| 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.
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