In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "It has been revealed to me that a group (from three to ten in number) of jinn listened (to this Qur'an). They said: 'Verily, we have heard a wonderful Recitation (this Qur'an)!
Arabic
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل أوحي إلي أنه استمع نفر من الجن فقالوا إنا سمعنا قرآنا عجبا
Shakir
Guiding to the right way, so we believe in it, and we will not set up any one with our Lord:
'And that the foolish among us [i.e. Iblis (Satan) or the polytheists amongst the jinn] used to utter against Allah that which was an enormity in falsehood.
Arabic
وأنه كان يقول سفيهنا على الله شططا
Shakir
And that we thought that men and jinn did not utter a lie against Allah:
'And verily, there were men among mankind who took shelter with the males among the jinn, but they (jinn) increased them (mankind) in sin and transgression.
Arabic
وأنه كان رجال من الإنس يعوذون برجال من الجن فزادوهم رهقا
Shakir
And that they thought as you think, that Allah would not raise anyone:
'And we have sought to reach the heaven; but found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
Arabic
وأنا لمسنا السماء فوجدناها ملئت حرسا شديدا وشهبا
Shakir
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:
'And we think that we cannot escape (the punishment of) Allah in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.
Arabic
وأنا ظننا أن لن نعجز الله في الأرض ولن نعجزه هربا
Shakir
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):
'And indeed when we heard the Guidance (this Qur'an), we believed therein (Islamic Monotheism), and whosoever believes in his Lord shall have no fear, either of a decrease in the reward of his good deeds or an increase in the punishment for his sins.
Arabic
وأنا لما سمعنا الهدى آمنا به ۖ فمن يؤمن بربه فلا يخاف بخسا ولا رهقا
Shakir
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:
'And of us some are Muslims (who have submitted to Allah, after listening to this Qur'an), and of us some are Al-Qasitun (disbelievers - those who have deviated from the Right Path)'. And whosoever has embraced Islam (i.e. has become a Muslim by submitting to Allah), then such have sought the Right Path."
Arabic
وأنا منا المسلمون ومنا القاسطون ۖ فمن أسلم فأولئك تحروا رشدا
If they (non-Muslims) had believed in Allah, and went on the Right Way (i.e. Islam) We would surely have bestowed on them water (rain) in abundance.
Arabic
وأن لو استقاموا على الطريقة لأسقيناهم ماء غدقا
Shakir
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:
That We might try them thereby. And whosoever turns away from the Reminder of his Lord (i.e. this Qur'an, - and practise not its laws and orders), He will cause him to enter in a severe torment (i.e. Hell).
Arabic
لنفتنهم فيه ۚ ومن يعرض عن ذكر ربه يسلكه عذابا صعدا
Shakir
And that the mosques are Allah's, therefore call not upon any one with Allah:
And when the slave of Allah (Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم) stood up invoking Him (his Lord - Allah) in prayer they (the jinn) just made round him a dense crowd as if sticking one over the other (in order to listen to the Prophet's recitation).
Arabic
وأنه لما قام عبد الله يدعوه كادوا يكونون عليه لبدا
Shakir
Say: I only call upon my Lord, and I do not associate any one with Him.
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "None can protect me from Allah's punishment (if I were to disobey Him), nor can I find refuge except in Him.
Arabic
قل إني لن يجيرني من الله أحد ولن أجد من دونه ملتحدا
Shakir
(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.
"(Mine is) but conveyance (of the truth) from Allah and His Messages (of Islamic Monotheism), and whosoever disobeys Allah and His Messenger, then Verily, for him is the Fire of Hell, he shall dwell therein forever."
Arabic
إلا بلاغا من الله ورسالاته ۚ ومن يعص الله ورسوله فإن له نار جهنم خالدين فيها أبدا
Shakir
Until when they see what they are threatened with, then shall they know who is weaker in helpers and fewer in number.
Till, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who it is that is weaker concerning helpers and less important concerning numbers.
Arabic
حتى إذا رأوا ما يوعدون فسيعلمون من أضعف ناصرا وأقل عددا
Shakir
Say: I do not know whether that with which you are threatened be nigh or whether my Lord will appoint for it a term:
Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I know not whether (the punishment) which you are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
Arabic
قل إن أدري أقريب ما توعدون أم يجعل له ربي أمدا
Shakir
The Knower of the unseen! so He does not reveal His secrets to any,
Except to a Messenger (from mankind) whom He has chosen (He informs him of unseen as much as He likes), and then He makes a band of watching guards (angels) to march before him and behind him.
Arabic
إلا من ارتضى من رسول فإنه يسلك من بين يديه ومن خلفه رصدا
Shakir
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.
[He (Allah) protects them (the Messengers)], till He sees that they (the Messengers) have conveyed the Messages of their Lord (Allah). And He (Allah) surrounds all that which is with them, and He (Allah) keeps count of all things (i.e. He knows the exact number of everything).
Arabic
ليعلم أن قد أبلغوا رسالات ربهم وأحاط بما لديهم وأحصى كل شيء عددا