Nun. By the Pen and what they write
you are not, by your Lord’s blessing, crazy
and yours indeed will be an everlasting reward
and indeed you possess a great character
You will see and they will see
which one of you is crazy
Indeed your Lord knows best those who stray from His way, and He knows best those who are guided
So do not obey the deniers
who are eager that you should be pliable, so that they may be pliable [towards you]
And do not obey any vile swearer
scandal-monger, talebearer
hinderer of all good, sinful transgressor
callous and, on top of that, baseborn
—[only] because he has wealth and children
When Our signs are recited to him, he says, ‘Myths of the ancients!’
Soon We shall brand him on the snout
Indeed we have tested them just as We tested the People of the Garden when they vowed they would gather its fruit at dawn
and they did not make any exception
Then a visitation from your Lord visited it while they were asleep
So by the dawn it was like a harvested field
At dawn they called out to one another
‘Get off early to your field if you have to gather [the fruits].’
So off they went, murmuring to one another
‘Today no needy man shall come to you in it.’
They set out early morning, [considering themselves] able to grudge
But when they saw it, they said, ‘We have indeed lost our way!’
‘No, we are deprived!’
The most moderate among them said, ‘Did I not tell you, ‘‘Why do you not glorify [Allah]?’’ ’
They said, ‘Immaculate is our Lord! We have indeed been wrongdoers!’
Then they turned to one another, blaming each other
They said, ‘Woe to us! Indeed we have been rebellious
Maybe our Lord will give us a better one in its place. Indeed we turn earnestly to our Lord.’
Such was the punishment; and the punishment of the Hereafter is surely greater, had they known
Indeed for the Godwary there will be gardens of bliss near their Lord
Shall We, then, treat those who submit [to Us] as [We treat] the guilty
What is the matter with you? How do you judge
Do you possess a scripture in which you rea
that you shall indeed have in it whatever you would like
Do you have a pledge binding on Us until the Day of Resurrection, that you shall indeed have whatever you decide
Ask them, which of them will aver [any of] that
Do they have any partners [they ascribe to Allah]? Then let them produce their partners, if they are truthful
The day when the catastrophe occurs, and they are summoned to prostrate themselves, they will not be able [to do it]
With a humbled look [in their eyes], they will be overcast by abasement. Certainly they were summoned to prostrate themselves while they were yet sound
So leave Me with those who deny this discourse. We will draw them imperceptibly [into ruin], whence they do not know
I will grant them respite, for My devising is indeed sure
Do you ask them for a reward, so that they are weighed down with debt
Do they possess [access to] the Unseen so that they write it down
So submit patiently to the judgement of your Lord, and do not be like the Man of the Fish who called out as he choked with grief
Had it not been for a blessing that came to his rescue from his Lord, he would surely have been cast on a bare shore while he were blameworthy
So his Lord chose him and made him one of the righteous
Indeed the faithless almost devour you with their eyes when they hear the Reminder, and they say, ‘He is indeed crazy.’
Yet it is just a reminder for all the nations