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Noon; walqalami wa maa yasturoon

Translation

Nūn[1]. By the pen and what they [i.e., the angels] write [in the Records of deeds],

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Maa anta bini'mati Rabbika bimajnoon

Translation

By the grace of your Lord [O Prophet], you are not a madman.

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Wa inna laka la ajran ghaira mamnoon

Translation

You will surely have a never-ending reward.

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Wa innaka la'alaa khuluqin 'azeem

Translation

Indeed, you are of a great moral character.

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Fasatubsiru wa yubsiroon

Translation

Soon you will see and they will see,

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Bi ayyikumul maftoon

Translation

which of you is afflicted with madness.

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Innaa Rabbaka Huwa a'lamu biman dalla 'an sabeelihee wa Huwa a'lamu bilmuhtadeen

Translation

Indeed, your Lord alone knows best who has strayed from His way and those who are rightly guided.

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Falaa tuti'il mukazzibeen

Translation

So do not obey the deniers.

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Waddoo law tudhinu fa-yudhinoon

Translation

They wish that you would compromise so they would too compromise.

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Wa laa tuti' kulla hallaa fim maheen

Translation

And do not obey every disgraceful swearer,

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Hammaazim mash shaaa'im binameem

Translation

backbiter, gossip-monger,

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Mannaa'il lilkhairi mu'tadin aseem

Translation

withholder of good, transgressor, sinful,

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'Utullim ba'da zaalika zaneem

Translation

coarse, and furthermore, an illegitimate child[2].

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An kaana zaa maalinw-wa baneen

Translation

Simply because he has wealth and children,

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Izaa tutlaa 'alaihi aayaatunaa qaala asaateerul awwaleen

Translation

When Our verses are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”

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Sanasimuhoo 'alal khurtoom

Translation

We will soon brand him on the snout[3].

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Innaa balawnaahum kamaa balawnaaa As-haabal jannati iz 'aqsamoo la-yasri munnahaa musbiheen

Translation

Indeed, We have tested them [i.e., the Makkans] as We tested the people of the garden when they swore to harvest its fruits in the early morning,

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Wa laa yastasnoon

Translation

and made no exception [by saying: if Allah wills][4].

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Fataafa 'alaihaa taaa'i fum mir rabbika wa hum naaa'imoon

Translation

Then it was struck by an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep,

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Fa asbahat kassareem

Translation

and it turned to ashes [as black as night].

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Fatanaadaw musbiheen

Translation

Then in the early morning they called out to one another:

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Anighdoo 'alaa harsikum in kuntum saarimeen

Translation

“Go early to your garden if you really wish to harvest.”

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Fantalaqoo wa hum yatakhaafatoon

Translation

So they set out, whispering to one another,

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Al laa yadkhulannahal yawma 'alaikum miskeen

Translation

“Not a single poor person should enter your garden today.”

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Wa ghadaw 'alaa hardin qaadireen

Translation

And they left early, fully determined to stick to their plan[5].

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Falammaa ra awhaa qaalooo innaa ladaaalloon

Translation

But when they saw the garden, they said, “We must have lost our way!

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Bal nahnu mahroomoon

Translation

Rather, we have been deprived.”

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Qaala awsatuhum alam aqul lakum law laa tusabbihoon

Translation

The best among them said, “Did I not say to you to glorify Allah[6]?”

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Qaaloo subhaana rabbinaaa innaa kunnaa zaalimeen

Translation

They said, “Glory be to our Lord! We were truly wrongdoers.”

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Fa aqbala ba'duhum 'alaa ba'diny yatalaawamoon

Translation

Then they turned to one another, throwing blame.

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Qaaloo yaa wailanaaa innaa kunnaa taagheen

Translation

They said, “Woe to us! We were surely transgressors.

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'Asaa rabbunaaa any yubdilanaa khairam minhaaa innaaa ilaa rabbinaa raaghiboon

Translation

Our Lord may give us something better than this. We certainly turn to our Lord in hope[7].”

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Kazaalikal azaab, wa la'azaabul aakhirati akbar; law kaanoo ya'lamoon

Translation

Such is the punishment [in this world]; but the punishment of the Hereafter is far worse, if only they knew.

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Inna lilmuttaqeena 'inda rabbihim jannaatin na'eem

Translation

Indeed, the righteous will have gardens of bliss with their Lord.

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Afanaj'alul muslimeena kalmujrimeen

Translation

Should We then treat Muslims like the wicked?

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Maa lakum kaifa tahkumoon

Translation

What is the matter with you that you make such a judgment?

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Am lakum kitaabun feehi tadrusoon

Translation

Or do you have a scripture in which you read

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Inna lakum feehi lamaa takhaiyaroon

Translation

that you will be given whatever you choose?

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Am lakum aymaanun 'alainaa baalighatun ilaa yawmil qiyaamati inna lakum lamaa tahkumoon

Translation

Or do you have a solemn promise binding upon Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you will have whatever you decide for yourselves?

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Salhum ayyuhum bizaa lika za'eem

Translation

Ask them which of them can guarantee that.

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Am lahum shurakaaa'u fal ya'too bishurakaaa 'ihim in kaanoo saadiqeen

Translation

Or do they have associate-gods? Then let them bring forth their associate-gods[8], if they are truthful.

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Yawma yukshafu 'an saaqinw wa yud'awna ilas sujoodi falaa yastatee'oon

Translation

On the Day when the Shin [of Allah] will be uncovered[9], and they are invited to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so.

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Khaashi'atan absaaruhum tarhaquhum zillatunw wa qad kaanoo yud'awna ilassujoodi wa hum saalimoon

Translation

Their eyes will be downcast, overwhelmed with humiliation, for they were invited to prostrate when they were capable[10] [but they refused].

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Fazarnee wa many yukazzibu bihaazal hadeesi sanastad rijuhum min haisu laa ya'lamoon

Translation

So leave to Me those who reject this message [O Prophet]. We will gradually lead them to their ruin in ways that they do not perceive[11].

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Wa umlee lahum; inna kaidee mateen

Translation

I will give them respite, but My plan is firm.

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Am tas'aluhum ajran fahum min maghramin musqaloon

Translation

Or are you asking them for a reward, so they find it too burdensome?

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Am 'indahumul ghaibu fahum yaktuboon

Translation

Or do they have knowledge of the unseen, so they write it down?

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Fasbir lihukmi rabbika wa laa takun kasaahibil hoot; iz naadaa wa huwa makzoom

Translation

So be patient with the decree of your Lord, and do not be like the man of the Whale [i.e., Jonah], when he cried out in anguish[12].

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Law laaa an tadaara kahoo ni'matum mir rabbihee lanubiza bil'araaa'i wa huwa mazmoom

Translation

Had it not been for the grace that he received from his Lord, he would have surely been thrown onto the barren shore, blameworthy[13].

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Fajtabaahu rabbuhoo faja'alahoo minas saaliheen

Translation

But his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous.

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Wa iny-yakaadul lazeena kafaroo la-yuzliqoonaka biabsaarihim lammaa sami'uz-Zikra wa yaqooloona innahoo lamajnoon

Translation

The disbelievers would almost strike you down with their malicious gazes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, “He is certainly mad.”

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Wa maa huwa illaa zikrul lil'aalameen

Translation

But it is nothing other than a reminder to the whole world.