| 72 ) Jinn | |||
| 1 | Say: It has been revealed to me that a company of Jinns listened ( to the Qur'an ). They say 'We have really heard a wonderful Recital! | ||
| 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 exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son. | ||
| 4 | 'There were some foolish ones among us who used to utter extravagant lies against Allah; | ||
| 5 | 'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that is untrue against Allah. | ||
| 6 | 'True there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns but they increased them in folly. | ||
| 7 | 'And they ( came to ) think as ye thought that Allah would not raise up anyone ( to Judgment ). | ||
| 8 | 'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires. | ||
| 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. | ||
| 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 | 'There are among us some that are righteous and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths. | ||
| 12 | 'But we think that we can by no means frustrate Allah throughout the earth nor can we frustrate Him by flight. | ||
| 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 | '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 | 'But those who swerve they are ( but ) fuel for Hell Fire'. | ||
| 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 | " 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 the places of worship are for Allah ( alone ): so invoke not anyone along with Allah; | ||
| 19 | " Yet when the Devotee of Allah stands forth to invoke Him they just make round him a dense crowd. " | ||
| 20 | Say: " I do no more than invoke my Lord and I join not with Him any ( false god ). " | ||
| 21 | Say: " It is not in my power to cause you harm or to bring you to right conduct. " | ||
| 22 | Say: " No one can deliver me from Allah ( if I were to disobey Him ) nor should I find refuge except in Him. | ||
| 23 | " Unless I proclaim what I receive from Allah and His Messages: for any that disobey and His Apostle for them is Hell: they shall dwell therein forever. " | ||
| 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 know not whether the ( punishment ) which ye are promised is near or whether my Lord will appoint for it a distant term. | ||
| 26 | " He ( alone ) knows the Unseen nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries | ||
| 27 | " Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him. | ||
| 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. " | ||