Chapter 72, 28 verses
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!
بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم قل أوحي إلي أنه استمع نفر من الجن فقالوا إنا سمعنا قرآنا عجبا
'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord.
يهدي إلى الرشد فآمنا به ۖ ولن نشرك بربنا أحدا
'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son.
وأنه تعالى جد ربنا ما اتخذ صاحبة ولا ولدا
'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah;
وأنه كان يقول سفيهنا على الله شططا
'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against Allah.
وأنا ظننا أن لن تقول الإنس والجن على الله كذبا
'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly.
وأنه كان رجال من الإنس يعوذون برجال من الجن فزادوهم رهقا
'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that Allah would not raise up any one (to Judgment).
وأنهم ظنوا كما ظننتم أن لن يبعث الله أحدا
'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires.
وأنا لمسنا السماء فوجدناها ملئت حرسا شديدا وشهبا
'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.
وأنا كنا نقعد منها مقاعد للسمع ۖ فمن يستمع الآن يجد له شهابا رصدا
'And we understand not whether ill is intended to those on earth, or whether their Lord (really) intends to guide them to right conduct.
وأنا لا ندري أشر أريد بمن في الأرض أم أراد بهم ربهم رشدا
'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths.
وأنا منا الصالحون ومنا دون ذلك ۖ كنا طرائق قددا
'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight.
وأنا ظننا أن لن نعجز الله في الأرض ولن نعجزه هربا
'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.
وأنا لما سمعنا الهدى آمنا به ۖ فمن يؤمن بربه فلا يخاف بخسا ولا رهقا
'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:
وأنا منا المسلمون ومنا القاسطون ۖ فمن أسلم فأولئك تحروا رشدا
'But those who swerve, - they are (but) fuel for Hell - fire' -
وأما القاسطون فكانوا لجهنم حطبا
(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.
وأن لو استقاموا على الطريقة لأسقيناهم ماء غدقا
"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.
لنفتنهم فيه ۚ ومن يعرض عن ذكر ربه يسلكه عذابا صعدا
"And the places of worship are for Allah (alone): So invoke not any one along with Allah;
وأن المساجد لله فلا تدعوا مع الله أحدا
"Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."
وأنه لما قام عبد الله يدعوه كادوا يكونون عليه لبدا
Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
قل إنما أدعو ربي ولا أشرك به أحدا
Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."
قل إني لا أملك لكم ضرا ولا رشدا
Say: "No one can deliver me from Allah (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him,
قل إني لن يجيرني من الله أحد ولن أجد من دونه ملتحدا
"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."
إلا بلاغا من الله ورسالاته ۚ ومن يعص الله ورسوله فإن له نار جهنم خالدين فيها أبدا
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.
حتى إذا رأوا ما يوعدون فسيعلمون من أضعف ناصرا وأقل عددا
Say: "I know not whether the (Punishment) which ye are promised is near, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term.
قل إن أدري أقريب ما توعدون أم يجعل له ربي أمدا
"He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries, -
عالم الغيب فلا يظهر على غيبه أحدا
"Except a messenger whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him,
إلا من ارتضى من رسول فإنه يسلك من بين يديه ومن خلفه رصدا
"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."
ليعلم أن قد أبلغوا رسالات ربهم وأحاط بما لديهم وأحصى كل شيء عددا