نٓ ۚ Nun وَٱلْقَلَمِ By the pen وَمَا and what يَسْطُرُونَ they write ١
Nūn. By the pen and what they inscribe,
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مَآ Not أَنتَ you (are) بِنِعْمَةِ by (the) Grace رَبِّكَ (of) your Lord بِمَجْنُونٍۢ a madman ٢
You are not, [O Muḥammad], by the favor of your Lord, a madman.
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وَإِنَّ And indeed لَكَ for you لَأَجْرًا surely (is) a reward غَيْرَ without مَمْنُونٍۢ end ٣
And indeed, for you is a reward uninterrupted.
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وَإِنَّكَ And indeed, you لَعَلَىٰ surely (are) خُلُقٍ (of) a moral character عَظِيمٍۢ great ٤
And indeed, you are of a great moral character.
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فَسَتُبْصِرُ So you will see وَيُبْصِرُونَ and they will see ٥
So you will see and they will see.
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بِأَييِّكُمُ Which of you ٱلْمَفْتُونُ (is) the afflicted one ٦
Which of you is the afflicted [by a devil].
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إِنَّ Indeed رَبَّكَ your Lord هُوَ He أَعْلَمُ (is) most knowing بِمَن of (he) who ضَلَّ has strayed عَن from سَبِيلِهِۦ His way وَهُوَ and He أَعْلَمُ (is) most knowing بِٱلْمُهْتَدِينَ of the guided ones ٧
Indeed, your Lord is most knowing of who has gone astray from His way, and He is most knowing of the [rightly] guided.
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فَلَا So (do) not تُطِعِ obey ٱلْمُكَذِّبِينَ the deniers ٨
Then do not obey the deniers.
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وَدُّوا۟ They wish لَوْ that تُدْهِنُ you should compromise فَيُدْهِنُونَ so they would compromise ٩
They wish that you would soften [in your position], so they would soften [toward you].
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وَلَا And (do) not تُطِعْ obey كُلَّ every حَلَّافٍۢ habitual swearer مَّهِينٍ worthless ١٠
And do not obey every worthless habitual swearer
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هَمَّازٍۢ Defamer مَّشَّآءٍۭ going about بِنَمِيمٍۢ with malicious gossip ١١
[And] scorner, going about with malicious gossip -
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مَّنَّاعٍۢ A preventer لِّلْخَيْرِ of (the) good مُعْتَدٍ transgressor أَثِيمٍ sinful ١٢
A preventer of good, transgressing and sinful,
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عُتُلٍّۭ Cruel بَعْدَ after ذَٰلِكَ (all) that زَنِيمٍ utterly useless ١٣
Cruel, moreover, and an illegitimate pretender.
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أَن Because كَانَ (he) is ذَا a possessor مَالٍۢ (of) wealth وَبَنِينَ and children ١٤
Because he is a possessor of wealth and children,
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إِذَا When تُتْلَىٰ are recited عَلَيْهِ to him ءَايَـٰتُنَا Our Verses قَالَ he says أَسَـٰطِيرُ Stories ٱلْأَوَّلِينَ (of) the former (people) ١٥
When Our verses are recited to him, he says, "Legends of the former peoples."
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سَنَسِمُهُۥ We will brand him عَلَى on ٱلْخُرْطُومِ the snout ١٦
We will brand him upon the snout.
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إِنَّا Indeed, We بَلَوْنَـٰهُمْ have tried them كَمَا as بَلَوْنَآ We tried أَصْحَـٰبَ (the) companions ٱلْجَنَّةِ (of) the garden إِذْ when أَقْسَمُوا۟ they swore لَيَصْرِمُنَّهَا to pluck its fruit مُصْبِحِينَ (in the) morning ١٧
Indeed, We have tried them as We tried the companions of the garden, when they swore to cut its fruit in the [early] morning
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وَلَا And not يَسْتَثْنُونَ making exception ١٨
Without making exception.
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فَطَافَ So there came عَلَيْهَا upon it طَآئِفٌۭ a visitation مِّن from رَّبِّكَ your Lord وَهُمْ while they نَآئِمُونَ were asleep ١٩
So there came upon it [i.e., the garden] an affliction from your Lord while they were asleep.
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فَأَصْبَحَتْ So it became كَٱلصَّرِيمِ as if reaped ٢٠
And it became as though reaped.
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