القلم

[1]Nun. CONSIDER the pen, and all that they write [therewith]!

[2]Thou art not, by thy Sustainer's grace, a madman!

[3]And, verily, thine shall be a reward neverending –

[4]for, behold, thou keepest indeed to a sublime way of life;

[5]and [one day] thou shalt see, and they [who now deride thee] shall see,

[6]which of you was bereft of reason.

[7]Verily, thy Sustainer alone is fully aware as to who has strayed from His path, Just as He alone is fully aware of those who have found the right way.

[8]Hence, defer not to [the likes and dislikes of] those who give the lie to the truth:

[9]they would like thee to be soft [with them], so that they might be soft [with thee].

[10]Furthermore, defer not to the contemptible swearer of oaths,