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khalifa
 
1.  *     NuN, the pen, and what they (the people) write.
 
2.  *     You have attained a great blessing from your Lord; you are not crazy.
 
3.  *     You have attained a recompense that is well deserved.
 
4.  *     You are blessed with a great moral character.
 
5.  *     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.  *     Do not obey the rejectors.
 
9.  *     They wish that you compromise, so they too can compromise.
 
10.  *     Do not obey every lowly swearer.
 
11.  *     A slanderer, a backbiter.
 
12.  *     Forbidder of charity, a transgressor, a sinner.
 
13.  *     Unappreciative, and greedy.
 
14.  *     Even though he possessed enough money and children.
 
15.  *     When our revelations are recited to him, he says, "Tales from the past!"
 
16.  *     We will mark his face.
 
17.  *     We have tested them like we tested the owners of the garden who swore that they will harvest it in the morning.
 
18.  *     They were so absolutely sure.
 
19.  *     A passing (storm) from your Lord passed by it while they were asleep.
 
20.  *     By morning, it was barren.
 
21.  *     They called on each other in the morning.
 
22.  *     "Let us harvest the crop."
 
23.  *     On their way, they confided to each other.
 
24.  *     That from then on, none of them would be poor.
 
25.  *     They were so absolutely sure of their harvest.
 
26.  *     But when they saw it, they said, "We were so wrong!
 
27.  *     "Now, we have nothing!"
 
28.  *     The righteous among them said, "If only you had glorified (God)!"
 
29.  *     They said, "Glory be to our Lord. We have transgressed."
 
30.  *     They started to blame each other.
 
31.  *     They said, "Woe to us. We sinned.
 
32.  *     "May our Lord grant us a better one. We repent to our Lord."
 
33.  *     Such was the requital. But the retribution of the Hereafter is far worse, if they only knew.
 
34.  *     The righteous have deserved, at their Lord, gardens of bliss.
 
35.  *     Shall we treat the Submitters like the criminals?
 
36.  *     What is wrong with your logic?
 
37.  *     Do you have another book to uphold?
 
38.  *     In it, do you find anything you want?
 
39.  *     Or, have you received solemn assurances from us that grant you whatever you wish on the Day of Resurrection?
 
40.  *     Ask them, "Who guarantees this for you?"
 
41.  *     Do they have idols? Let their idols help them, if they are truthful.
 
42.  *     The day will come when they will be exposed, and they will be required to fall prostrate, but they will be unable to.
 
43.  *     With their eyes subdued, humiliation will cover them. They were invited to fall prostrate when they were whole and able.
 
44.  *     Therefore, let Me deal with those who reject this Hadith; we will lead them on whence they never perceive.
 
45.  *     I will give them enough rope; My scheming is formidable.
 
46.  *     Are you asking them for money, so they are burdened by the fine?
 
47.  *     Do they know the future? Do they have it recorded?
 
48.  *     You shall steadfastly persevere in carrying out the commands of your Lord. Do not be like (Jonah) who called from inside the fish.
 
49.  *     If it were not for his Lord's grace, he would have been ejected into the desert as a sinner.
 
50.  *     But his Lord blessed him, and made him righteous.
 
51.  *     Those who disbelieved show their ridicule in their eyes when they hear the message and say, "He is crazy!"
 
52.  *     It is in fact a message to the world.