Nun. By the pen and all that they write.
You are not a madman with regards to the blessing of your Lord.
And truly for you surely is a reward which will never cut off.
And truly you surely are on a character most magnificent.
So soon you will see and they will see,
which one among you is the one vexed with tribulation.
Truly your Lord, He it is who is All-knowing about who has gone astray from His way and He it is who is All-knowing about those who are well guided.
So do not obey those who are the beliers.
They would want if you could compromise towards them so that they too may compromise.
And do not obey any such who is profuse in oaths, worthless,
slanderous, propagator of foul gossip,
withholder of the good, transgressor, sinful,
overreaching, and beyond all that ignominious.
[He is all this] because he has wealth and children?
When Our signs are related unto him he says, “The tales of the ancients.”
Soon We shall brand him on the nose.
Truly We tried them as We tried the owners of the garden when they vowed that they would surely harvest it in the morning;
and they did not make any exceptions [by saying ‘if Allah wills’].
But a besieger from your Lord besieged it while they were sleeping.
And by the morning it was like one completely harvested.
So they called on one another in the morning.
“That do go in the morning early to your crops if you indeed are going to harvest.”
So they departed while they whispered to one another;
that, “Surely let no needy one enter in it on you today.”
And they went forth in the early morning with a youthful zest thinking they have the power [over their crop].
But when they saw it they said, “We indeed most certainly have lost our way.
Nay! Indeed we are the ones bereft [of our crop].”
The righteous among them said, “Did I not tell you ‘why do you not glorify Allah?’”
They said, “Glory be unto our Lord truly we have been of those who wronged their own souls.”
Then they turned to one another blaming one another.
They said, “Woe unto us. We indeed were transgressors.
Perhaps our Lord may give us in replacement one better than it truly we turn back to our Lord in hope.”
Such is the punishment [in the life of this world] but the punishment in the life of the hereafter surely is greater if only they do know.
Truly for those who safeguard their own souls are gardens of the bliss in the presence of their Lord.
Are we going to make those who submit themselves to Allah like the evildoers?
What is amiss with you? What is this manner in which you make judgments?
Or do you have a book in which you study?
Then there is in it for you what to choose?
Or are We under any obligation to you by virtue of a binding oath till the day of resurrection? That truly for you there is whatever you decide?
Ask them which of them will stand as a guarantor for that?
Or do they have ones that are partners with Allah then let them bring their partners if they indeed are truthful.
The day when the veil from Saaq [Allah’s radiance] will be removed and they will be called to the prostration but they will not be able to do it.
With sights cast down overwhelmed by humiliation and they indeed used to be called to the prostration while they were at peace [at heart].
So leave Me alone with such a one who belies this story. We will lead them on from stage to stage from whence they know not.
I give them respite for a while. Truly my stratagem is firm.
Or is it that you ask them for a fee so that they are overburdened with debt?
Or is it that the unseen is in their disposition so that they can write?
Therefore wait patiently for the wise decision of your Lord and do not be like the companion of the fish when he called while he was in distress.
Had not a grace from your Lord caught up with him, he would surely be cast on the arid shore while he was in a state of one worthy of reprove.
But then your Lord raised him up and made him one among the righteous.
And those who disbelieve nearly trip you down with their sights when they hear the remembrance and they say, “Truly he is surely a madman.”
But it is nothing except a remembrance for the worlds.