Quran

[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 Allahhead)? 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.