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.

9. Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant; so would thy be pliant.

10. Need not the type of despicable man 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!

18. But made no reservation ("If it be Allah's Will").

19. So there came on the (garden) a visitation from thy 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 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."

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 labor)!"

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!

Section 2

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 on 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 of that!

41. Or have they some "Partners" (in Allah)? Then let them produce their "partners" if they are truthful!

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 they Unseen is in their hands so that they can write it down?

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.