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1.  *     N, the pen, and what they write.
 
2.  *     You are not, by the blessing of your Lord, a madman.
 
3.  *     And you will have a reward that is well deserved.
 
4.  *     And you are of a high moral character.
 
5.  *     So you will see, and they will see.
 
6.  *     Which of you are condemned.
 
7.  *     Your Lord is fully aware of those who strayed off His path, and He is fully aware of those who are guided.
 
8.  *     So do not obey those who deny.
 
9.  *     They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise.
 
10.  *     And do not obey every lowly swearer.
 
11.  *     A slanderer, a backbiter.
 
12.  *     Forbidder of charity, a transgressor, a sinner.
 
13.  *     Unappreciative, and greedy.
 
14.  *     Because he possessed money and children.
 
15.  *     When Our revelations are recited to him, he says: "Tales from the past!"
 
16.  *     We will mark him on the path.
 
17.  *     We have tested them like We tested those who owned the paradise, when they swore that they will harvest it in the morning.
 
18.  *     They were without doubt.
 
19.  *     So a passing sent from your Lord came to it while they all were asleep.
 
20.  *     Thus, it became barren.
 
21.  *     They called on one another when they awoke.
 
22.  *     "Let us go this morning to harvest the crop."
 
23.  *     So they went, while conversing.
 
24.  *     That from today, none of them would ever be poor.
 
25.  *     And they went, ready to harvest.
 
26.  *     But when they saw it, they said: "We have gone astray!"
 
27.  *     "Now, we have nothing!"
 
28.  *     The best among them said: "If only you had glorified!"
 
29.  *     They said: "Glory be to our Lord. We have transgressed."
 
30.  *     Then they started to blame each other.
 
31.  *     They said: "Woe to us. We sinned."
 
32.  *     "Perhaps our Lord will grant us better than it. We repent to our Lord."
 
33.  *     Such was the punishment. But the retribution of the Hereafter is far worse, if they only knew.
 
34.  *     The righteous have deserved, at their Lord, paradises of bliss.
 
35.  *     Should We treat the ones who surrendered the same as those who are criminals?
 
36.  *     What is wrong with you, how do you judge?
 
37.  *     Or do you have another book which you study?
 
38.  *     In it, you can find what you wish?
 
39.  *     Or do you have an oath from Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that you can judge as you please?
 
40.  *     Ask them: "Who of them will make such a claim?"
 
41.  *     Or do they have partners? Then let them bring their partners, if they are truthful.
 
42.  *     The Day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to prostrate, but they will be unable to.
 
43.  *     With their eyes subdued, humiliation will cover them. They were invited to prostrate when they were whole and able.
 
44.  *     Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this narration; We will entice them from where they do not perceive.
 
45.  *     And I will lead them on; for My scheming is formidable.
 
46.  *     Or did you ask them for a wage, so they are burdened by the fine?
 
47.  *     Or do they know the future? So they have it recorded?
 
48.  *     You shall be patient for the judgement of your Lord. And do not be like he who called from inside the whale while he was in sorrow.
 
49.  *     Had it not been for his Lord's grace, he would have remained trapped, while he was to be blamed.
 
50.  *     But his Lord blessed him, and made him righteous.
 
51.  *     And those who have rejected almost attack you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they Say: "He is crazy!"
 
52.  *     It is but a reminder for the worlds.