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72:1  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
72:2  'It gives guidance to the Right, and we have believed therein: we shall not join (in worship) any (gods) with our Lord
72:3  'And Exalted is the Majesty of our Lord: He has taken neither a wife nor a son
72:4  'There were some foolish ones among us, who used to utter extravagant lies against God
72:5  'But we do think that no man or spirit should say aught that untrue against God
72:6  'True, there were persons among mankind who took shelter with persons among the Jinns, but they increased them in folly
72:7  'And they (came to) think as ye thought, that God would not raise up any one (to Judgment)
72:8  'And we pried into the secrets of heaven; but we found it filled with stern guards and flaming fires
72:9  '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
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
72:11  'There are among us some that are righteous, and some the contrary: we follow divergent paths
72:12  'But we think that we can by no means frustrate God throughout the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by flight
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
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
72:15  'But those who swerve,- they are (but) fuel for Hell-fire'
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
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
72:18  "And the places of worship are for God (alone): So invoke not any one along with God
72:19  "Yet when the Devotee of God stands forth to invoke Him, they just make round him a dense crowd."
72:20  Say: "I do no more than invoke my Lord, and I join not with Him any (false god)."
72:21  Say: "It is not in my power to cause you harm, or to bring you to right conduct."
72:22  Say: "No one can deliver me from God (If I were to disobey Him), nor should I find refuge except in Him
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."
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
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
72:26  "He (alone) knows the Unseen, nor does He make any one acquainted with His Mysteries,
72:27  "Except an apostle whom He has chosen: and then He makes a band of watchers march before him and behind him
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."