الجن

1 Say: It has been revealed to me that a party of the jinn listened, and they said: Surely we have heard a wonderful Quran,

1 Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listened (to the Qur'an). They said, 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital!

2 Guiding to the right way, so we believe in it, and we will not set up any one with our Lord:

2 'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.

3 And that He - - exalted be the majesty of our Lord - - has not taken a consort, nor a son:

3 'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son.

4 And that the foolish amongst us used to forge extravagant things against Allah:

4 'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah;

5 And that we thought that men and jinn did not utter a lie against Allah:

5 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah.

6 And that persons from among men used to seek refuge with persons from among jinn, so they increased them in wrongdoing:

6 'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.

7 And that they thought as you think, that Allah would not raise anyone:

7 'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment).

8 And that we sought to reach heaven, but we found it filled with strong guards and flaming stars.

8 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.

9 And that we used to sit in some of the sitting - places thereof to steal a hearing, but he who would (try to) listen now would find a flame lying in wait for him:

9 'We used, indeed, to sit there in (hidden) stations, to (steal) a hearing; but any who listen now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush.

10 And that we know not whether evil is meant for those who are on earth or whether their Lord means to bring them good:

10 'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct.

11 And that some of us are good and others of us are below that: we are sects following different ways:

11 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.

12 And that we know that we cannot escape Allah in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight:

12 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.

13 And that when we heard the guidance, we believed in it; so whoever believes in his Lord, he should neither fear loss nor being overtaken (by disgrace):

13 'And as for us, since we have listened to the Guidance, we have accepted it: and any who believes in his Lord has no fear, either of a short (account) or of any injustice.

14 And that some of us are those who submit, and some of us are the deviators; so whoever submits, these aim at the right way:

14 'Amongst us are some that submit their wills (to Allah), and some that swerve from justice. Now those who submit their wills - they have sought out (the path) of right conduct:

15 And as to the deviators, they are fuel of hell:

15 'But those who swerve, - they are (but) fuel for Hell - fire' -

16 And that if they should keep to the (right) way, We would certainly give them to drink of abundant water,

16 (And Allah's Message is): "If they (the Pagans) had (only) remained on the (right) Way, We should certainly have bestowed on them Rain in abundance.

17 So that We might try them with respect to it; and whoever turns aside from the reminder of his Lord, He will make him enter into an afflicting chastisement:

17 "That We might try them by that (means). But if any turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will cause him to undergo a severe Penalty.

18 And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah:

18 "And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah;

19 And that when the servant of Allah stood up calling upon Him, they wellnigh crowded him (to death).

19 "Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."

20 Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with Him.

20 Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."

21 Say: I do not control for you evil or good.

21 Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."

22 Say: Surely no one can protect me against Allah, nor can I find besides Him any place of refuge:

22 Say: "No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him,

23 (It is) only a delivering (of communications) from Allah and His messages; and whoever disobeys Allah and His Apostle surely he shall have the fire of hell to abide therein for a long time.

23 "Unless I proclaim what I receive from Allah and His Messages: for any that disobey Allah and His Messenger, - for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein for ever."

24 Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they know who is weaker in helpers and fewer in number.

24 At length, when they see (with their own eyes) that which they are promised, - then will they know who it is that is weakest in (his) helper and least important in point of numbers.

25 Say: I do not know whether that with which you are threatened be nigh or whether my Lord will appoint for it a term:

25 Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.

26 The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any,

26 "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries, -

27 Except to him whom He chooses as an apostle; for surely He makes a guard to march before him and after him,

27 "Except a messenger whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him,

28 So that He may know that they have truly delivered the messages of their Lord, and He encompasses what is with them and He records the number of all things.

28 "That He may know that they have (truly) brought and delivered the Messages of their Lord: and He surrounds (all the mysteries) that are with them, and takes account of every single thing."