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Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
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68:2 |
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Thou art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
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68:3 |
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Nay, verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
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68:4 |
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And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
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68:5 |
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Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
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68:6 |
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Which of you is afflicted with madness.
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68:7 |
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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.
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68:8 |
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So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
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68:9 |
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Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
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68:10 |
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Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
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68:11 |
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A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
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68:12 |
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(Habitually) hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
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68:13 |
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Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
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68:14 |
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Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
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68:15 |
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When to him are rehearsed Our Signs, "Tales of the ancients", he cries!
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68:16 |
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Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
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68:17 |
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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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68:18 |
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But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah.s Will").
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68:19 |
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Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all around, while they were asleep.
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68:20 |
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So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
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68:21 |
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As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
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68:22 |
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"Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
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68:23 |
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So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
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68:24 |
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"Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
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68:25 |
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And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
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68:26 |
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But when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
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68:27 |
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"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
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68:28 |
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Said one of them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify ((Allah))?'"
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68:29 |
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They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing wrong!"
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68:30 |
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Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
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68:31 |
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They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
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68:32 |
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"It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
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68:33 |
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Such is the Punishment (in this life); but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
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68:34 |
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Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord.
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68:35 |
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Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
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68:36 |
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What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
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68:37 |
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Or have ye a book through which ye learn-
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68:38 |
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That ye shall have, through it whatever ye choose?
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68:39 |
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Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
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68:40 |
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Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
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68:41 |
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Or have they some "Partners" (in Allah.ead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if they are truthful!
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68:42 |
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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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68:43 |
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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).
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68:44 |
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Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
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68:45 |
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A (long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
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68:46 |
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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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68:47 |
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Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write it down?
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68:48 |
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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.
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68:49 |
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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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68:50 |
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Thus did his Lord choose him and make him of the Company of the Righteous.
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