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Nũn. By the pen and what everyone writes!
ﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓ ﰁ​

By the grace of your Lord, you ˹O Prophet˺ are not insane.
ﮕﮖﮗﮘﮙ ﰂ​

You will certainly have a never-ending reward.
ﮛﮜﮝﮞ ﰃ​

And you are truly ˹a man˺ of outstanding character.
ﮠﮡ ﰄ​

Soon you and the pagans will see,
ﮣﮤ ﰅ​

which of you is mad.
ﮦﮧﮨﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰ ﰆ​

Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ knows best who has strayed from His Way and who is ˹rightly˺ guided.
ﯓﯔﯕ ﰇ​

So do not give in to the deniers.
ﯗﯘﯙﯚ ﰈ​

They wish you would compromise so they would yield ˹to you˺.
ﯜﯝﯞﯟﯠ ﰉ​

And do not obey the despicable, vain oath-taker,
ﯢﯣﯤ ﰊ​

slanderer, gossip-monger,
ﯦﯧﯨﯩ ﰋ​

withholder of good, transgressor, evildoer,
ﯫﯬﯭﯮ ﰌ​

brute, and—on top of all that—an illegitimate child.
ﯰﯱﯲﯳﯴ ﰍ​

Now, ˹simply˺ because he has been blessed with ˹abundant˺ wealth and children,
ﯶﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻﯼ ﰎ​

whenever Our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”
ﯾﯿﰀ ﰏ​

We will soon mark his snout.1 
ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚ ﰐ​

Indeed, We have tested those ˹Meccans˺ as We tested the owners of the garden—when they swore they would surely harvest ˹all˺ its fruit in the early morning,
ﭜﭝ ﰑ​

leaving no thought for Allah’s Will.1
ﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥ ﰒ​

Then it was struck by a torment from your Lord while they slept,
ﭧﭨ ﰓ​

so it was reduced to ashes.
ﭪﭫ ﰔ​

Then by daybreak they called out to each other,
ﭭﭮﭯﭰﭱﭲﭳ ﰕ​

˹saying,˺ “Go early to your harvest, if you want to pick ˹all˺ the fruit.”
ﭵﭶﭷ ﰖ​

So they went off, whispering to one another,
ﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽﭾ ﰗ​

“Do not let any poor person enter your garden today.”
ﮀﮁﮂﮃ ﰘ​

And they proceeded early, totally fixated on their purpose.
ﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉ ﰙ​

But when they saw it ˹devastated˺, they cried, “We must have lost ˹our˺ way!
ﮋﮌﮍ ﰚ​

In fact, we have been deprived ˹of our livelihood˺.”
ﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔﮕ ﰛ​

The most sensible of them said, “Did I not urge you to say, ‘Allah willing.’?”
ﮗﮘﮙﮚﮛﮜ ﰜ​

They replied, “Glory be to our Lord! We have truly been wrongdoers.”
ﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢ ﰝ​

Then they turned on each other, throwing blame.
ﮤﮥﮦﮧﮨ ﰞ​

They said, “Woe to us! We have certainly been transgressors.
ﮪﮫﮬﮭﮮﮯﮰﮱﯓﯔ ﰟ​

We trust our Lord will give us a better garden than this, ˹for˺ we are indeed turning to our Lord with hope.”1
ﯖﯗﯘﯙﯚﯛﯜﯝﯞﯟ ﰠ​

That is the ˹way of Our˺ punishment ˹in this world˺. But the punishment of the Hereafter is certainly far worse, if only they knew.1 
ﯡﯢﯣﯤﯥﯦ ﰡ​

Indeed, the righteous will have the Gardens of Bliss with their Lord.
ﯨﯩﯪ ﰢ​

Should We then treat those who have submitted like the wicked?
ﯬﯭﯮﯯ ﰣ​

What is the matter with you? How do you judge?
ﯱﯲﯳﯴﯵ ﰤ​

Or do you have a scripture, in which you read
ﯷﯸﯹﯺﯻ ﰥ​

that you will have whatever you choose?
ﯽﯾﯿﰀﰁﰂﰃﰄﰅﰆﰇﰈ ﰦ​

Or do you have oaths binding on Us until the Day of Judgment that you will have whatever you decide?
ﰊﰋﰌﰍ ﰧ​

Ask them ˹O Prophet˺ which of them can guarantee all that.
ﰏﰐﰑﰒﰓﰔﰕﰖ ﰨ​

Or do they have associate-gods ˹supporting this claim˺? Then let them bring forth their associate-gods, if what they say is true.
ﰘﰙﰚﰛﰜﰝﰞﰟﰠ ﰩ​

˹Beware of˺ the Day the Shin ˹of Allah˺ will be bared,1 and the wicked will be asked to prostrate, but they will not be able to do so,
ﭑﭒﭓﭔﭕﭖﭗﭘﭙﭚﭛﭜ ﰪ​

with eyes downcast, totally covered with disgrace. For they were ˹always˺ called to prostrate ˹in the world˺ when they were fully capable ˹but they chose not to˺.
ﭞﭟﭠﭡﭢﭣﭤﭥﭦﭧﭨ ﰫ​

So leave to Me ˹O Prophet˺ those who reject this message. We will gradually draw them to destruction in ways they cannot comprehend.
ﭪﭫﭬﭭﭮﭯ ﰬ​

I ˹only˺ delay their end for a while, but My planning is flawless.
ﭱﭲﭳﭴﭵﭶﭷ ﰭ​

Or are you asking them for a reward ˹for the message˺ so that they are overburdened by debt?
ﭹﭺﭻﭼﭽ ﰮ​

Or do they have access to ˹the Record in˺ the unseen, so they copy it ˹for all to see˺?
ﭿﮀﮁﮂﮃﮄﮅﮆﮇﮈﮉ ﰯ​

So be patient with your Lord’s decree, and do not be like ˹Jonah,˺ the Man of the Whale, who cried out ˹to Allah˺, in total distress.1
ﮋﮌﮍﮎﮏﮐﮑﮒﮓﮔ ﰰ​

Had he not been shown grace by his Lord, he would have certainly been cast onto the open ˹shore˺, still blameworthy.
ﮖﮗﮘﮙﮚ ﰱ​

Then his Lord chose him, making him one of the righteous.
ﮜﮝﮞﮟﮠﮡﮢﮣﮤﮥﮦﮧ ﰲ​

The disbelievers would almost cut you down with their eyes when they hear ˹you recite˺ the Reminder,1 and say, “He is certainly a madman.”
ﮩﮪﮫﮬﮭ ﰳ​

But it is simply a reminder to the whole world.