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Al-QalamIn the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful

Nun. By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write (1) Thou art not, by the grace of thy Lord, mad orpossessed. (2) Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:(3) And thou (standest) on an exalted standard ofcharacter. (4) Soon wilt thou see, and they will see (5)Which of you is afflicted with madness. (6) Verily it is thyLord that knoweth best, which (among men) hath strayed

from His Path: and He knoweth best those who receive(True) Guidance. (7) So hearken not to those who deny(the Truth). (8) Their desire is that thou shouldst bepliant; so would thy be pliant. (9) need not the type ofdespicable man ready with oaths. (10) A slanderer,going about with calumnies. (11) (Habitually) hindering(all) good, transgressing beyond bounds deep in sin. (12)

Violent (and cruel), with all that, base-born (13)Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons. (14)When to him are rehearsed Our Signs "Tales of the

Ancients" he cries. (15) Soon shall We brand (the beast)on the snout! (16) Verily We have tried them as We triedthe people of the Garden when they resolved to gatherthe fruits of the (garden) in the morning. (17) But made

no reservation, ("If it be Allah's Will"). (18) Then therecame on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (whichswept away) all around while they were asleep. (19) Sothe (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark anddesolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered). (20) As

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the morning broke, they called out one to another (21)"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in morning, if ye wouldgather the fruits." (22) So they departed, conversing in

secret low tones, (saying) (23) "Let not a single indigentperson break in upon you into the (garden) this day." (24) And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust)resolve. (25) But when they saw the (garden), they said:"We have surely lost our way: (26) "Indeed we are shutout (of the fruits of our labour)!" (27) Said one of them,more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you `Why not

glorify (Allah)?' " (28) They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verilywe have been doing wrong!" (29) Then they turned, oneagainst another in reproach. (30) They said: "Alas for us!We have indeed transgressed! (31) "It may be that ourLord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this:for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!" (32) Such is thePunishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in

the Hereafter if only they knew! (33) Verily, for theRighteous are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of theirLord. (34) Shall We then treat the People of Faith like thePeople of Sin? (35) What is the matter with you? How

judge ye? (36) Or have ye a Book through which yelearn (37) That ye shall have, through it whatever yechoose? (38) Or have ye Covenants with Us on oath,

reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shallhave whatever ye shall demand? (39) Ask thou of them,which of them will stand surety for that! (40) Or have theysome "Partners" (in Allah)? Then let them produce their"partners" if they are truthful! (41) The Day that the shin

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shall be laid bare, to prostrate, but they shall not be able--- (42) Their eyes will be cast down, ignominy will coverthem; seeing that they had been summoned aforetime to

bow in adoration, while they were whole (and hadrefused). (43) Then leave Me alone with such as rejectthis Message: by degrees shall We punish them fromdirections they perceive not. (44) A (long) respite will Igrant them: truly powerful is My plan. (45) Or is it thatthou dost ask them for a reward, so that they areburdened with a load of debt? (46) Or that they Unseen

is in their hands, so that they can write it down? (47) Sowait with patience for the command of thy Lord, and benot like the Companion of the Fish when he cried out inagony. (48) Had not Grace from His Lord reached him, hewould indeed have been cast off on the naked shore, indisgrace. (49) Thus did his Lord choose him and make himof the company of the Righteous. (50) And the

Unbelievers would almost trip thee up with their eyeswhen they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely he ispossessed!" (51) But it is nothing less than a Message toall the worlds. (52)