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| + | In the name of [[Allah]], the [[Beneficent]], the [[Merciful]]. |
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| + | [68.1] Noon. I swear by the pen and what the [[angels]] write, |
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− | In the name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.
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− | [68.1] Noon. I swear by the pen and what the angels write,
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| [68.2] By the grace of your Lord you are not mad. | | [68.2] By the grace of your Lord you are not mad. |
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| [68.3] And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off. | | [68.3] And most surely you shall have a reward never to be cut off. |
− | [68.4] And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime morality. | + | |
| + | [68.4] And most surely you conform (yourself) to sublime [[morality]]. |
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| [68.5] So you shall see, and they (too) shall see, | | [68.5] So you shall see, and they (too) shall see, |
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| [68.6] Which of you is afflicted with madness. | | [68.6] Which of you is afflicted with madness. |
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| [68.7] Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course. | | [68.7] Surely your Lord best knows him who errs from His way, and He best knows the followers of the right course. |
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| [68.8] So do not yield to the rejecters. | | [68.8] So do not yield to the rejecters. |
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| [68.9] They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant. | | [68.9] They wish that you should be pliant so they (too) would be pliant. |
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| [68.10] And yield not to any mean swearer | | [68.10] And yield not to any mean swearer |
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| [68.11] Defamer, going about with slander | | [68.11] Defamer, going about with slander |
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| [68.12] Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful, | | [68.12] Forbidder of good, outstepping the limits, sinful, |
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| [68.13] Ignoble, besides all that, base-born; | | [68.13] Ignoble, besides all that, base-born; |
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| [68.14] Because he possesses wealth and sons. | | [68.14] Because he possesses wealth and sons. |
− | [68.15] When Our communications are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore. | + | |
| + | [68.15] When Our [[communications]] are recited to him, he says: Stories of those of yore. |
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| [68.16] We will brand him on the nose. | | [68.16] We will brand him on the nose. |
− | [68.17] Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the produce in the morning, | + | |
| + | [68.17] Surely We will try them as We tried the owners of the garden, when they swore that they would certainly cut off the |
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| [68.18] And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor). | | [68.18] And were not willing to set aside a portion (for the poor). |
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| [68.19] Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping. | | [68.19] Then there encompassed it a visitation from your Lord while they were sleeping. |
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| [68.20] So it became as black, barren land. | | [68.20] So it became as black, barren land. |
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| [68.21] And they called out to each other in the morning, | | [68.21] And they called out to each other in the morning, |
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| [68.22] Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce). | | [68.22] Saying: Go early to your tilth if you would cut (the produce). |
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| [68.23] So they went, while they consulted together secretly, | | [68.23] So they went, while they consulted together secretly, |
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| [68.24] Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you. | | [68.24] Saying: No poor man shall enter it today upon you. |
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| [68.25] And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent. | | [68.25] And in the morning they went, having the power to prevent. |
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| [68.26] But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray | | [68.26] But when they saw it, they said: Most surely we have gone astray |
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| [68.27] Nay! we are made to suffer privation. | | [68.27] Nay! we are made to suffer privation. |
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| [68.28] The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)? | | [68.28] The best of them said: Did I not say to you, Why do you not glorify (Allah)? |
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| [68.29] They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust. | | [68.29] They said: Glory be to our Lord, surely we were unjust. |
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| [68.30] Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other. | | [68.30] Then some of them advanced against others, blaming each other. |
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| [68.31] Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate: | | [68.31] Said they: O woe to us! surely we were inordinate: |
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| [68.32] Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition. | | [68.32] Maybe, our Lord will give us instead one better than it; surely to our Lord do we make our humble petition. |
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| [68.33] Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know! | | [68.33] Such is the chastisement, and certainly the chastisement of the hereafter is greater, did they but know! |
− | [68.34] Surely those who guard (against evil) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss. | + | |
− | [68.35] What! shall We then make (i.e. treat) those who submit as the guilty? | + | [68.34] Surely those who guard (against [[evil]]) shall have with their Lord gardens of bliss. |
− | [68.36] What has happened to you? How do you judge? | + | |
− | [68.37] Or have you a book wherein you read, | + | [68.35] What! shall We then make (i.e. treat) those who submit as the [[guilty]]? |
− | [68.38] That you have surely therein what you choose? | + | |
− | [68.39] Or have you received from Us an agreement confirmed by an oath extending to the day of resurrection that you shall surely have what you demand? | + | [68.36] What has happened to you? How do you [[judge]]? |
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| + | [68.37] Or have you a [[book]] wherein you read, |
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| + | [68.38] That you have surely therein what you [[choose]]? |
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| + | [68.39] Or have you received from Us an agreement confirmed by an [[oath]] extending to the day of [[resurrection]] that you shall surely have what you demand? |
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| [68.40] Ask them which of them will vouch for that, | | [68.40] Ask them which of them will vouch for that, |
− | [68.41] Or have.they associates if they are truthful. | + | |
− | [68.42] On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be able, | + | [68.41] Or have.they associates if they are [[truth]]ful. |
− | [68.43] Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet they were safe. | + | |
| + | [68.42] On the day when there shall be a severe affliction, and they shall be called upon to make obeisance, but they shall not be |
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| + | [68.43] Their looks cast down, abasement shall overtake them; and they were called upon to make obeisance indeed while yet |
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| [68.44] So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not: | | [68.44] So leave Me and him who rejects this announcement; We will overtake them by degrees, from whence they perceive not: |
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| [68.45] And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm. | | [68.45] And I do bear with them, surely My plan is firm. |
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| [68.46] Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt? | | [68.46] Or do you ask from them a reward, so that they are burdened with debt? |
− | [68.47] Or have they (the knowledge of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down? | + | |
− | [68.48] So wait patiently for the judgment of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress. | + | [68.47] Or have they (the [[knowledge]] of) the unseen, so that they write (it) down? |
− | [68.49] Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found while he was blamed. | + | |
| + | [68.48] So wait patiently for the [[judgment]] of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the fish, when he cried while he was in distress. |
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| + | [68.49] Were it not that favor from his Lord had overtaken him, he would certainly have been cast down upon the naked Found |
| + | while he was blamed. |
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| [68.50] Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good. | | [68.50] Then his Lord chose him, and He made him of the good. |
− | [68.51] And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely he is mad. | + | |
| + | [68.51] And those who disbelieve would almost smite you with their eyes when they hear the reminder, and they say: Most surely |
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| [68.52] And it is naught but a reminder to the nations. | | [68.52] And it is naught but a reminder to the nations. |
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| [[Category: The Koran]] | | [[Category: The Koran]] |