Nun By the pen and by that which they inscribe
Thou art nor, through the grace of thy Lord, mad
And verily thine shall be a hire unending."
And verily thou art of a high and noble disposition
Anon thou wilt see and they will see
Which of you is afflicted with madness
Verily thy Lord! He is the best Knower of him who strayeth from His path, and He is the best Knower of the guided one
Wherefore obey not thou the beliers
Fain would they that thou shouldst be pliant, so that they will be pliant
And obey not: thou any swearer ignominous
A defamer, spreader abroad of slander
Hinderer of the good, trespasser; sinner
Gross, and therewithal ignoble
Because he is owner of riches and children
When Our revelations are rehearsed Unto him, he saith: fables of the ancients
Anon We shall brand him on snout
Verily We! We have proved them even as We proved the fellows of a garden when they swarethat they would surely reap it in the morning
And they made not the exception
Wherefore an encircling visitation visited it even as they slept on
Then in the morning it became as though it had been reaped
Then they cried out Unto each other in the morning
Saying: go out betimes to your tilth if ye would reap
So they went off speaking to each other in a low voice
Let there not enter upon you today any needy man
And they went out betimes determined in purpose
Then when they beheld it, they said: verily we have strayed
Aye! it is we who are deprived
The most moderate of them said: said I not Unto you, wherefore hallow him ye not
They said: hallowed be Our Lord! verily we have been wrong- doers
Then they turned to each other reproachin
They said: woe Unto us! verily we! we have been arrogant
Belike our Lord may exchange for us better garden than this; verily we are Unto our Lord beseechers
Such is the torment. And the torment of the Hereafter is far greater; if they but knew
Verily for the God-fearing, are with their Lord Gardens of Delight
Shall We then make the Muslims like the culprits
What aileth you? How ill ye judge
Is there with you a Book wherein ye study
That therein is yours that which. ye may choose
Or have ye oaths from us reaching to the Day of Resurrection, that you shall be that which ye judge
Ask then, which of them will stand thereof a surety
Have they associate gods? Then let them produce their associate gods if they say sooth
Remember the Day whereon the shank shall be bared and they shall be called upon to Prostrate themselves, but they shall not be able
Downcast will be their looks; abjectness will overspread them. Surely they had been called upon to Prostrate themselves while yet they were whole
Let Me alone with him who belieth this discourse; step by step We lead them on when they perceive not
And I bear with them; verily My contrivance is sure
Askest thou a hire from them so that they are laden with debt
Is with them the unseen, so that they write down
Be patient thou, then, with thy Lord's judgment, and be thou not like him of the fish, when he cried out while he was in anguish
Had not grace from his Lord reached him, he had surely been cast into the wilderness in a plight
Then his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous
And those who disbelieve well-nigh cause thee to stumble with their looks when they hear the Admonition, and they say: verily he is mad
While it is naught but an admonition Unto the worlds