Abdullah Yusuf Ali Translation
1. Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
2. Thou
art not, by the Grace of thy Lord, mad or possessed.
3. Nay, verily for
thee is a Reward unfailing:
4. And thou (standest) on an exalted standard
of character.
5. Soon wilt thou see, and they will see,
6. Which
of you is afflicted with madness.
7. 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.
8. So hearken not to those who deny (the
Truth).
9. Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be
pliant.
10. Heed not the type of despicable men,- ready with oaths,
11. A slanderer, going about with calumnies,
12. (Habitually)
hindering (all) good, transgressing beyond bounds, deep in sin,
13.
Violent (and cruel),- with all that, base-born,-
14. Because he possesses
wealth and (numerous) sons.
15. When to him are rehearsed Our Signs,
"Tales of the ancients", he cries!
16. Soon shall We brand (the beast) on
the snout!
17. 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.
18. But made no reservation, ("If it be Allah.s Will").
19. Then
there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy Lord, (which swept away) all
around, while they were asleep.
20. So the (garden) became, by the
morning, like a dark and desolate spot, (whose fruit had been gathered).
21. As the morning broke, they called out, one to another,-
22. "Go ye to
your tilth (betimes) in the morning, if ye would gather the fruits."
23.
So they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying)-
24. "Let not
a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
25. And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) resolve.
26. But
when they saw the (garden), they said: "We have surely lost our way:
27.
"Indeed we are shut out (of the fruits of our labour)!"
28. Said one of
them, more just (than the rest): "Did I not say to you, 'Why not glorify
((Allah))?'"
29. They said: "Glory to our Lord! Verily we have been doing
wrong!"
30. Then they turned, one against another, in reproach.
31. They said: "Alas for us! We have indeed transgressed!
32. "It may be
that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: for we do
turn to Him (in repentance)!"
33. Such is the Punishment (in this life);
but greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter,- if only they knew!
34.
Verily, for the Righteous, are Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their
Lord.
35. Shall We then treat the People of Faith like the People of Sin?
36. What is the matter with you? How judge ye?
37. Or have ye a book
through which ye learn-
38. That ye shall have, through it whatever ye
choose?
39. Or have ye Covenants with Us to oath, reaching to the Day of
Judgment, (providing) that ye shall have whatever ye shall demand?
40.
Ask thou of them, which of them will stand surety for that!
41. Or have
they some "Partners" (in Allah.ead)? Then let them produce their "partners", if
they are truthful!
42. The Day that the shin shall be laid bare, and they
shall be summoned to bow in adoration, but they shall not be able,-
43.
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).
44. Then leave Me alone with such as reject this Message: by
degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not.
45. A
(long) respite will I grant them: truly powerful is My Plan.
46. Or is it
that thou dost ask them for a reward, so that they are burdened with a load of
debt?-
47. Or that the Unseen is in their hands, so that they can write
it down?
48. 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.
49. Had
not Grace from his Lord reached him, he would indeed have been cast off on the
naked shore, in disgrace.
50. Thus did his Lord choose him and make him
of the Company of the Righteous.
51. And the Unbelievers would almost
trip thee up with their eyes when they hear the Message; and they say: "Surely
he is possessed!"
52. But it is nothing less than a Message to all the
worlds.