| | Arthur John Arberry rendition of Surah The Jinn(al-Jinn)
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| 72:1 | | Say: 'It has been revealed to me that a company of the jinn gave ear, then they said, "We have indeed heard a Koran wonderful |
| 72:2 | | guiding to rectitude. We believe in it, and we will not associate with our Lord anyone |
| 72:3 | | He -- exalted be our Lord's majesty! has not taken to Himself either consort or a son |
| 72:4 | | The fool among us spoke against God outrage |
| 72:5 | | and we had thought that men and jinn would never speak against God a lie |
| 72:6 | | But there were certain men of mankind who would take refuge with certain men of the jinn, and they increased them in vileness |
| 72:7 | | and they thought, even as you also thought, that God would never raise up anyone |
| 72:8 | | And we stretched towards heaven, but we found it filled with terrible guards and meteors |
| 72:9 | | We would sit there on seats to hear; but any listening now finds a meteor in wait for him |
| 72:10 | | And so we know not whether evil is intended for those in the earth, or whether their Lord intends for them rectitude |
| 72:11 | | And some of us are the righteous, and some of us are otherwise; we are sects differing |
| 72:12 | | Indeed, we thought that we should never be able to frustrate God in the earth, neither be able to frustrate Him by flight |
| 72:13 | | When we heard the guidance, we believed in it; and whosoever believes in his Lord, he shall fear neither paltriness nor vileness |
| 72:14 | | And some of us have surrendered, and some of us have deviated. Those who have surrendered sought rectitude |
| 72:15 | | but as for those who have deviated, they have become firewood for Gehenna!" |
| 72:16 | | Would they but go straight on the way, We would give them to drink of water copious |
| 72:17 | | that We might try them therein. And whosoever turns away from the Remembrance of his Lord, He will thrust him into chastisement rigorous |
| 72:18 | | The places of worship belong to God; so call not, along with God, upon anyone |
| 72:19 | | When the servant of God stood calling on Him, they were wellnigh upon him in swarms |
| 72:20 | | Say: 'I call only upon my Lord, and I do not associate with Him anyone |
| 72:21 | | Say: 'Surely I possess no power over you, either for hurt or for rectitude. |
| 72:22 | | Say: 'From God shall protect me not anyone, and I shall find, apart from Him, no refuge |
| 72:23 | | excepting a Deliverance from God and His Messages. And whoso rebels against God and His messenger, for him there awaits the Fire of Gehenna; therein they shall dwell forever. |
| 72:24 | | Until, when they see that which they are promised, then they will know who is weaker in helpers and fewer in numbers |
| 72:25 | | Say: 'I do not know whether that which you are promised is nigh, or whether my Lord will appoint for it a space |
| 72:26 | | Knower He of the Unseen, and He discloses not His Unseen to anyone |
| 72:27 | | save only to such a Messenger as He is well-pleased with; then He despatches before him and behind him watchers |
| 72:28 | | that He may know they have delivered the Messages of their Lord; and He encompasses all that is with them, and He has numbered everything in numbers. |
