68:1 |
Nun. By the Pen and
the (Record) which (men) write,- |
68:2 |
Thou art not, by the
Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed. |
68:3 |
Nay, verily for thee
is a Reward unfailing: |
68:4 |
And thou (standest) on
an exalted standard of character. |
68:5 |
Soon wilt thou see,
and they will see, |
68:6 |
Which of you is
afflicted with madness. |
68:7 |
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. |
68:8 |
So hearken not to
those who deny (the Truth). |
68:9 |
Their desire is that
thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be
pliant. |
68:10 |
Heed not the type of
despicable men,- ready with oaths, |
68:11 |
A slanderer, going
about with calumnies, |
68:12 |
(Habitually) hindering
(all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in
sin, |
68:13 |
Violent (and cruel),-
with all that, base-born,- |
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Because he possesses
wealth and (numerous) sons. |
68:15 |
When to him are
rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he
cries! |
68:16 |
Soon shall We brand
(the beast) on the snout! |
68:17 |
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. |
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But made no
reservation, ("If it be God's Will"). |
68:19 |
Then there came on the
(garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which
swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
|
68:20 |
So the (garden)
became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate
spot, (whose fruit had been gathered). |
68:21 |
As the morning broke,
they called out, one to another,- |
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"Go ye to your tilth
(betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the
fruits." |
68:23 |
So they departed,
conversing in secret low tones, (saying)- |
68:24 |
"Let not a single
indigent person break in upon you into the
(garden) this day." |
68:25 |
And they opened the
morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve. |
68:26 |
But when they saw the
(garden), they said: "We have surely lost our
way: |
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"Indeed we are shut
out (of the fruits of our labour)!" |
68:28 |
Said one of them, more
just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you,
'Why not glorify (God)?'" |
68:29 |
They said: "Glory to
our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!" |
68:30 |
Then they turned, one
against another, in reproach. |
68:31 |
They said: "Alas for
us! We have indeed transgressed! |
68:32 |
"It may be that our
Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden)
than this: for we do turn to Him (in
repentance)!" |
68:33 |
Such is the Punishment
(in this life); but greater is the Punishment in
the Hereafter,- if only they knew! |
68:34 |
Verily, for the
Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the
Presence of their Lord. |
68:35 |
Shall We then treat
the People of Faith like the People of Sin? |
68:36 |
What is the matter
with you? How judge ye? |
68:37 |
Or have ye a book
through which ye learn- |
68:38 |
That ye shall have,
through it whatever ye choose? |
68:39 |
Or have ye Covenants
with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of
Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have
whatever ye shall demand? |
68:40 |
Ask thou of them,
which of them will stand surety for that! |
68:41 |
Or have they some
"Partners" (in Godhead)? Then let them produce
their "partners", if they are truthful! |
68:42 |
The Day that the shin
shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned
to bow in adoration, but they shall not be
able,- |
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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). |
68:44 |
Then leave Me alone
with such as reject this Message: by degrees
shall We punish them from directions they
perceive not. |
68:45 |
A (long) respite will
I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan. |
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Or is it that thou
dost ask them for a reward, so that they are
burdened with a load of debt?- |
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Or that the Unseen is
in their hands, so that they can write it down?
|
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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. |
68:49 |
Had not Grace from his
Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast
off on the naked shore, in disgrace. |
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Thus did his Lord
choose him and make him of the Company of the
Righteous. |
68:51 |
And the Unbelievers
would almost trip thee up with their eyes when
they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he
is possessed!" |
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But it is nothing less
than a Message to all the worlds. |