall
demand?
40. Ask thou of them, which of
them will stand surety for that!
41. Or have they some "Partners"
(in Allah.ead)? Then let them
produce their "partners", if
they are truthful!
42. The Day that the shin shall
be laid bare, and they shall be
summoned to bow in adoration,
but they shall not be able,-
43. Their eyes will be cast
down,- ignominy will cover them;
seeing that they had been
summoned aforetime to bow in
adoration, while they were
whole, (and had refused).
44. Then leave Me alone with
such as reject this Message: by
degrees shall We punish them
from directions they perceive
not.
45. A (long) respite will I
grant them: truly powerful is My
Plan.
46. Or is it that thou dost ask
them for a reward, so that they
are burdened with a load of
debt?-
47. Or that the Unseen is in
their hands, so that they can
write it down?
48. So wait with patience for
the Command of thy Lord, and be
not like the Companion of the
Fish,- when he cried out in
agony.
49. Had not Grace from his Lord
reached him, he would indeed
have been cast off on the naked
shore, in disgrace.
50. Thus did his Lord choose him
and make him of the Company of
the Righteous.
51. And the Unbelievers would
almost trip thee up with their
eyes when they hear the Message;
and they say: "Surely he is
possessed!"
52. But it is nothing less than
a Message to all the worlds. |