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68:1  Nu’n, (the Pen): By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write—
68:2  You (O Prophet!) are not, by the grace of your Lord, mad, insane or possessed
68:3  No (in reality), and surely, for you is a reward unfailing
68:4  And verily, you (are placed) on an exalted standard of character
68:5  Soon will you see, and they will see
68:6  Which of you is affected with madness
68:7  Surely, it is your Lord Who knows best, which (among men) has strayed from His Path: And He Knows (Aalam) best those who receive (true) Guidance
68:8  So listen not to those who deny (the Truth)
68:9  Their desire is that you should be suffering: So they would be suffering
68:10  Do not pay attention to the type of lowly man— Ready with (false) words
68:11  A slanderer, going about with hurtful falsehoods
68:12  (By habit) stopping (all) good, exceeding all bounds (and) deep in sin
68:13  Violent (and cruel) and in addition a shrewd manipulator—
68:14  Because he possesses wealth and numerous sons
68:15  When Our Signs are rehearsed to him, he cries; "Tales of the men of old (ancient peoples),"
68:16  Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the nose
68:17  Surely, We have tried them as We tried the People of the Garden, when they swore to pluck the fruits of the (garden) in the morning
68:18  But made no reservation, (by saying: "Insha-Allah", or "If Allah Wills it."
68:19  Then there came on the (garden) a visitation from your Lord, (which swept away) all around while they were asleep
68:20  So the (garden) became, by the morning, like a dark desolate spot (whose fruit had been gathered)
68:21  As the morning broke, they called out, one to another—
68:22  Saying: "You go to your garden early in the morning, if you were to gather the fruits."
68:23  And so they departed, conversing in secret low tones, (saying
68:24  "Let not a single needy person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
68:25  And they opened the morning, strong in an (unjust) claim
68:26  But when they saw the (garden) they said: "We have surely lost our way
68:27  "Nay! Indeed we are denied (of the fruits of our labor)!"
68:28  Said one (person) more just than the rest of them: "Did I not say to you; Why not Glorify [Allah by saying, if Allah so Wills, (or Insha Allah)]?"
68:29  They said: "Glory to our Lord! Surely, we have been doing wrong!"
68:30  Then they turned, one against another, in blame
68:31  They said: "Woe be unto us! We have indeed exceeded our limits
68:32  "It may be that our Lord will give us in exchange a better (garden) than this: Truly, we do turn to Him (in repentance)!"
68:33  Such is the punishment (in this life); But surely, greater is the Punishment in the Hereafter— If only they knew
68:34  Surely, for the righteous, are the Gardens of Delight, in the Presence of their Lord
68:35  Shall We then treat the people of faith like (We treat) the criminals (and the peoples of sin)
68:36  What is the matter with you? How can you judge
68:37  Or do you have a Book through which you learn—
68:38  That you shall have, through it whatever you choose
68:39  Or have you promises with Us on oath reaching to the Day of Judgment, (providing) that you shall have whatever you shall demand
68:40  You ask of them, which of them will stand guarantee for that
68:41  Or have they some (false) ‘partners’ (in godhead referring the Nasrani’s idle notion of trinity)? Then let them produce their ‘partners’, if they are truthful
68:42  The Day that when the Shin (Allah’s Divine Self) shall be laid bare, and they shall be summoned to prostrate themselves but they (the hypocrites) shall not be able to do so—
68:43  Their eyes will be cast down— Intense shame will cover them: Seeing that they had been summoned before to prostrate themselves (in love and prayer to Allah and His admiration) while they were whole, (human beings in this world and they had refused)
68:44  Then leave Me Alone with those who falsify this Message: By degrees shall We punish them from directions they perceive not
68:45  A (long) time will I give for them: (But) truly Powerful is My plan
68:46  Or is it that you do ask them for a reward, so that they are not burdened with a load of debt
68:47  Or that the unseen (Ghaib) is in their hands, so that they can write it down
68:48  So wait with patience for the Decision of your Lord, and be not like the companion of the Fish when he cried out (to his Lord) in grief (see 21.87
68:49  Had not the Grace from His Lord reached him, he would indeed, have remained (within the fish and not) cast off on the naked shore, while he was to be blamed
68:50  Thus did his Lord choose him and grant him the company of the righteous
68:51  And verily, the unbelievers would almost deceive with their eyes when they hear the Reminder (the Quran); And they say: "Surely, he is possessed!"
68:52  But it is nothing other than a Message to all creatures (men jinns' and all creations of) the worlds