نٓۚ

وَٱلۡقَلَمِ

وَمَا

يَسۡطُرُونَ

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Nũn. By the pen and what everyone writes!

By the grace of your Lord, you ˹O Prophet˺ are not insane.

You will certainly have a never-ending reward.

And you are truly ˹a man˺ of outstanding character.

Soon you and the pagans will see,

which of you is mad.

Surely your Lord ˹alone˺ knows best who has strayed from His Way and who is ˹rightly˺ guided.

So do not give in to the deniers.

They wish you would compromise so they would yield ˹to you˺.

And do not obey the despicable, vain oath-taker,

slanderer, gossip-monger,

withholder of good, transgressor, evildoer,

brute, and—on top of all that—an illegitimate child.

Now, ˹simply˺ because he has been blessed with ˹abundant˺ wealth and children,

whenever Our revelations are recited to him, he says, “Ancient fables!”