Nun. By the pen and what they write,
You are not, by the favour of your Lord, mad.
And indeed, for you surely is a reward unending.
And indeed, you are surely upon a great nature.
So soon you will see and they will see,
Which of you is the afflicted.
Indeed, your Lord, He knows best who has erred from His way; and He knows best the guided ones.
So do not obey the deniers;
They wished if you would be pliant, then they would be pliant.
And do not obey every contemptible, often swearer,
Backbiter, walking about with slander,
Preventer of the good, sinful transgressor,
Rough, after that ignoble.
That he is a possessor of wealth and children,
When Our signs are recited to him he says, 'The legends of the former people.'
Soon We will brand him on the nose.
Indeed, We have tested them as We tested the fellows of the garden, when they swore to surely, definitely reap it in the morning.
And they did not make exception.
Then a visitation from your Lord came upon it while they were sleeping.
And it became like the reaped land.
Then in the morning, they convened,
That: 'Go early to your tilth if you would reap.'
So they went, and they, they whispered to each other,
That: 'A poor person will definitely not enter it today upon you.'
And they went early upon purpose, able.
Then when they saw it, they said, 'Indeed, we surely err.
Nay, we are denied.'
The most moderate of them said, 'Did I not say to you, "Why do you not give glory?"'
They said, 'Glory be to our Lord! Indeed we, we were wrongdoers.'
And some of them advanced towards some, blaming one another.
They said, 'O woe to us! Indeed, we were immoderate.
Perhaps our Lord will give us better than it in exchange; indeed, we are asking our Lord.'
Thus is the punishment. And surely, the punishment of the hereafter is greater, if they know.
Indeed, for those who fear with their Lord are the gardens of pleasure.
Then will We make the submitters like the sinners?
What ails you? How do you judge?
Or there is for you a book, in it you study;
Indeed, for you in it is surely what you choose.
Or there are oaths for you upon Us, reaching to the Day of Resurrection. Indeed, for you is surely what you judge.
Ask them, which of them will be a guarantor of that?
Or there are partners for them, then let them come with their partners, if they are truthful.
On the day a leg shall be uncovered; and they will be called to the prostration and they will not be able;
Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And certainly, they were called to the prostration while they were safe.
So leave Me and whoever calls this information a lie. Soon We will bring them down by degrees from where they do not know.
And I will give respite to them. Indeed, My plot is strong.
Or you ask them for a reward, so they are burdened from debt.
Or with them is the unseen, so they write.
So be patient for the judgment of your Lord, and do not be like the fellow of the fish, when he called while he suppressed.
If not that favour reached him from his Lord, surely he would have been thrown on the naked land while he was blameworthy.
And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
And indeed, those who disbelieved will almost surely make you slip with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say, 'Indeed, he is surely mad.'
And it is not except a reminder to the worlds.