Ayetbul | Kuran Mealleri | Quran | Shabbir Ahmed meali

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N. Nuon. The Inkpot. And the Pen, and all that they write, stand witness. (The high domain of knowledge will bear out that):

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You (O Messenger), by the Grace of your Lord, are not a madman.

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And, behold, yours will be an everlasting reward.

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For, verily, you are of the noblest moral character!

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And soon you will see and they will see.

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Which of you is the demented. (Outstanding knowledge plus sublime character can only be compatible with a great mind).

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Verily, your Lord knows best him who strays from His Way, and He knows best those who are rightly guided.

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Hence, pay no heed to the rejecters.

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They wish that you strike a deal with them so that they can strike a deal (and compromise on a middle grounds between Truth and Falsehood (10:15), (11:113), (17:74)).

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- And yield not to any petty oath-monger. (Repetitious swearing hurts the credibility of a person).

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- Or to a defamer that goes about spreading slander.

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- Or to a withholder of the good and of wealth, trespasser of values, low in virtue.

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- Or to one greedy to the extent of insensitivity, and, in addition, worthless to the society.

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- Or he who because of his riches and party,

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- Says, "Fables of ancient times", whenever Our Messages are conveyed to him.

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- We shall brand such a person with manifest disgrace! ('Branding the snout' alludes to bringing to visible disgrace a person who chooses to live at the subhuman level).

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Behold, We have tried such people as We tried the owners of the garden who swore that they would pluck its fruit in the morning. (18:32-44).

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And made no exception (for the needy poor).

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Then a tornado from your Lord struck it while they slept.

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So that by the morning it was barren, bleak.

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Now, in the morning, they called out unto one another.

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"Go early to your field if you want to pick the fruit. "

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So they went off whispering unto one another.

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"Let not a single poor come near you today. "

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And early they went strong in their resolve (to keep the poor away).

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But when they saw it, they said, "Behold, we have lost our way. "

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(Then they realized), "Ah! Now we are destitute. "

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Said the most balanced among them, "Did I not tell you - why did you not work aright (thinking of the poor)?" ('Sabh' = Swim in strides = Work hard = Labor for a noble cause).

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They said, "Glorified is our Lord! Verily, it is we who have been offenders. " (Refusing the Divine Right of the needy).

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And then they confronted one another, blaming.

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They said, "Oh, woe unto us! We were trespassers of goodness. "

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It may be that our Lord grants us something better than this. Behold, we turn to our Lord affectionately.

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Such is the suffering! But far greater is the suffering of the Hereafter - if they knew it.

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Behold, for those who walk aright are Gardens of Bliss with their Lord.

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Shall We, then, treat those who submit (to Our Laws) like the guilty?

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What is the matter with you? How do you judge (the right and wrong and their logical consequence)?

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Or do you have a scripture wherein you learn -

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That you shall indeed get the outcome of your choosing?

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Or have you a solemn oath, binding on Us till Resurrection Day, that yours shall be all that you order?

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Ask them which of them guarantees it.

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Do they have 'partners'? Then let them bring their 'partners' if they are truthful.

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On the Day when they are confronted with the stark reality and they are summoned to prostrate, they shall not be able to prostrate. (It will be too late to submit).

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Their eyes drooping, humiliation will overwhelm them! And they had been repeatedly invited to prostrate when they were able.

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So leave unto Me him who denied this Message (39:23). We shall lead them step by step to a reprisal from directions they had never conceived.

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Though I give them respite, behold, unwavering is My Plan.

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Or is it that you ask them any reward so that they are burdened?

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Or is it that theirs is the future that they have written down?

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(O Prophet) Go ahead steadfastly in establishing your Lord's Command. And be not like him (Jonah) of the fish who cried out in distress. (21:87), (37:139).

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If it were not for the Bliss of his Lord, he would have been cast into the wilderness and in the wilderness of thought. (37:146).

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But his Lord had elected him and included him among those who have worked for reform and to actualize their 'Self'.

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And behold, those who deny the Truth, offend you (O Prophet) with their eyes when they hear the Reminder. And they say, "Behold, he is a madman."

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Nay, this Reminder is a giver of eminence to all nations.

Kalem Suresi