:1. Nun. By the Pen and the (Record) which (men) write,-
: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.
:8. So hearken not to those who deny (the Truth).
:9. Their desire is that thou shouldst be pliant: so would they be pliant.
:10. Heed not the type of despicable men,- 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!
