72:1  Say, ‘It has been revealed to me that a team of the jinn listened [to the Quran] and they said, “Indeed we heard a wonderful Quran,

72:2  which guides to rectitude. Hence, we have believed in it and we will never ascribe any partner to our Lord.

72:3  Exalted be the majesty of our Lord; He has taken neither any spouse nor son.

72:4  The foolish ones among us used to speak atrocious lies concerning Allah.

72:5  We thought that humans and jinn would never utter any falsehood concerning Allah.

72:6  Indeed some persons from the humans would seek the protection of some persons from the jinn, thus only adding to their rebellion.

72:7  They thought, just as you think, that Allah will not raise anyone from the dead.

72:8  Indeed we made for the heaven and found it full of mighty sentries and flames.

72:9  We used to sit in its positions to eavesdrop, but anyone listening now finds a flame waiting for him.

72:10  We do not know whether ill is intended for those who are on the earth, or whether their Lord intends good for them.

72:11  Among us some are righteous and some are otherwise: we are various sects.

72:12  We know that we cannot frustrate Allah on the earth, nor can we frustrate Him by fleeing.

72:13  When we heard the [message of] guidance, we believed in it. Whoever that has faith in his Lord will fear neither privation nor oppression.

72:14  Among us some are Muslims and some of us are perverse.” ’ Those who submit [to Allah]—it is they who pursue rectitude.

72:15  As for the perverse, they will be firewood for hell.

72:16  If they are steadfast on the path [of Allah], We shall provide them with abundant water,

72:17  so that We may test them therein, and whoever turns away from the remembrance of his Lord, He will let him into an escalating punishment.

72:18  The places of worship belong to Allah, so do not invoke anyone along with Allah.

72:19  When the servant of Allah rose to pray to Him, they almost crowded around him.

72:20  Say, ‘I pray only to my Lord, and I do not ascribe any partner to Him.’

72:21  Say, ‘I have no power to bring you any harm or good [of my own accord].’

72:22  Say, ‘Neither can anyone shelter me from Allah, nor can I find any refuge besides Him.

72:23  [I have no duty] except to transmit from Allah, and [to communicate] His messages; and whoever disobeys Allah and His apostle, there will indeed be for him the fire of hell, to remain in it forever.’

72:24  When they see what they are promised, they will know who is weaker in supporters and fewer in numbers.

72:25  Say, ‘I do not know if what you are promised is near, or if my Lord has set a [long] term for it.’

72:26  Knower of the Unseen, He does not disclose His [knowledge of the] Unseen to anyone,

72:27  except to an apostle He approves of. Then He dispatches a sentinel before and behind him

72:28  so that He may ascertain that they have communicated the messages of their Lord, and He encompasses all that is with them, and He keeps an count of all things.