Al Jinn

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

1 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)!

Transliteration

1 Qul oohiya ilayya annahu istamaAAa nafarun mina aljinni faqaloo inna samiAAna quranan AAajaban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

2 'It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed therein, and we shall never join (in worship) anything with our Lord (Allah).

Transliteration

2 Yahdee ila alrrushdi faamanna bihi walan nushrika birabbina ahadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

3 'And He, exalted be the Majesty of our Lord, has taken neither a wife nor a son (or offspring or children).

Transliteration

3 Waannahu taAAala jaddu rabbina ma ittakhatha sahibatan wala waladan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

4 '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.

Transliteration

4 Waannahu kana yaqoolu safeehuna AAala Allahi shatatan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

5 'And verily, we thought that men and jinn would not utter a lie against Allah.

Transliteration

5 Waanna thananna an lan taqoola alinsu waaljinnu AAala Allahi kathiban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

6 '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.

Transliteration

6 Waannahu kana rijalun mina alinsi yaAAoothoona birijalin mina aljinni fazadoohum rahaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

7 'And they thought as you thought, that Allah will not send any Messenger (to mankind or jinn).

Transliteration

7 Waannahum thannoo kama thanantum an lan yabAAatha Allahu ahadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

8 'And we have sought to reach the heaven; but found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.

Transliteration

8 Waanna lamasna alssamaa fawajadnaha muliat harasan shadeedan washuhuban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

9 'And verily, we used to sit there in stations, to (steal) a hearing, but any who listens now will find a flaming fire watching him in ambush.

Transliteration

9 Waanna kunna naqAAudu minha maqaAAida lilssamAAi faman yastamiAAi alana yajid lahu shihaban rasadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

10 'And we know not whether evil is intended for those on earth, or whether their Lord intends for them a Right Path.

Transliteration

10 Waanna la nadree asharrun oreeda biman fee alardi am arada bihim rabbuhum rashadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

11 'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary; we are groups having different ways (religious sects).

Transliteration

11 Waanna minna alssalihoona waminna doona thalika kunna taraiqa qidadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

12 'And we think that we cannot escape (the punishment of) Allah in the earth, nor can we escape Him by flight.

Transliteration

12 Wanna thananna an lan nuAAjiza Allaha fee alardi walan nuAAjizahu haraban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

13 '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.

Transliteration

13 Waanna lamma samiAAna alhuda amanna bihi faman yumin birabbihi fala yakhafu bakhsan wala rahaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

14 '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."

Transliteration

14 Waanna minna almuslimoona waminna alqasitoona faman aslama faolaika taharraw rashadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

15 And as for the Qasitun (disbelievers who deviated from the Right Path), they shall be firewood for Hell,

Transliteration

15 Waama alqasitoona fakanoo lijahannama hataban

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

16 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.

Transliteration

16 Waallawi istaqamoo AAala alttareeqati laasqaynahum maan ghadaqan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

17 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).

Transliteration

17 Linaftinahum feehi waman yuAArid AAan thikri rabbihi yaslukhu AAathaban saAAadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

18 And the mosques are for Allah (Alone): so invoke not anyone along with Allah.

Transliteration

18 Waanna almasajida lillahi fala tadAAoo maAAa Allahi ahadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

19 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).

Transliteration

19 Waannahu lamma qama AAabdu Allahi yadAAoohu kadoo yakoonoona AAalayhi libadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

20 Say (O Muhammad صلى الله عليه وسلم): "I invoke only my Lord (Allah Alone), and I associate none as partners along with Him."

Transliteration

20 Qul innama adAAoo rabbee wala oshriku bihi ahadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

21 Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to the Right Path."

Transliteration

21 Qul innee la amliku lakum darran wala rashadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

22 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.

Transliteration

22 Qul innee lan yujeeranee mina Allahi ahadun walan ajida min doonihi multahadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

23 "(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."

Transliteration

23 Illa balaghan mina Allahi warisalatihi waman yaAAsi Allaha warasoolahu fainna lahu nara jahannama khalideena feeha abadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

24 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.

Transliteration

24 Hatta itha raaw ma yooAAadoona fasayaAAlamoona man adAAafu nasiran waaqallu AAadadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

25 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.

Transliteration

25 Qul in adree aqareebun ma tooAAadoona am yajAAalu lahu rabbee amadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

26 "(He Alone is) the All-Knower of the Ghaib (Unseen), and He reveals to none His Ghaib (Unseen)."

Transliteration

26 AAalimu alghaybi fala yuthhiru AAala ghaybihi ahadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

27 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.

Transliteration

27 Illa mani irtada min rasoolin fainnahu yasluku min bayni yadayhi wamin khalfihi rasadan

Hilali & Muhsin Khan

28 [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).

Transliteration

28 LiyaAAlama an qad ablaghoo risalati rabbihim waahata bima ladayhim waahsa kulla shayin AAadadan