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(1) Nūn.[1724] By the pen and what they inscribe,
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[1724]- See footnote to 2:1.
(2) You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
(3) And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
(4) And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
(5) So you will see and they will see.
(6) Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
(7) Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
(8) Then do not obey the deniers.
(9) They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
(10) And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
(11) [And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
(12) A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
(13) Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.[1725]
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[1725]- i.e., claiming a particular lineage falsely. The description given in these verses is of al-Waleed bin al-Mugheerah (see also 74:11-25) or possibly, as asserted by Ibn Katheer, al-Akhnas bin Shurayq.
(14) Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
(15) When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
(16) We will brand him upon the snout.[1726]
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[1726]- Literally, "trunk," meaning the nose of an elephant or pig.
(17) Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
(18) Without making exception.[1727]
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[1727]- i.e., without conceding that nothing can be accomplished unless Allāh wills, saying, "...if Allāh wills" ("in-shā’-Allāh"). See 18:23-24.
(19) So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
(20) And it became as though reaped.
(21) And they called one another at morning,
(22) [Saying], "Go early to your crop if you would cut the fruit."
(23) So they set out, while lowering their voices,
(24) [Saying], "There will surely not enter it today upon you [any] poor person."
(25) And they went early in determination, [assuming themselves] able.[1728]
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[1728]- To carry out their plan, confident of their ability.
(26) But when they saw it, they said, "Indeed, we are lost;
(27) Rather, we have been deprived."
(28) The most moderate of them said, "Did I not say to you, 'Why do you not exalt [Allāh]?'"[1729]
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[1729]- i.e., remember or mention Him by saying, "...if Allāh wills." An additional meaning is "praise" or "thank" Him for His bounty.
(29) They said, "Exalted is our Lord! Indeed, we were wrongdoers."
(30) Then they approached one another, blaming each other.
(31) They said, "O woe to us; indeed we were transgressors.
(32) Perhaps our Lord will substitute for us [one] better than it. Indeed, we are toward our Lord desirous."[1730]
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[1730]- Of His mercy, forgiveness and bounty.
(33) Such is the punishment [of this world]. And the punishment of the Hereafter is greater, if they only knew.
(34) Indeed, for the righteous with their Lord are the Gardens of Pleasure.
(35) Then will We treat the Muslims like the criminals?
(36) What is [the matter] with you? How do you judge?
(37) Or do you have a scripture in which you learn
(38) That indeed for you is whatever you choose?
(39) Or do you have oaths [binding] upon Us, extending until the Day of Resurrection, that indeed for you is whatever you judge?
(40) Ask them which of them, for that [claim], is responsible.
(41) Or do they have partners?[1731] Then let them bring their partners, if they should be truthful.
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[1731]- i.e., those to whom they attribute divinity other than Allāh or partners from among themselves.
(42) The Day the shin will be uncovered[1732] and they are invited to prostration but they [i.e., the disbelievers] will not be able,
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[1732]- i.e., when everyone will find before him great difficulty. In accordance with authentic ḥadīths, "the shin" might also refer to that of Allāh (subḥānahu wa taʿālā), before which every believer will prostrate on the Day of Judgement. See footnote to 2:19.
(43) Their eyes humbled, humiliation will cover them. And they used to be invited to prostration while they were sound.[1733]
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[1733]- During worldly life.
(44) So leave Me, [O Muḥammad], with [the matter of] whoever denies this statement [i.e., the Qur’ān]. We will progressively lead them [to punishment] from where they do not know.[1734]
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[1734]- Allāh will increase His favors to them in this world by way of trial, whereby they will sink deeper into sin and thus into destruction.
(45) And I will give them time. Indeed, My plan is firm.
(46) Or do you ask of them a payment, so they are by debt burdened down?
(47) Or have they [knowledge of] the unseen, so they write [it] down?
(48) Then be patient for the decision of your Lord, [O Muḥammad], and be not like the companion of the fish [i.e., Jonah] when he called out while he was distressed.
(49) If not that a favor [i.e., mercy] from his Lord overtook him, he would have been thrown onto the naked shore while he was censured.[1735]
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[1735]- But instead, Allāh accepted his repentance and provided means for his recovery. See 37:139-148.
(50) And his Lord chose him and made him of the righteous.
(51) And indeed, those who disbelieve would almost make you slip with their eyes [i.e., looks] when they hear the message, and they say, "Indeed, he is mad."
(52) But it is not except a reminder to the worlds.