Surah Al-Jinnالجن
The Jinn · 28 verses · Meccan
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قُلْ أُوحِىَ إِلَىَّ أَنَّهُ ٱسْتَمَعَ نَفَرٌ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَقَالُوٓا۟ إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْءَانًا عَجَبًا ﴿١﴾
72:1 Say: It has been Revealed to me that A company of Jinns Listened (to the Qur-ān). They said, 'We have Really heard a wonderful Recital!
يَهْدِىٓ إِلَى ٱلرُّشْدِ فَـَٔامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ وَلَن نُّشْرِكَ بِرَبِّنَآ أَحَدًا ﴿٢﴾
72:2 'It gives guidance To the Right, And we have believed therein: We shall not join (in worship) Any (gods) with our Lord.
وَأَنَّهُۥ تَعَـٰلَىٰ جَدُّ رَبِّنَا مَا ٱتَّخَذَ صَـٰحِبَةً وَلَا وَلَدًا ﴿٣﴾
72:3 'And exalted is the Majesty Of our Lord: He has Taken neither a wife Nor a son.
وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ يَقُولُ سَفِيهُنَا عَلَى ٱللَّهِ شَطَطًا ﴿٤﴾
72:4 'There were some foolish ones Among us, who used To utter extravagant lies Against God;
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن تَقُولَ ٱلْإِنسُ وَٱلْجِنُّ عَلَى ٱللَّهِ كَذِبًا ﴿٥﴾
72:5 'But we do think That no man or spirit Should say aught that is Untrue against God.
وَأَنَّهُۥ كَانَ رِجَالٌ مِّنَ ٱلْإِنسِ يَعُوذُونَ بِرِجَالٍ مِّنَ ٱلْجِنِّ فَزَادُوهُمْ رَهَقًا ﴿٦﴾
72:6 'True, there were persons Among mankind who took shelter With persons among the Jinns, But they increased them In folly.
وَأَنَّهُمْ ظَنُّوا۟ كَمَا ظَنَنتُمْ أَن لَّن يَبْعَثَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدًا ﴿٧﴾
72:7 'And they (came to) think As ye thought, that God Would not raise up Any one (to Judgment).
وَأَنَّا لَمَسْنَا ٱلسَّمَآءَ فَوَجَدْنَـٰهَا مُلِئَتْ حَرَسًا شَدِيدًا وَشُهُبًا ﴿٨﴾
72:8 'And we pried into The secrets of heaven; But we found it filled With stern guards And flaming fires.
وَأَنَّا كُنَّا نَقْعُدُ مِنْهَا مَقَـٰعِدَ لِلسَّمْعِ ۖ فَمَن يَسْتَمِعِ ٱلْـَٔانَ يَجِدْ لَهُۥ شِهَابًا رَّصَدًا ﴿٩﴾
72:9 'We used, indeed, to sit there In (hidden) stations, to (steal) A hearing; but any Who listens now Will find a flaming fire Watching him in ambush.
وَأَنَّا لَا نَدْرِىٓ أَشَرٌّ أُرِيدَ بِمَن فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ أَمْ أَرَادَ بِهِمْ رَبُّهُمْ رَشَدًا ﴿١٠﴾
72:10 'And we understand not Whether ill is intended To those on earth, Or whether their Lord (Really) intends to guide Them to right conduct.
وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنَّا دُونَ ذَٰلِكَ ۖ كُنَّا طَرَآئِقَ قِدَدًا ﴿١١﴾
72:11 'There are among us Some that are righteous, And some the contrary: We follow divergent paths.
وَأَنَّا ظَنَنَّآ أَن لَّن نُّعْجِزَ ٱللَّهَ فِى ٱلْأَرْضِ وَلَن نُّعْجِزَهُۥ هَرَبًا ﴿١٢﴾
72:12 'But we think that we Can by no means frustrate God throughout the earth, Nor can we frustrate Him By flight.
وَأَنَّا لَمَّا سَمِعْنَا ٱلْهُدَىٰٓ ءَامَنَّا بِهِۦ ۖ فَمَن يُؤْمِنۢ بِرَبِّهِۦ فَلَا يَخَافُ بَخْسًا وَلَا رَهَقًا ﴿١٣﴾
72:13 '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.
وَأَنَّا مِنَّا ٱلْمُسْلِمُونَ وَمِنَّا ٱلْقَـٰسِطُونَ ۖ فَمَنْ أَسْلَمَ فَأُو۟لَـٰٓئِكَ تَحَرَّوْا۟ رَشَدًا ﴿١٤﴾
72:14 'Amongst us are some That submit their wills (To God), and some That swerve from justice. Now those who submit Their wills—they have Sought out (the path) Of right conduct:
وَأَمَّا ٱلْقَـٰسِطُونَ فَكَانُوا۟ لِجَهَنَّمَ حَطَبًا ﴿١٥﴾
72:15 'But those who swerve,— They are (but) fuel For Hell-fire'—
وَأَلَّوِ ٱسْتَقَـٰمُوا۟ عَلَى ٱلطَّرِيقَةِ لَأَسْقَيْنَـٰهُم مَّآءً غَدَقًا ﴿١٦﴾
72:16 (And God's Message is): "If they (the Pagans) Had (only) remained On the (right) Way, We should certainly have Bestowed on them Rain In abundance.
لِّنَفْتِنَهُمْ فِيهِ ۚ وَمَن يُعْرِضْ عَن ذِكْرِ رَبِّهِۦ يَسْلُكْهُ عَذَابًا صَعَدًا ﴿١٧﴾
72:17 "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.
وَأَنَّ ٱلْمَسَـٰجِدَ لِلَّهِ فَلَا تَدْعُوا۟ مَعَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدًا ﴿١٨﴾
72:18 "And the places of worship Are for God (alone): So invoke not any one Along with God;
وَأَنَّهُۥ لَمَّا قَامَ عَبْدُ ٱللَّهِ يَدْعُوهُ كَادُوا۟ يَكُونُونَ عَلَيْهِ لِبَدًا ﴿١٩﴾
72:19 "Yet when the Devotee Of God stands forth To invoke Him, they just Make round him a dense crowd."
قُلْ إِنَّمَآ أَدْعُوا۟ رَبِّى وَلَآ أُشْرِكُ بِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٠﴾
72:20 Say: "I do No more than invoke My Lord, and I join not With Him any (false god)."
قُلْ إِنِّى لَآ أَمْلِكُ لَكُمْ ضَرًّا وَلَا رَشَدًا ﴿٢١﴾
72:21 Say: "It is not In my power to cause You harm, or to bring You to right conduct."
قُلْ إِنِّى لَن يُجِيرَنِى مِنَ ٱللَّهِ أَحَدٌ وَلَنْ أَجِدَ مِن دُونِهِۦ مُلْتَحَدًا ﴿٢٢﴾
72:22 Say: "No one can Deliver me from God (If I were to disobey Him), Nor should I find refuge Except in Him,
إِلَّا بَلَـٰغًا مِّنَ ٱللَّهِ وَرِسَـٰلَـٰتِهِۦ ۚ وَمَن يَعْصِ ٱللَّهَ وَرَسُولَهُۥ فَإِنَّ لَهُۥ نَارَ جَهَنَّمَ خَـٰلِدِينَ فِيهَآ أَبَدًا ﴿٢٣﴾
72:23 "Unless I proclaim what I receive from God And His Messages: For any that disobey God And His Apostle,—for them Is Hell: they shall dwell Therein for ever."
حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا رَأَوْا۟ مَا يُوعَدُونَ فَسَيَعْلَمُونَ مَنْ أَضْعَفُ نَاصِرًا وَأَقَلُّ عَدَدًا ﴿٢٤﴾
72:24 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.
قُلْ إِنْ أَدْرِىٓ أَقَرِيبٌ مَّا تُوعَدُونَ أَمْ يَجْعَلُ لَهُۥ رَبِّىٓ أَمَدًا ﴿٢٥﴾
72:25 Say: "I know not whether The (Punishment) which ye Are promised is near, Or whether my Lord Will appoint for it A distant term.
عَـٰلِمُ ٱلْغَيْبِ فَلَا يُظْهِرُ عَلَىٰ غَيْبِهِۦٓ أَحَدًا ﴿٢٦﴾
72:26 "He (alone) knows the Unseen, Nor does He make any one Acquainted with his Mysteries,—
إِلَّا مَنِ ٱرْتَضَىٰ مِن رَّسُولٍ فَإِنَّهُۥ يَسْلُكُ مِنۢ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَمِنْ خَلْفِهِۦ رَصَدًا ﴿٢٧﴾
72:27 "Except an apostle Whom He has chosen: And then He makes A band of watchers March before him And behind him,
لِّيَعْلَمَ أَن قَدْ أَبْلَغُوا۟ رِسَـٰلَـٰتِ رَبِّهِمْ وَأَحَاطَ بِمَا لَدَيْهِمْ وَأَحْصَىٰ كُلَّ شَىْءٍ عَدَدًۢا ﴿٢٨﴾
72:28 "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."