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![SURA QALAM](qalam.gif)
In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful.
- Nun. By the Pen and by the (Record) which (men) write
- Thou art not by the grace of thy Lord mad or possessed.
- Nay verily for thee is a Reward unfailing:
- And thou (standest) on an exalted standard of character.
- Soon wilt thou see and they will see
- Which of you is afflicted with madness.
- 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.
- So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
- Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant; so would thy be pliant.
- Need not the type of despicable man ready with oaths.
- A slanderer going about with calumnies.
- (Habitually) hindering (all) good transgressing beyond bounds deep in sin.
- Violent (and cruel) with all that base-born
- Because he possesses wealth and (numerous) sons.
- When to him are rehearsed Our Signs "Tales of the Ancients" he cries.
- Soon shall We brand (the beast) on the snout!
- 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.
- But made no reservation ("If it be Allah's Will").
- So there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy from thy Lord (which swept away) all around while they were asleep.
- So the (garden) became by the morning like a dark and desolate spot (whose fruit had been gathered).
- As the morning broke they called out one to another
- "Go ye to your tilth (betimes) in morning if ye would gather the fruits."
- So they departed conversing in secret low tones (saying)
- "Let not a single indigent person break in upon you into the (garden) this day."
- And they opened the morning strong in an (unjust) resolve.
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