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IN THE NAME OF GOD, THE MOST GRACIOUS, THE DISPENSER OF
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Allah has declared Muhammad to be of the highest moral character and Do not yield any disbelieving oath monger, slanderer and wicked person
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1 | Nun.1 CONSIDER the pen, and all that they write [therewith]!2 | ||
2 | Thou art not, by thy Sustainer's grace, a madman!3 | |||
3 | And, verily, thine shall be a reward neverending - | |||
4 | for, behold, thou keepest indeed to a sublime way of life;4 | |||
5 | and [one day] thou shalt see, and they [who now deride thee] shall see, | |||
6 | which of you was bereft of reason. | |||
7 | Verily, thy Sustainer alone is fully aware as to who has strayed from His path, just as He alone is fully aware of those who have found the right way. | |||
8 | Hence, defer not to [the likes and dislikes of] those who give the lie to the truth: | |||
9 | they would like thee to be soft [with them], so that they might be soft [with thee].5 | |||
10 | Furthermore,6 defer not to the contemptible swearer of oaths, | |||
11 | [or to] the slanderer that goes about with defaming tales, | |||
12 | [or] the withholder of good, [or] the sinful aggressor, | |||
13 | [or] one who is cruel, by greed possessed,7 and, in addition to all this, utterly useless [to his fellow-men].8 | |||
14 | Is it because he is possessed of worldly goods and children | |||
15 | that, whenever Our messages are conveyed to him, such a one says, "Fables of ancient times"?9 | |||
16 | [For this] We shall brand him with indelible disgrace!10 | |||
What happened to the arrogant stingy owners of a garden who did not want to pay charity?
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17 | [As for such sinners,] behold, We [but] try them11 as We tried the owners of a certain garden who vowed that they would surely harvest its fruit on the morrow, | ||
18 | and made no allowance [for the will of God]:12 | |||
19 | whereupon a visitation from thy Sustainer came upon that [garden] while they were asleep, | |||
20 | so that by the morrow it became barren and bleak. | |||
21 | Now when they rose at early morn, they called unto one another, | |||
22 | "Go early to your tilth if you want to harvest the fruit!" | |||
23 | Thus they launched forth, whispering unto one another, | |||
24 | "Indeed, no needy person shall enter it today [and come] upon you [unawares]!"13 | |||
25 | - and early they went, strongly bent upon their purpose. | |||
26 | But as soon as they beheld [the garden and could not recognize] it, they exclaimed, "Surely we have lost our way!" | |||
27 | - [and then,] "Nay, but we have been rendered destitute!" | |||
28 | Said the most right-minded among them: "Did I not tell you, 'Will you not extol God's limitless glory?'"14 | |||
29 | They answered: "Limitless in His glory is our Sustainer! Verily, we were doing wrong!" | |||
30 | - and then they turned upon one another with mutual reproaches. | |||
31 | [In the end] they said: "Oh, woe unto us! Verily, we did behave outrageously! | |||
32 | [But] it may be that our Sustainer will grant us something better instead:15 for, verily, unto our Sustainer do we turn with hope!" | |||
33 | SUCH is the suffering [with which We try some people in this world];16 but greater by far will be the suffering [which sinners shall have to bear] in the life to come - if they but knew it! | |||
Allah is not going to treat the Muslims as He will treat the guilty Why disbelievers do not understand this?
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34 | For, behold, it is the God-conscious [alone] whom gardens of bliss await with their Sustainer: | ||
35 | or should We, perchance, treat those who surrender themselves unto Us17 as [We would treat] those who remain lost in sin? | |||
36 | What is amiss with you?18 On what do you base your judgment [of right and wrong]? | |||
37 | Or have you perchance, a [special] divine writ which you study? | |||
38 | and in which you find all that you may wish to find?19 | |||
39 | Or have you received a solemn promise, binding on Us till Resurrection Day, that yours will assuredly be whatever you judge [to be your rightful due]? | |||
40 | Ask them which of them is able to vouch for this! | |||
41 | Or have they, perchance, any sages to support their views?20 Well, then, if they are sincere in this their claim, let them produce those supporters of theirs | |||
42 | on the Day when man's very being shall be bared to the bone,21 and when they [who now deny the truth] shall be called upon to prostrate themselves [before God],22 and shall be unable to do so: | |||
43 | downcast will be their eyes, with ignominy overwhelming them - seeing that they had been called upon [in vain] to prostrate themselves [before Him] while they were yet sound [and alive]. | |||
Those who do not believe in Allah's revelations are led step by step towards destruction
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44 | Hence, leave Me alone with such as give the lie to this tiding.23 We shall bring them low, step by step, without their perceiving how it has come about:24 | ||
45 | for, behold, though I may give them rein for a while, My subtle scheme is exceedingly firm!25 | |||
46 | Or is it that [they fear lest] thou ask them for a reward, [O Prophet,] so that they would be burdened with debt [if they listened to thee]? | |||
47 | Or [do they think] that the hidden reality [of all that exists] is within their grasp, so that [in time] they can write it down?26 | |||
48 | BEAR, THEN, with patience thy Sustainer's will, and be not like him of the great fish, who cried out [in distress] after having given in to anger.27 | |||
49 | [And remember:] had not grace from his Sustainer reached him,28 he would indeed have been cast forth upon that barren shore in a state of disgrace:29 | |||
50 | but [as it was,] his Sustainer had elected him and placed him among the righteous. | |||
51 | Hence, [be patient,] even though they who are bent on denying the truth would all but kill thee with their eyes whenever they hear this reminder, and [though] they say, "[As for Muhammad,] behold, most surely he is a madman!" | |||
52 | [Be patient:] for this is nought else but reminder [from God] to all mankind. |
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