| | T.B.Irving rendition of Surah The Jinn(al-Jinn)
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| 72:1 | | SAY: "It has been revealed to me that a band of sprites sat listening, and then said: ´We have heard a wonderful Reading |
| 72:2 | | guiding [people] to normal behavior, so we have believed in it. Not one of us will ever associate anyone else with our Lord. |
| 72:3 | | Our Lord´s excellence must be exalted! He has taken no consort nor any son. |
| 72:4 | | Some fool among us has been saying outrageous things about God. |
| 72:5 | | We thought that no human being nor any sprite would ever tell a lie about God!´ |
| 72:6 | | "Once human men used to take refuge with men from the sprites and it made them even more pretentious. |
| 72:7 | | They thought, just as you have supposed, that God will never send anyone up again. |
| 72:8 | | "We reached out for Heaven and found it staffed with stern guards and shooting stars. |
| 72:9 | | We used to squat in some of its seats to listen, though anyone who eavesdrops now finds a shooting star lurking there for him. |
| 72:10 | | We do not know whether evil is intended for anyone on earth, or their Lord wants integrity for them. |
| 72:11 | | Some of us are honorable while others of us are quite the opposite of that: we [travel] along such diverse routes. |
| 72:12 | | "We supposed we would never escape God on earth, and we shall never escape Him by fleeing. |
| 72:13 | | When we heard about guidance, we trusted it. Anyone who trusts in his Lord needs not fear about being undersold nor caught short. |
| 72:14 | | Some of us are Muslims while others of us are [still] holding back. Those who have committed themselves to (live in) peace are dedicated to integrity; |
| 72:15 | | while those who hold back will become kindling for Hell." |
| 72:16 | | If they would only keep straight along the highway, We will let them drink plenty of water |
| 72:17 | | so We may test them by means of it; while it will lead anyone away to mounting torment who avoids mentioning his Lord. |
| 72:18 | | Mosques belong to God, so do not appeal to anyone besides God (in them). |
| 72:19 | | Yet whenever God´s servant stood up to appeal to Him, they almost crowded in upon him! |
| 72:20 | | SAY: "I appeal only to my Lord and never associate anyone else [in my worship of] Him." |
| 72:21 | | SAY: "I do not control any harm for you nor any integrity." |
| 72:22 | | SAY: "No one grants protection from God nor will I ever find any sanctuary besides that in Him |
| 72:23 | | except through a decree from God, and in His message. Anyone who defies God and His messenger will have Hell fire to live in for ever |
| 72:24 | | until once they see what they have been promised, they will realize who has the weakest supporter and are fewest in numbers." |
| 72:25 | | SAY: "If I only knew whether what you are promised is near, or whether my Lord has set a grace period for it; |
| 72:26 | | Knowing the Unseen, He never discloses his Unseen [secrets] to anyone |
| 72:27 | | except for some messenger whom He approves of. He leads him off with an escort both before him and behind him |
| 72:28 | | so He may know that they have delivered their Lord´s messages. He embraces anything that lies in their prescnce, and calculates everything by means of numbers." |
